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Penny Arcade Remixed By Japanese Students

Posted by simoniker on 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.

80 comments

  1. Re:Hola! by VenTatsu · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know if you had said "The Wang: mightier than the sword!" you might actualy have been ontopic.

  2. Huh? by OC_Wanderer · · Score: 1

    I don't get it and I RTFA!

    Maybe it's because I'm not that young anymore.

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    1. Re:Huh? by bersl2 · · Score: 1

      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.

    2. Re:Huh? by irokitt · · Score: 1

      Fair bet is that most of these are in-jokes. But that's just my impression...

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    3. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well conside that these students are writing in a foreign language...that probably accounts for a lot of the weirdness.

      It's like that time I tried to saying something in Japanese (1 year w00t =P) to a friend of mine and he laughed. "I can almost make out what you want to say."

  3. Oh, boy! by TechnoPops · · Score: 3, Funny

    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

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  4. Ah, those crazy japanese. by Roshin · · Score: 1

    What would we do without them, eh?

    1. Re:Ah, those crazy japanese. by Ayaress · · Score: 1

      Think American-made RPGs are good? (Apologies to Ubisoft and Bethesda. You're exceptions)

  5. I like it. by a+whoabot · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  6. 'Nuff said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:'Nuff said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Gabe: Lets have hot steamy yaoi sex!

      Tycho: Ok! (Assumes goatse postition)

  7. *rotfl* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:*rotfl* by Rallion · · Score: 1

      What they'll probably do is just make something that makes even less sense than their usual insanity.

  8. Final Fantasy Remixed... by Landaras · · Score: 4, Interesting

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

    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

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    1. Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... by Drakin · · Score: 5, Informative

      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)

    2. Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... by LeoDV · · Score: 1

      ...and every sprite comic on and off-line.

    3. Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... by Drakin · · Score: 1

      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.

    4. Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... by Rysc · · Score: 1

      The same has also been done for Super Mario Bros... sort of. Meet Super Luigi World. 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.

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    5. Re:Final Fantasy Remixed... by LeoDV · · Score: 1

      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.

  9. Re:Hola! by saden1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I like this strip best. I would pay to see two Japanese people act it out.

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  10. Interesting Dialog by xenocide2 · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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    1. Re:Interesting Dialog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That would explain why these comics are funnier then PA.

  11. One has to wonder by xenocide2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

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  12. "... But you should really read them all." by complete+loony · · Score: 2, Funny

    And they're all 128KB, Now that's just asking for a slashdotting ;).
    Pity they seem to have so much bandwidth...

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  13. Reminds me of my highschool Chinese class by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I took it because I knew I'd just be bored to sleep if not tears in spanish.

    But me and Mike Tran (it was the closest thing he could get to Vietnamese?) would always go off with our speeches. Other people would be looking for Gubo, or Palanka and a bathroom. Me an Mike would always be trying to find our dear comrad, the military attache, while we drank mai tais at the women's volleyball match. Discussion of body parts was sometimes involved.

  14. Coincidence? by StingRay02 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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.

  15. Transcriptions (in case the site dies) by andfarm · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.]

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    1. Re:Transcriptions (in case the site dies) by Skidge · · Score: 1

      I like this one:

      Celebrity Hour - 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!

    2. Re:Transcriptions (in case the site dies) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Kid 1 [lying on table]: I have labor pains
      I wonder how many PA fans read that as penis. Odd think is if you make that change it still makes sense, and sounds like something the PA creators would say.

  16. Re:Hola! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I went to a Japanese high school, and believe me, I got to see it acted out every day.

  17. Re:Hola! by ryarger · · Score: 1

    If those kids learn english the way most english speakers learn foreign languages, those are probably the only words that kid knew!

  18. This sounds like.... by PeeweeJD · · Score: 3, Informative

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

    1. Re:This sounds like.... by alphaseven · · Score: 2, Informative

      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.)

    2. Re:This sounds like.... by balthan · · Score: 2, Funny

      Right you are, Ken!

  19. I Am A Pen by Gangis · · Score: 5, Informative

    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

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    1. Re:I Am A Pen by Ayaress · · Score: 4, Funny

      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."

    2. Re:I Am A Pen by zegebbers · · Score: 1

      watashi wa sakana desu ;-)

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    3. Re:I Am A Pen by mc_barron · · Score: 1

      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

    4. Re:I Am A Pen by DeionXxX · · Score: 1

      Goddamit!!! You owe me a new goddamn keyboard.... too fsck'ing funny. Thanks, now everyone's looking at me.

    5. Re:I Am A Pen by irokitt · · Score: 1

      "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...

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    6. Re:I Am A Pen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Funny, that sounds like something Gabe would have said to Tyco. With all the homoerotic stuff they do I am suprised they haven't used this one allready.

    7. Re:I Am A Pen by Alkaiser · · Score: 1

      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!"

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    8. Re:I Am A Pen by jx100 · · Score: 1

      hehe.. hi fish

    9. Re:I Am A Pen by Dahan · · Score: 1

      wagahai wa neko de aru

    10. Re:I Am A Pen by badasscat · · Score: 2, Informative

      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 many ways, but they're not complete idiots. Apparently this sentence is silly enough that it's still made fun of by students there (I'd bet the comic strip is an intentional stab at humor, not a mistake... though obviously Japanese humor doesn't translate directly to English).

      The first thing I learned in Japanese was "this is a book" (kore wa hon desu) and for a long time I'd just walk around saying that for no reason, like kids do. At some point I'm sure I said "I am a book" (watashi wa hon desu) just as a joke, knowing what it meant and just thinking it sounded funny - I think this is the same sort of thing.

  20. Oblig Animated Clerks by da3dAlus · · Score: 3, Funny

    [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?"

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    1. Re:Oblig Animated Clerks by NonSequor · · Score: 3, Interesting

      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.

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    2. Re:Oblig Animated Clerks by Night+Goat · · Score: 1

      Since when was it obligatory to quote a show that only aired twice?

    3. Re:Oblig Animated Clerks by Squozen · · Score: 1

      Because it's on DVD. Buy, and enjoy. FOREVER! *evil laugh*

  21. Penny Arcade Yaoi! by May+Kasahara · · Score: 4, Funny

    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, girlfriend.jpg, lovehotel.jpg, etc.

    1. Re:Penny Arcade Yaoi! by rsadelle · · Score: 1

      You know it.

      And here they tricked us into thinking it was Kara who was going to be giving birth.

  22. sprite comics suck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They rip off copyrighted material for their own profit. Most of them accept donations, and a lot of them also sell merchandise! If that's not illegal then I don't know what is. I'll also start selling merchandise from all kinds of sources that aren't mine! cha-ching!

    1. Re:sprite comics suck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What else do you expect from slashdot? As long as it doesn't involve the holy GPL, it is ok to ignore and do what every want to copy righted material.

  23. The sad part is by M3wThr33 · · Score: 1

    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.

  24. What in the world is this? by Praedon · · Score: 0

    I dont understand these strips.. maybe its funny in his neck of the world.. but I can't find any of this funny.. At all.. is that the point?

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    1. Re:What in the world is this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Is your post is refering to the PA comics at this site? If that is the case then I agree with your post.

  25. Mystery of the Day: "..." by aggieeit · · Score: 1

    I've seen that magical phrase in video games for years, and now in this strip. Any Japanese experts out there want to take a stab at pronouncing and/or translating "..."?

    1. Re:Mystery of the Day: "..." by ildon · · Score: 1

      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.

    2. Re:Mystery of the Day: "..." by Alkaiser · · Score: 1

      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.

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    3. Re:Mystery of the Day: "..." by MrResistor · · Score: 1

      Not so much silence as speachlessness, I think.

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  26. Site down by Stack_13 · · Score: 1, Informative
    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.
    1. Re:Site down by Rallion · · Score: 2, Informative

      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.

    2. Re:Site down by Spleener12 · · Score: 1

      Slashdot, Penny Arcade, and Fark, actually. I'm surprised it survived as long as it did, yeah.

    3. Re:Site down by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 1
      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.

      :)

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    4. Re:Site down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      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.

    5. Re:Site down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How about an award for the crappiest terms for a server getting overwelmed by hits?

      My vote is for farked and wanged, what childish fools came up with those terms?

  27. Why -1 Troll? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The above post is correct, the "comic" is unfunny, and is quite gay. Why do you think the "comic" is filled with references to on characters penis?

  28. Server's wanged by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Uh, I mean /.'d

    1. Re:Server's wanged by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yet another sample of the "sophisticated" and "witty" "humor" that you will find at pennycrapcade!

  29. mirror? by hiroshi912681 · · Score: 0, Redundant

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

  30. Use WHOIS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Domain servers in listerd order:
    NS1.FUITADNET.COM
    NS2.FUITADNET.COM

  31. What a bunch of hypocrites by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's ironic that the very same people that go nuts on every miniscule changes to a Japanese cartoon will actually approve Japanese people censoring American 'toons.

  32. Re:Hola! by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 1
    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.

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  33. Buy? Don't you mean free download? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I thought this was warzedot, since when do slashbots actully buy anything?