# Another strange cartoon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-strange-cartoon/384524>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 17, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-strange-cartoon/384524 "2006-12-17T18:16:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-strange-cartoon/384524/1 "2006-12-17T18:16:16Z")

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The Kikkoman company apparently decided that animated homo-erotic jingoism was the key to selling soy sauce. Maybe so, but that still doesn’t explain the suicidal cat.

Two versions: the [Japanese original](http://yoga.at.infoseek.co.jp/flash/kikkomaso.swf) and a [subtitled English version](http://yoga.at.infoseek.co.jp/flash/kikkomaso_e.swf) - it’s debatable whether understanding the lyrics makes this cartoon more or less weird.

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**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-strange-cartoon/384524/2 "2006-12-17T18:47:11Z")

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It’s a joke created by people on the net, not by the Kikkoman corp.