2020 Japan Olympics

[TennoChinko]

Impossible is nothing.

Impossible is the Opposite of Possible

[matsuki]

"START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE"

I suspect it was formulated after careful consideration of Adidas' "Impossible is nothing"

Actually, "START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE" sort of makes sense when that engrish slogan is seen as part of Toyota 's global campaign called "MOBILITY FOR ALL."
mobilityforall.com/global/en/

MOBILTY-FOR-ALL.jpg

start-impossible.jpg

Engrish on top of Engrish...I wonder how the non FG visitors will interpret it.

I asked some locals last night and the consensus among them was probably initially intended to be something like "begin your potential" than got fucked to "start your possible" and further fucked to "start your impossible." At the end of the day, it's just more confusing and meaningless J-fucked "catch copy"

[Taro Toporific]

"START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE" sort of makes sense when that engrish slogan is seen as part of Toyota's global campaign

Engrish on top of Engrish...I wonder how the non FG visitors will interpret it.

You would think that somebody in all of Toyota might notice that putting the words "START" with "IMPOSSIBLE" as a slogan on the side of their cars is not very smart, duh.

starting-is-impossible.jpg

(Toyota is IMPOSSIBLE to START.)

[legion]

At this point I'd just like to say

[matsuki]

Debt that's impossible to pay back?

[matsuki]

"START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE" sort of makes sense when that engrish slogan is seen as part of Toyota's global campaign

Engrish on top of Engrish...I wonder how the non FG visitors will interpret it.

You would think that somebody in all of Toyota might notice that putting the words "START" with "IMPOSSIBLE" as a slogan on the side of their cars is not very smart, duh.

starting-is-impossible.jpg

(Toyota is IMPOSSIBLE to START.)

It's worse than we thought...

Toyota Rolls Out “Start Your Impossible” Global Campaign that Reflects the Olympic and Paralympic Spirit of Encouragement, Challenge and Progress

https://www.multivu.com/players/English ... mpossible/

I really hope this becomes the next major marketing failure case study....

[Grumpy Gramps]

New slogan: "Crank no start: Toyota"

[wagyl]

I really hope this becomes the next major marketing failure case study....

It got you talking about it, which is a marketing success using some measurements.

I've just had a coffee from a self service espresso machine with a touch screen interface, which runs an animated commercial for Mazda while your coffee is brewing. I do wonder how many people decided that yes, they would buy a Mazda next time they replace their car, based on what a coffee machine told them (and how many go on to associate Mazda with "just OK" coffee).

Zoom Zoom!

[matsuki]

Indeed, their goalposts for success are probably about how it's implemented, not how confused everyone is by it. (and so far, I've yet to meet a local that understands it either) At least Zoom Zoom! is catchy and is associated with cars...

[legion]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/13/first-doping-case-of-2018-winter-olympics-sees-japanese-athlete-sent-home

The Japanese short track speed skater Kei Saito has protested his innocence after becoming the first athlete at the Winter Olympics to be suspended for a positive drugs test.

The news was announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who said that the 21-year-old voluntarily accepted a provisional suspension after an out-of-competition test showed signs of acetalozamide, which can be a masking agent and is used as a diuretic.

[matsuki]

I cannot recall how I gave myself an Olympic kancho with a prescription drug...

[Isle of View]

"START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE"

I suspect it was formulated after careful consideration of Adidas' "Impossible is nothing"

Actually, "START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE" sort of makes sense when that engrish slogan is seen as part of Toyota 's global campaign called "MOBILITY FOR ALL."
mobilityforall.com/global/en/

MOBILTY-FOR-ALL.jpg

start-impossible.jpg

Engrish on top of Engrish...I wonder how the non FG visitors will interpret it.

I asked some locals last night and the consensus among them was probably initially intended to be something like "begin your potential" than got fucked to "start your possible" and further fucked to "start your impossible." At the end of the day, it's just more confusing and meaningless J-fucked "catch copy"

Seeing Hamamatsu's "Access to your success" slogan always got a smile out of me and a mental "Thanks, but I'll pass."

[Russell]

Seeing Hamamatsu's "Access to your success" slogan always got a smile out of me and a mental "Thanks, but I'll pass."

And rightly so. If they want access to my success, they'll have to do some more efforts...

[wagyl]

Seeing Hamamatsu's "Access to your success" slogan always got a smile out of me and a mental "Thanks, but I'll pass."

And rightly so. If they want access to my success, they'll have to do some more efforts...

I doubt that Hamamatsu, as home of Suzuki, will ever get access to the success of a man who prefers a Mitsubishi Minica for all occasions.

The Hamamatsu slogan is a riff on the tradition of Hamamatsu castle being a shortcut to rising up the feudal ranks. ... If the 17 years spent there by Tokugawa Ieyasu can be regarded as a shortcut ...

[Russell]

Seeing Hamamatsu's "Access to your success" slogan always got a smile out of me and a mental "Thanks, but I'll pass."

And rightly so. If they want access to my success, they'll have to do some more efforts...

I doubt that Hamamatsu, as home of Suzuki, will ever get access to the success of a man who prefers a Mitsubishi Minica for all occasions.

The Hamamatsu slogan is a riff on the tradition of Hamamatsu castle being a shortcut to rising up the feudal ranks. ... If the 17 years spent there by Tokugawa Ieyasu can be regarded as a shortcut ...

Then again, the grand piano in my living room was made in Hamamatsu...

[wagyl]

Then again, the grand piano in my living room was made in Hamamatsu...

This one!

[legion]

I doubt that Hamamatsu, as home of Suzuki, will ever get access to the success of a man who prefers a Mitsubishi Minica for all occasions.

The Hamamatsu slogan is a riff on the tradition of Hamamatsu castle being a shortcut to rising up the feudal ranks. ... If the 17 years spent there by Tokugawa Ieyasu can be regarded as a shortcut ...

I have a soft spot for Suzuki, the shacho used to forbid any loan words in presentations, one of our hapless strategic planners went all the way down there from Tokyo with a presentation document with a title page that said "ストラテジー”

the shacho said "帰れ!"

[Russell]

Then again, the grand piano in my living room was made in Hamamatsu...

This one!

There are two brands of pianos made in Hamamatsu, and you chose the correct one.

How did you know?

[wagyl]

Then again, the grand piano in my living room was made in Hamamatsu...

This one!

There are two brands of pianos made in Hamamatsu, and you chose the correct one.

How did you know?

I just couldn't picture you astride a Yamaha.

(wagyl, known to have blown a black Yamaha in his time).

[Russell]

Then again, the grand piano in my living room was made in Hamamatsu...

This one!

There are two brands of pianos made in Hamamatsu, and you chose the correct one.

How did you know?

I just couldn't picture you astride a Yamaha.

(wagyl, known to have blown a black Yamaha in his time).

Hmm, let me guess...

A recorder... Nope

A oboe... Nope

A piccolo... Saahh, probably not

A clarinet... Yep, that should be the one!

[wagyl]

Are you saying that I wouldn't have the embouchure for an oboe? Insufficient in-mouth humidity to keep two reeds supple and vibrating?

You are correct. It was a licorice stick.

[canman]

Not so much about the 2020 Olympics, but more about these 2018 games, why do the Japanese announcers make the games more about themselves than the athletes? Why do we have to see their reaction to the success or defeat of the athletes. In the west they often show the family members or husband or wife, but not here. Who cares about Nobunaga crying because the stupid announcer said , he helped Hanyu win gold. I am sick of these cheese-ball announcers and how they want all the spotlight on themselves, not the competition. And I must say, the coverage has been pretty crap, not a lot of coverage of sports, no repeats of things people may have missed unless it is the men's figure skating which we will see at least 1638 times in the next few days!

[Mike Oxlong]

Why not watch cbc.ca through a proxy and enjoy the maple smooth Canadian coverage? Hola VPN browser extension works a treat.

[wuchan]

Not so much about the 2020 Olympics, but more about these 2018 games, why do the Japanese announcers make the games more about themselves than the athletes? Why do we have to see their reaction to the success or defeat of the athletes. In the west they often show the family members or husband or wife, but not here. Who cares about Nobunaga crying because the stupid announcer said , he helped Hanyu win gold. I am sick of these cheese-ball announcers and how they want all the spotlight on themselves, not the competition. And I must say, the coverage has been pretty crap, not a lot of coverage of sports, no repeats of things people may have missed unless it is the men's figure skating which we will see at least 1638 times in the next few days!

What about the news where they tell you that x-japanese person got bronze but don't bother to tell you who won?

[Russell]

Not so much about the 2020 Olympics, but more about these 2018 games, why do the Japanese announcers make the games more about themselves than the athletes? Why do we have to see their reaction to the success or defeat of the athletes. In the west they often show the family members or husband or wife, but not here. Who cares about Nobunaga crying because the stupid announcer said , he helped Hanyu win gold. I am sick of these cheese-ball announcers and how they want all the spotlight on themselves, not the competition. And I must say, the coverage has been pretty crap, not a lot of coverage of sports, no repeats of things people may have missed unless it is the men's figure skating which we will see at least 1638 times in the next few days!

Yep, it's a bit queer that they cover the men's figure skating so much.

And what pisses me off most is that there is no coverage of speed skating on NHK, even though Japanese skaters are quite successful this year. (Well they should be, they went to the Netherlands for training)

[matsuki]

Not so much about the 2020 Olympics, but more about these 2018 games, why do the Japanese announcers make the games more about themselves than the athletes? Why do we have to see their reaction to the success or defeat of the athletes. In the west they often show the family members or husband or wife, but not here. Who cares about Nobunaga crying because the stupid announcer said , he helped Hanyu win gold. I am sick of these cheese-ball announcers and how they want all the spotlight on themselves, not the competition. And I must say, the coverage has been pretty crap, not a lot of coverage of sports, no repeats of things people may have missed unless it is the men's figure skating which we will see at least 1638 times in the next few days!

Mike has it right, Furrin streams are the way to go. I don't even want to dip a toe in the dessunedesunedessunenenenene coverage.

[Takechanpoo]

regardless of whether its j-tv or other ones, whoever watches tv nowadays is just an idiot.

[Mike Oxlong]

Why not watch cbc.ca through a proxy and enjoy the maple smooth Canadian coverage? Hola VPN browser extension works a treat.

Hey canman, using it tonight to watch the Korea v Canada mens hockey.

[BigInJapan]

Why not watch cbc.ca through a proxy and enjoy the maple smooth Canadian coverage? Hola VPN browser extension works a treat.

Hey canman, using it tonight to watch the Korea v Canada mens hockey.

I just came across this thread half an hour ago, and managed to get the Hola VPN installed and watched the last five minutes of the game (saw Canada score the 4th goal ). Now I can enjoy seeing some real coverage of the Olympics, not just 24/7 J figure skating...
BTW - six members of the Korean hockey team are Canadian.

[matsuki]

Why not watch cbc.ca through a proxy and enjoy the maple smooth Canadian coverage? Hola VPN browser extension works a treat.

Hey canman, using it tonight to watch the Korea v Canada mens hockey.

I just came across this thread half an hour ago, and managed to get the Hola VPN installed and watched the last five minutes of the game (saw Canada score the 4th goal ). Now I can enjoy seeing some real coverage of the Olympics, not just 24/7 J figure skating...
BTW - six members of the Korean hockey team are Canadian.

OMG! Dual Citizenship?! More progressive thinking than Japan? Oh no!

The YouTube ads for Korean tourism are turrible....makes Korea look super boring...