Today is April 3. But let’s look back to last weekend and round up the best April Fool’s Days gags Japan had to offer.
GIF: リカーマウンテン
Such as…
The Dragon Ball Super vs. Pretty Cure Super Stars mash-up we’ve all been waiting for.
Image: Toei
Kagawa Prefecture, AKA “Udon Prefecture”, is changing its name to Yadon (Slowpoke) Prefecture.
Vegetable flavoured Fanta (capsicum, corn, burdock root, garlic, chilli).
Graphic: Fanta Japan
Photoshop you can drink.
A karaoke aeroplane flight from Jetstar.
Image: Jetstar
This doesn’t seem like a joke.
Image: Kit Kat Japan
But even in Japan, you’re not going to really see ham and melon cream soda flavoured water.
Image: Ilohas
Grand Seiko Ninja.
Image: Grand Seiko
Why type when you can write Japanese characters on your keyboard?
Final Fantasy Magnai 14.
VR booze drinking.
The Tekken 7 DLC we’ve all been waiting for.
【速報】格闘アクション「鉄拳7」のダウンロードコンテンツ第21弾として、ゲストポケモン「イーブイ」の参戦が決定!
プロレスで磨き上げた技と肉体美がここでも披露されることに。DLC販売価格:1,121円(税込)
配信予定日:2100年11月21日
#鉄拳 #エイプリルフール pic.twitter.com/48RhuGJbK7— 【公式】プロジェクトイーブイ (@project_eevee) April 1, 2018
“Fifteen.”
Image: Square Enix
So good.
Comments
One response to “Japan’s Best April Fool’s Day Jokes”
I still remember the salted watermelon pepsi, the shiso pepsi, and the ten thousand other weird seasonal flavours for drinks. The Fanta one doesn’t even seem that far fetched.
The Ikaman one is fucking amazing, though. It’s puns within puns.