Osaka Bang US Ver
You may remember the Osaka Bang video that I posted a while ago which shows how folks in Osaka react to being shot by an invisible gun and cut down by an invisible sword.
When I was guest blogging at BoingBoing, I wrote up a post introducing this phenomena and soon after Tim at Trophy Wife saw my post and went and made an American version!
Watch the video below to see how Americans act to being shot by an invisible gun.
For those who could not be bothered to watch, folks reacted more to being attacked my martial arts instead.
And the original Osaka Bang clip below.
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Graphic Designer
I always get a kick out of these videos! XD
IT-Architect, SysAdmin, WebDesign and Coding, Virtualization (VMware + NetApp)
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Funny... i mean how they basicaly ignore guns but jump at martial arts... ^^;
The japanese did react a lot better in my opinion, as in - better acting skills hehe.
Anyhow, cool someone did do that... now i wonder who does it in germany!? ;)
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
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It's a bit skewed considering he went to a theme park to do it...
I guess guns are no joke? Being shot requires faster reflexes on the victim's part than a karate challenge.
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
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Yep, exactly!
I mean, I think if the gun thing was done in a theme park in Japan, reactions would be even more hillarious... xD
But nice anyways...
supernatural swords and guns >_<
Graphics Whore
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I think this guy missed the point... The original video was showing how people in Osaka react, not Japanese people in general. I love the way he changes his focus from "Japanese people" to "Asian people." Yatta, Mr. Ugly American!
Oh yeah, and the little cowboy hat and bandana, too. Is that suppose to give people some idea of what he's doing? I'd like to see him try this somewhere a little rougher, perhaps Houston's 5th Ward. Yee haw.
Otaku, CNS / IT student
Indeed, Americans tend to keep to themselves and only put forth effort for themselves. This doesn't surprise me at all.
We're pretty boring...
Theme Park Otaku
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As expected, Americans didn't get it at all.
>_<
I'd do a long-drawn out death/Counter sword attack.
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
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It's weird that americans don't react well to the fake gun... but fake karate fights they go for???
-1
http://necrophadian.blogspot.com/
It's seems almost every person he shot at seems to be your typical "wake up, go to work, go home, ignore each other" suburban dweller.
I think Americans don't like to joke about guns or pretend to shoot people because of the occasional public shooting rampage you hear every so often. couple that with the fact that access to guns is easy (legal or not) compared to other countries, I know times aren't like the wild wild west but the fact is America still is in love with its guns.
I still wonder why people are so quick to react with martial arts. Maybe because the danger is easily visible? sometimes you can't tell why a person is faking or not.
Destroyer of the Waps
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We'll always love our guns.
Quality Scrutinizer
Seconded.
Student, Musician, PHP
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Pretty fun the karate reactions. But the first one looked really mad or scared. The Osaka one was funnier.
University Student
That was pretty interesting to watch, didn't think people would react that much to karate.
Student
funny lol
Student
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Interesting, and very funny. Though I probably won't go around doing karate chops in public.
JR. College Student
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That was hilarious. The punching sound effects were dead on!
However, I think Los Angles is no where near an American equivalent to Osaka. San Fransisco maybe, but not LA.
JR. College Student
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d'oh
*Los Angeles*
student
LOL. I'm from San Francisco and I was thinking about how diffrent the reactions would be in the Bay Area. I don't think that everyone would react, but I know alot of people who would. One of my friends is a film student and they do things like this all the time and have much better responses.
Gundam Pilot (in training)
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no surprise there :/ man guess only American Otaku would react, it was like *Bang!* (pfft... buzz off freak <.<) maybe he just didn't run into the right people with his invisible gun, maybe the people who reacted to Karate would react to a Gun?
University Student
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In the end, the people from Osaka are a lot funnier than Universal Studios tourists. XD
I think somebody could research the reason why the American people is more likely to react to karate chops. And I'm serious, the person could even win the Ig Nobel prize.
Web developer
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What amuses me is that reactions seem switched between both cultures, again.
It's also amazing they were so dull considering the guy was giving clear give aways ant this is a theme park. Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuull.
Filmmaker, Photographer, Student, Professional at sellng my soul
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Good thing he went to Citywalk to do this, if this was just on the street things might have gotten a little scary and/or lonely (no one walks anywhere here).
Technical Account Manager
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This oddly reminds me of one of the banned XBox 360 commercials... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF833-lpJDU
Com. Sci. Student
hahaha xD
University's Slave
I love that commercial! ^_^ And yeah, it reminded me of that commercial too.
Student
Just watched that commercial and thought it was pretty funny.
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Heh guess people are still turned off by guns in the US, funny how Karate fights work ^^;
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Brave man, for doing it in the US. Then again, maybe being in a theme park was somewhat of a mitigating factor...
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that's what I though so~~~~~~
trying it on a random street might get him a trip to the police station.........
???Confused???
Wasn't surprised...it's not a common thing and people are usually sensitive about it...
Dog of the Country
it's must be embarrassing for him.. T_T
Animation
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Uhhh, I think this guy is a transplant.
It's more like people in Los Angeles don't resonate well to guns.
Karate part was more enjoyable though.
Man
That was the hilarious... Haha. Too bad it wasn't like "FATALITY!" haha.
College Freshmen
I wonder why shooting doesn't work. Universals is great though.
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Good choice of venue to conduct this experiment~~~~
Martial art/kung fu works well probably due to the affect of fighting games & old time Chinese/Hong Kong kung fu movies.
Well done Tim ^_^
Now which one of us shall volunteer to conduct this experiment in their native country ^^
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that kid is pretty good with his moves. ('~')
i guess it's normal behaviour for people to ignore the guy. depends on the location and the current mood of people as well.
Otaku / Student in Networking
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Japanese people is more open, I mean for this kind of things. But in America, they will think we are crazy. =
♦College Student♦
Good laugh. Karate moves seem to get people moving but an invisible gun is a no-no.
Engineering and Sales
Americans (at least where I live) are to self absorbed to even respond good morning if I say it first. Definitely not going to play fight lol.
Otaku
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93 gun deaths in Japan vs. 36,000 in America: Don't we get it?
http://aapnews.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/15/6/6
Otaku
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The gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in 1994 by country were as follows:
* U.S.A. 14.24
* Brazil 12.95
* Mexico 12.69
* Estonia 12.26
* Argentina 8.93
* Northern Ireland 6.63
* Finland 6.46
* Switzerland 5.31
* France 5.15
* Canada 4.31
* Norway 3.82
* Austria 3.70
* Portugal 3.20
* Israel 2.91
* Belgium 2.90
* Australia 2.65
* Slovenia 2.60
* Italy 2.44
* New Zealand 2.38
* Denmark 2.09
* Sweden 1.92
* Kuwait 1.84
* Greece 1.29
* Germany 1.24
* Hungary 1.11
* Ireland 0.97
* Spain 0.78
* Netherlands 0.70
* Scotland 0.54
* England and Wales 0.41
* Taiwan 0.37
* Singapore 0.21
* Mauritius 0.19
* Hong Kong 0.14
* South Korea 0.12
* Japan 0.05
Now the reaction of the people in USA and Japan make sense
College Student
You need to kind of take into account the cultural factors that affect these statistics--the law, the culture, the history of gun control in the country, how easy it is to acquire weapons, where these deaths are taking place, what demographics are causing the deaths, etc. I have lived near several cities where there are people killed almost every week in muggings or gang violence. Gun or no, people still get killed because there was a motivation to commit a violent crime and the gun was just the weapon of opportunity.
Quality Scrutinizer
True.
Notice in many of these places, a gun ownership is not permitted(not counting hunting arms), yet the numbers!
There are no relations between having a gun and killing someone vs. not having a gun and not killing someone.
meow-meow!
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i wonder how it would have turned out if he wasn't wearing costumes. also, i think he should have stuck with a standard 'BANG' sound for his gunshots. i was surprised by the martial arts part haha
It's a lot harder to do it in America, seeing as how there's a risk the person would respond with a real gun.
student- university servant
dood, its citywalk... so people expect that kind of stuff LOL
i would think twice about doing it anywhere else
-they have a dark horse comics store there where i bought my first gunpla :)
Student
LOL, "have to cowboy up"
College Student
People aren't scared of cowboys anymore. They're scared of mimes acting like cowboys.
Student
Tnx for uploading this ^_^
Engineering research
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pretty funny, japan one was wee bit awesomer.
this is great! i never imagined people would react to a karate guy but not to a cowboy with a gun.... this should be a world wide experiment to see where ppl cooperate and with what. i might try it someday... XD
初音ミク命
I'm not quite sure what would happen if someone randomly did that to me while I was walking around. I guess it would depend entirely on my mood at the time; if I were in a hurry and needed to get someplace important then I probably wouldn't pay much attention to him while if I were just walking around idly, just killing time, I would probably play along with it.
That's why i loved japanese people...
they're too kind...
To play along with us... haha
Mechanical Engineering student
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"Guns don't resonate with Americans." --I didn't expect that answer!!! DX
It was pretty hilarious though when they reacted to him doing martial arts.
I dunno how I would react if this happened to me. I would probably play along but then again I'm always in a hurry so I might not even notice it if someone did that x_x
Developing the Distracted Cat
This wasn't that funny as in Osaka. But the karate part was hilarious.
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MARVELOUS
Otaku ^^
The opposite of Osaka Bang results. I think US is common to guns related crime and do not take fun out of it. As for martial arts, they think of Jackie Chan...
d@@b
Student, Performer
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^.^ This guy is funny.
the city man's respond is not as good as in japan's, but still they won't do anything bad in return(not like in some country. which you might end up being beaten.)
By they way, danny, your new banner which located at the bottom, will be runned over by the youtube video....lol
IT specialist for application development, Business Process Manager
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Well I think the whole test was pointless from the time he decided to do that in a theme park. He should have done that on the streets...
But it shows how Americans think and behave (no offence). Never look week and so when someone shoots at you, you won't do anything. But if you get the chance to look cool, go for it lol...
I think Japanese are much more focused on the fun and just have to react on everything haha
C.E. Student
You got to love these videos.
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Wow. Japanese people really seem to be pretty cool with playing around with things like this. We Americans always just look at the person doing this and go, "WTF do you think you're doing?" I do admit, that if somebody would do this to me in public.. I would totally play around with it. As I am dieing from the gun shot, I pull my pistol out and fire back.;)
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
I love this stuff. I don't know why Americans are so not into "fun". Not everyone is crazy.
Student
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Osaka people is more fun to be with since they are not like the American we can see above who doesn't like to interact with stranger at all.
Massage Therapy Student
Well, when the guy was doing martial arts moves people would interact with him. Americans, as opposed to Japanese, are much more sensitive when it comes to guns... it's not as much of a joke since many more people here die from them.
university student
i'd go matrix on him
Web Designer / Animator
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Well look like the research tell us that Japanese are more creative and funny. hahahaha
Loafer
yeah, shoulda kept with just going "bang!" than the "peekyu!" sound which woulda let the people know that he's joking and he's not some crazy guy cowboy outfit who wants to shoot your children.