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A humorous Japanese perspective of America

June 12th, 2007 by Claytonian

Check out this bizarre map. The guy that is hosting it says,

In a pique of boredom this evening I scanned in and annotated the map that comes with Tengai Makyou: Daishi no Mokushiroku (The 4th Apocalypse). This is a Saturn RPG famed for its historical parody humor; the first three games take place in Japan, but the fourth is set in America.

This map is basically what would happen if you got a bunch of Japanese guys in a room, got them drunk, and then asked them to draw what they could remember about America on a bar napkin. Hell, that’s probably how this game was originally designed. Anyhow, I feel the map speaks for itself.

[Via Yukihime]



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Comment by RYO
2007-06-12 01:25:34

As a Canadian, it’s not that far off from what I would have come up with if I only had my memory to go by. Perhaps, Indianapolis would have been situated elsewhere and the border with Canada from the Midwest to the Pacific would have been straighter though.

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Comment by James
2007-06-12 07:07:35

Canada? I reckon there ain’t no Canada on that North American continent.

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Comment by Sonagi
2007-06-12 01:47:08

That’s actually pretty good. Most cities and states are located in the correct geographic region even though the outline shape is distorted. Most North Americans couldn’t name more than one Japanese locality, Tokyo, and most would have no idea whereabouts in Japan Tokyo is located.

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Comment by Overthinker
2007-06-12 10:24:37

Definitely agree. I would love to see Japan As Drawn By A Bunch of Drunk Americans. I bet it would be amazingly inaccurate, and probably highly offensive to boot.

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Comment by Kirbz
2007-06-12 10:32:01

Hahaha…..Indy is in Michigan…..and is also home to teepees and Indians appearently. Yay! Let’s use the city name to influnence what goes there! I lol’ed at that Chicago is a futuristic city and several other little icons.

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Comment by Dani
2007-06-12 12:43:08

Why are there two Carlsbad Caverns?

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Comment by Claytonian
2007-06-12 12:54:48

cause that’s how baaad they are!

 
 
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