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Julliant



Joined: 06 Jul 2013
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:54 am Reply with quote
This came out a few hours ago and it is legit Shocked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTUlF7NA2o

Probably nothing more than a short animation but this new marketing approach from Microsoft is totally out of left field.

https://www.facebook.com/internetexplorertan

The voice actor is Valerie from Asian Pop Collective, she was a member of Sea*A and she's MC for AFA's WOW JAPAN show on YouTube.
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Gatherum



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:59 am Reply with quote
Oh god, this is retarded. Anime hyper
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DuskyPredator



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:11 am Reply with quote
And yet not the most random anime related thing I have seen. I recently watched Neptune which had game consoles having yuri time, and I unlike most geeks have no problem with IE.

I might guess by the names in the credits that the staff were not Japanese. I had a problem with the character model being a bit inconsistent in a few shots, but in general it looked pretty nice.
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MrTerrorist



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:16 am Reply with quote
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Raftina



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:18 am Reply with quote
I spy a picture of Nanami Madobe on the ruined building in the first few seconds.

I don't know about the design of IE-tan. The blue colors used seemed too vibrant and have too much of a translucent/reflective effect to them. This is inconsistent with the more subdued and opaque color scheme of Windos 8/8.1 and more in line with the Aero themes of Vista/7. I would've thought the former is what they'd be promoting.
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Julliant



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:24 am Reply with quote
DuskyPredator wrote:
And yet not the most random anime related thing I have seen. I recently watched Neptune which had game consoles having yuri time, and I unlike most geeks have no problem with IE.

I might guess by the names in the credits that the staff were not Japanese. I had a problem with the character model being a bit inconsistent in a few shots, but in general it looked pretty nice.


Yea I do think this is entirely produced in Singapore, but I could be wrong. Also the voice actress is a Singaporean who picked up Japanese. I've actually seen her in RL as she was my junior in college.
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EricJ



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:36 pm Reply with quote
Julliant wrote:
Probably nothing more than a short animation but this new marketing approach from Microsoft is totally out of left field.


And not that we're accusing you of being anime-illiterate, MS, but could you copy Sailor Moon's power-up scene a little more closely? Rolling Eyes
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:46 pm Reply with quote
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That... really says it all.
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Spotlesseden



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:42 am Reply with quote
MrTerrorist wrote:


forget Windows Azure tan, Claudia.
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TsunaReborn!



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:17 pm Reply with quote
Is this Microsofts attempt at trying to win over the East?
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