Wednesday, December 26, 2007

O-Pa-Pea! (Ocean Pacific Peace)

My friend's kid (Louie) is awesome.

Here's his impression of Yoshio Kojima,


It might make sense to watch this first:

This guy is currently wayyyyy too popular among the youth of Japan at the moment. It's a phase thing, one we're all hoping will fade out fast.
I asked some kids why he's so popular. Responses ranged from "Because he's gross" (mainly because of the melon-flavoured Speedos) to "Because his voice is cool". I'm still confused. FYI, his main catchphrase is "でもそんなの関係ねぇ" ("demo sonnano kankei ne-!"), which basically means "But that's got nothing to do with it!", though it sounds more slang (perhaps "What's that got to do with the price of fish?"). It's a gimmick, but that's why the kids love him.

Meanwhile, more entertaining than that is Louie singing Thomas the Tank Engine in Japanese.

Priceless.

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