Penny Arcade Remixed By Japanese Students

Penny Arcade Remixed By Japanese Students 80

Posted by simoniker on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:22AM from the mash-it-up dept.

Thanks to Yukihime.com for its feature showing cartoons from popular games-related webcomic Penny Arcade 'remixed' by Japanese high school students. The poster explains that he "...made a short class on American comics [in a Japanese school] with artwork and examples of popular comic books and comic strips. Then came the exciting part: making your own American-style comic!" Highlights from the 100 cartoons using Penny Arcade art with newly devised text include surreal heavenly messages, some crazed growth serum talk, and odd maternity-related humor.

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- Re:Hola! (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by VenTatsu ( 24306 ) writes: <ventatsu@nosPAm.gmail.com> on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:29AM (#8766637) Homepage
  
  You know if you had said "The Wang: mightier than the sword!" you might actualy have been ontopic.
  
  - Re:Hola! (Score:1)
    
    by Lord_Dweomer ( 648696 ) writes:
    
    Offtopic I know, but funny nonetheless. While reading Wang and Sword together it reminded me of when my friends gathered to watch Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Only whenever we read the word "sword" we replaced it with the word "cock". Childish I know, but try it and prepare to piss yourself. Seriously........especially the scene where they go into great detail about the sword, and its dimensions, and how beautiful it is.....o god the humor.
- Re:Hola! (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by saden1 ( 581102 ) writes:
  
  I like this strip [yukihime.com] best. I would pay to see two Japanese people act it out.
  - Re:Hola! (Score:2)
    
    by ryarger ( 69279 ) writes:
    
    If those kids learn english the way most english speakers learn foreign languages, those are probably the only words that kid knew!
Huh? (Score:1)

by OC_Wanderer ( 729511 ) writes:

I don't get it and I RTFA!

Maybe it's because I'm not that young anymore.
- Re:Huh? (Score:2)
  
  by bersl2 ( 689221 ) writes:
  
  It sounds like these students all had humor lobotomies.
  
  Then again, if I tried my hand at filling in speech bubbles for manga, I don't think I'd be very funny either.
- Re:Huh? (Score:2)
  
  by irokitt ( 663593 ) writes:
  
  Fair bet is that most of these are in-jokes. But that's just my impression...
Oh, boy! (Score:4, Funny)

by TechnoPops ( 590791 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:34AM (#8766667) Journal

If the guys decide to do on a strip on this, I won't have to first read Tycho's news post for once! :P

Ah, those crazy japanese. (Score:1)

by Roshin ( 637756 ) writes:

What would we do without them, eh?
- Re:Ah, those crazy japanese. (Score:2)
  
  by Ayaress ( 662020 ) writes:
  
  Think American-made RPGs are good? (Apologies to Ubisoft and Bethesda. You're exceptions)
I like it. (Score:5, Funny)

by a whoabot ( 706122 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:42AM (#8766695)

These are a great much funny than true Penny Arcade comics. Those are far too weak to be well on Earth.

'Nuff said (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:44AM (#8766700)

Here's from an actual strip.

Gabe: This month is January. (Holding up calendar.)

Tycho: ?

Gabe: Let's go skiing.

Gabe (tearing at paper): My country does not have mountains.

Tycho: Oh, no.

*rotfl* (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:46AM (#8766708)

those are pretty funny, what a way to learn english and comics!

too bad the resulting copyright violation lawsuit will cripple that poor japanese school. Ha ha just kidding, Gabe and Tycho would never do that kind of thing! They'll just make fun of them in the strip or something.

- Re:*rotfl* (Score:2)
  
  by Rallion ( 711805 ) writes:
  
  What they'll probably do is just make something that makes even less sense than their usual insanity.
Final Fantasy Remixed... (Score:5, Interesting)

by Landaras ( 159892 ) writes: <neilNO@SPAMwehneman.com> on Monday April 05, 2004 @02:48AM (#8766717) Homepage

Slightly related to this idea of taking original content (say Penny Arcade) and remixing it (new dialogue), is the web-comic 8-Bit Theater [nuklearpower.com].

The premise is a sorta-retelling of the original Final Fantasy's story using the sprites from that game.

Disclaimer: I am not affliated with 8-Bit Theater beyond being a loyal reader who has been entertained for over 400 strips.

- Neil Wehneman

- Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by Drakin ( 415182 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @03:09AM (#8766790)
  
  Yes, and the same thing is sorta being done with Mega Man with bob and george (with a great deal of odd/unusual interludes between the events in games)
  
  - Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... (Score:2)
    
    by LeoDV ( 653216 ) writes:
    
    ...and every sprite comic on and off-line.
    - Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... (Score:1)
      
      by Drakin ( 415182 ) writes:
      
      Not exacly. There's a number of sprite comics that don't just rehash the storylines of things. Few and far between, but they exist.
      - Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... (Score:2)
        
        by LeoDV ( 653216 ) writes:
        
        Agreed, but these people were just KW'ing by posting links to popular webcomics and talking about them as if they were a radical idea.
- Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... (Score:2)
  
  by Rysc ( 136391 ) writes:
  
  The same has also been done for Super Mario Bros... sort of. Meet Super Luigi World [zornog.com]. It's all about Luigi and what he does when Mario is saving the world. A quite good comic if I do say so myself.
  
  Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Super Luigi World, except that I know the guy who makes it and I want to kill his bandwidth.
Interesting Dialog (Score:3, Funny)

by xenocide2 ( 231786 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @03:11AM (#8766795) Homepage

The webpage mentions that he showed the class several examples of comics -- did he choose Pokey the Pengiun or something?

One has to wonder (Score:5, Insightful)

by xenocide2 ( 231786 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @03:14AM (#8766805) Homepage

Why he didn't include the classic "The Bench" [thebench.co.nz] strip. Its designed for it -- no bubbles, just use lines like the good old days of PA.

"... But you should really read them all." (Score:2, Funny)

by complete loony ( 663508 ) writes:

And they're all 128KB, Now that's just asking for a slashdotting ;).
Pity they seem to have so much bandwidth...
Coincidence? (Score:3, Interesting)

by StingRay02 ( 640085 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @04:07AM (#8766958)

I find it ironic that the "odd maternity theme" comic was originally about eating too much Japanese candy. Add in the fact that the remake has a decidedly Jerry Springer feel to it, and you've got some funky coincidences riding around out there in the ether.

Transcriptions (in case the site dies) (Score:4, Funny)

by andfarm ( 534655 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @04:14AM (#8766987)

rainbow.jpg says:

Kid: Who are you?
Offstage: Are you a pen?
Jesus figure: I am a pen.

Jesus figure: I-- am-- a-- pen!
Kid: Oh! You are a pen.
Jesus figure: That's right.
Kid: What color are you?
Jesus figure: Rainbow!!!

[no, you are Zen!]
magicdrug.jpg says:

Kid 1: Oops! Noooooooo...
Kid 2: Yours is too small!!

Kid 1: No! Yours is smaller than mine, isn't it?!
Kid 2 [holding bottle marked with skull-and-crossbones]: No, no!! mine is bigger than anyone. Because I have used this...
Kid 1: What's this? [very large, as if shouting]
Kid 2: HAHAHA It is magic drug.

[I wonder what the "oops" was. Do I want to know?]
laborpains.jpg says:

Kid 1 [lying on table]: I have labor pains
Kid 2 [standing up]: What's the mather
Kid 1: help me!!
Kid 2: Go to hell!
Kid 1: But.....

Kid 1: It's your baby [heart]

[I don't want to know. Really.]

- Re:Transcriptions (in case the site dies) (Score:2)
  
  by Skidge ( 316075 ) * writes:
  
  I like this one:
  
  Celebrity Hour [yukihime.com] - Starring Gabe and Jesus
  
  Gabe: Hi!
  Jesus: I'm Wantanabe Ken!
  Gabe: Who?
  
  Jesus: I'm Last SAMURAI. Please give me katana.
  
  Gabe: It's a lie.
  Jesus: ...
  Gabe: You are Tom Cloose!
  Jesus: Oh! Yes!
This sounds like.... (Score:3, Informative)

by PeeweeJD ( 623974 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @08:52AM (#8768054) Homepage

This sound like the Most Extreme Elimination Challenge [spiketv.com], only in reverse and not funny. and no crazy people falling into puddles of fluid. and of course, no Vic Romano and Kenny Blankenship.

- Re:This sounds like.... (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by alphaseven ( 540122 ) writes:
  
  By the way, Vic Romano is actually internationally acclaimed actor/director Takeshi Kitano (Fireworks, Battle Royale, Johnny Mneumonic, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence and lots of others.)
  - Re:This sounds like.... (Score:2, Funny)
    
    by balthan ( 130165 ) writes:
    
    Right you are, Ken!
I Am A Pen (Score:5, Informative)

by Gangis ( 310282 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @08:53AM (#8768058) Journal

Every so often, one will hear the phrase "I am a pen." especially when dealing with younger Japanese. From what I understand, it's the first thing the English teachers teach the students. Even though the sentence itself is nonsencial and silly, it has a very clear structure and helps students to understand the very basic grammar.

I hope this explains the obscure joke in the heaven strip. :P

- Re:I Am A Pen (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Ayaress ( 662020 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @09:26AM (#8768260) Journal
  
  I guess that's better than me learning Spanish in high school. The first full sentence we learned to say is "My donkey is in your bathroom."
  
  - Re:I Am A Pen (Score:2)
    
    by DeionXxX ( 261398 ) writes:
    
    Goddamit!!! You owe me a new goddamn keyboard.... too fsck'ing funny. Thanks, now everyone's looking at me.
  - Re:I Am A Pen (Score:2)
    
    by irokitt ( 663593 ) writes:
    
    "Mi burro esta en su cuarto de bano!"
    Combination of my fragmented Spanish and Babelfish.
    Living less than 2 hours from Mexico has taught me the value of this phrase:
    "Donde esta el (cuarto de) bano?"
    
    That and being able to pronounce everything on a menu...
- Re:I Am A Pen (Score:1)
  
  by zegebbers ( 751020 ) writes:
  
  watashi wa sakana desu ;-)
  - Re:I Am A Pen (Score:1)
    
    by jx100 ( 453615 ) writes:
    
    hehe.. hi fish
  - Re:I Am A Pen (Score:2)
    
    by Dahan ( 130247 ) writes:
    
    wagahai wa neko de aru
- Re:I Am A Pen (Score:1)
  
  by mc_barron ( 546164 ) writes:
  
  Always find it fascinating to see one culture's interpretation of another.
  
  This site is a celebration of the misunderstandings that always take place: http://www.engrish.com [engrish.com]
- Re:I Am A Pen (Score:2)
  
  by Alkaiser ( 114022 ) writes:
  
  It's odd...this stuff shows up in Chinese, too. The movie "Future Cops" (comedy in the Street Fighter universe, only, it's not "technically" SF.) has the protagonist's mom "falling" for some guy becuase he can speak English.
  
  One of the lines he says is, "I am a man, a man and many pens!"
- Re:I Am A Pen (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by badasscat ( 563442 ) writes:
  
  Every so often, one will hear the phrase "I am a pen." especially when dealing with younger Japanese. From what I understand, it's the first thing the English teachers teach the students. Even though the sentence itself is nonsencial and silly, it has a very clear structure and helps students to understand the very basic grammar.
  
  I hope this explains the obscure joke in the heaven strip. :P
  
  Well no, because that sentence would actually be "this is a pen", not "I am a pen". The Japanese may be silly in
Oblig Animated Clerks (Score:4, Funny)

by da3dAlus ( 20553 ) writes: <dustin.grau@gm[ ].com ['ail' in gap]> on Monday April 05, 2004 @09:06AM (#8768143) Homepage Journal

[To save on costs for this production, we have outsourced our show to Korean animators.]

"Who's driving? Oh my God, BEAR is driving. How can that be?"

- Re:Oblig Animated Clerks (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by NonSequor ( 230139 ) writes:
  
  Actually they said that the storyboard for the last part of the show got lost and so the Korean animators came up with an ending on there own. The majority of animation on American TV is done in Korea.
- Re:Oblig Animated Clerks (Score:2)
  
  by Night Goat ( 18437 ) writes:
  
  Since when was it obligatory to quote a show that only aired twice?
  - Re:Oblig Animated Clerks (Score:1)
    
    by Squozen ( 301710 ) writes:
    
    Because it's on DVD. Buy, and enjoy. FOREVER! *evil laugh*
Penny Arcade Yaoi! (Score:5, Funny)

by May Kasahara ( 606310 ) writes: on Monday April 05, 2004 @09:38AM (#8768364) Journal

LOL, the last strip linked in the post was hilarious (though the hints of MPreg were mildly disturbing). No offense to Gabe and Tycho, but I can see a very silly yaoi doujinshi made out of that and some of these others: youarenoisy.jpg [yukihime.com], girlfriend.jpg [yukihime.com], lovehotel.jpg [yukihime.com], etc.

- Re:Penny Arcade Yaoi! (Score:1)
  
  by rsadelle ( 719824 ) writes:
  
  You know it.
  
  And here they tricked [penny-arcade.com] us into thinking it was Kara who was going to be giving birth.
The sad part is (Score:2)

by M3wThr33 ( 310489 ) writes:

The sad part is that if the art was manga-style and these were posted as part of webcomic, it would be considered hilarious. Don't get me wrong, some were funny, but sometimes art dictates the humor for the opposite culture.
Mystery of the Day: "..." (Score:1)

by aggieeit ( 726713 ) writes:

I've seen that magical phrase in video games for years, and now in this [yukihime.com] strip. Any Japanese experts out there want to take a stab at pronouncing and/or translating "..."?
- Re:Mystery of the Day: "..." (Score:1)
  
  by ildon ( 413912 ) writes:
  
  It always seemed rather obvious to me. It's silence. Like if you say something stupid and someone just glares at you, they'd have a "..." bubble over their head. In comics it's hard to show "silence" without wasting a whole box just to be empty. If you use a bubble with "..." you don't have to waste that box. I determined this through context and logic. Not through some mysterious knowledge of Japanese culture. It always seemed obvious to me.
  - Re:Mystery of the Day: "..." (Score:2)
    
    by MrResistor ( 120588 ) writes:
    
    Not so much silence as speachlessness, I think.
- Re:Mystery of the Day: "..." (Score:2)
  
  by Alkaiser ( 114022 ) writes:
  
  The "..." signifies awkward silence. That should have been pretty obvious. You don't pronounce anything. If you wanted to act like you were in an anime, you could just yell out, "dot dot dot". But then you would be lame, and everyone else would just give you the "..." blank stare.
Site down (Score:1, Informative)

by Stack_13 ( 619071 ) writes:

Yep, the server has been Slashdotted:

Bandwidth Limit Exceeded The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.
- Re:Site down (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by Rallion ( 711805 ) writes:
  
  Actually, it seems to be the combined might of /. and Penny Arcade itself that took it down, it stayed up for quite a while after it was originally posted. Truly, it is a mighty collaboration.
  - Re:Site down (Score:1)
    
    by Spleener12 ( 587422 ) * writes:
    
    Slashdot, Penny Arcade, and Fark, actually. I'm surprised it survived as long as it did, yeah.
    - Re:Site down (Score:2)
      
      by Gothic_Walrus ( 692125 ) writes:
      
      Wow...Who's their host? Anyone that can survive those three sites for as long as this one did has got to be a freaking great host.
      :)
- Re:Site down (Score:1, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  Holy cow! They managed to get themselves farked, slashdotted, and wanged at the same time!
  
  Seriously, someone should present them a Golden Exploding Server Award for that.
Server's wanged (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Uh, I mean /.'d
mirror? (Score:1, Redundant)

by hiroshi912681 ( 589840 ) writes:

it's been farked, slashdotted, AND penny-arcaded! anyone got a mirror?

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Huh? (Score:1)

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Oh, boy! (Score:4, Funny)

Ah, those crazy japanese. (Score:1)

Re:Ah, those crazy japanese. (Score:2)

I like it. (Score:5, Funny)

'Nuff said (Score:5, Funny)

*rotfl* (Score:3, Funny)

Re:*rotfl* (Score:2)

Final Fantasy Remixed... (Score:5, Interesting)

Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... (Score:5, Informative)

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Interesting Dialog (Score:3, Funny)

One has to wonder (Score:5, Insightful)

"... But you should really read them all." (Score:2, Funny)

Coincidence? (Score:3, Interesting)

Transcriptions (in case the site dies) (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Transcriptions (in case the site dies) (Score:2)

This sounds like.... (Score:3, Informative)

Re:This sounds like.... (Score:3, Informative)

Re:This sounds like.... (Score:2, Funny)

I Am A Pen (Score:5, Informative)

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Oblig Animated Clerks (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Oblig Animated Clerks (Score:3, Interesting)

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Penny Arcade Yaoi! (Score:5, Funny)

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The sad part is (Score:2)

Mystery of the Day: "..." (Score:1)

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Site down (Score:1, Informative)

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Server's wanged (Score:1, Funny)

mirror? (Score:1, Redundant)

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