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[jela]

I guess what we have to determine is whether or not we all got different newspaper. I haven't seen the paper that came with mine yet (My husband told me about it)... it is rather weird that we would get Japanese newspaper if it wasn't supposed to be a clue.. considering the distribution center is in the US...

[stacey]

In New York, at least, it isn't uncommon to see Asian Americans on the subway reading newspapers in their own language. It would be relatively easy to find a newsstand in Chinatown and buy a bunch of issues out.

It'd sure be easier than having newspaper pages specially printed in Japanese for purposes of delivering a game clue. But what do I know?

[Hippiekat]

[Riane]

[rhialto]

[1-18-08.livejournal.com]

It's not a Japanese newspaper, it's a Japanese-language newspaper from California (one of my pages has a few ads for companies in CA). The "Godzilla" clipping is just an amusing coincidence, I think. I got sports pages as well but no mention of Godzilla or anything like that.

[rhialto]

The fact that Yumiko Hashimoto's name is in English seems kinda odd. Anyone else have Japanese names in English on their papers? It's the only English I have other than Samurai Voice, and it's a little weird.

[lark]

does no one know about baseball? godzilla is just a nickname for the yankee player hideki matsui

[rhialto]

Several people already pointed that out.

[malemunyon]

[stacey]

It's common for names to appear in "English" in foreign language newspapers produced in the country. The publishers seem to realize that many of their readers also speak/read English, in which case it will be easier to recognize a familiar name if it looks the same in the paper. Quicker recognition and interest = more impulse buys on newsstands.

[GrOwLeR]

Although I'm about 100% convinced that this movie has nothing to do with Godzilla whatsoever, I think that the people saying that the headline "GODZILLA IN USA" found on the paper that comes wrapped around a shirt from a fictional company, that is part of ARG or viral promotions for a very mysterious movie about a giant monster attack on New York city, are pretty idiotic!!! I mean come on, these shirts are the very first official products tied in with this very cryptic, puzzle riddled viral marketing extravaganza and you are really going to say that the package is unlikely to contain any meaningful clues or little tongue in cheek fun poking. I mean whoever is responsible for this marketing knows that anyone buying any of these shirts at this time is obviously into the whole puzzle solving, clue seeking aspect of it as well. Saying that "GODZILLA IN USA" is just a coincidence is completely ignorant thinking!!!

[Kayberry]

For the love of Slusho, please someone scan the samurai voice article (Or more preferably, both sides of that article's newssheet). If everyone who ordered shirts got one, we might as well go through the effort of translating it into our native language, even if it is just for the sake of being able to read it.

[kaizen]

It seems like different people are gettng different pages of the newspaper. it might be premature to say this, but its the first thought that popped into my mind.

maybe they'll ship out an entire section of the news paper, and we have to translate and combine all our pages to get some clue or clues hidden in the text through out the paper.

if thats not it though, its definetly something. it just seems like a lot of extra effort to put a japanese language paper in every box shipped as a joke.

[madeillegal]

mine is also from the sports section. there's some karate "scores" but there's a picture of matsuzaka (thats probably not how you spell it but I'm ignorant and drunk) and he plays on the team I worship and cherish (The Red Sox) BUT he's wearing a Japanese baseball shirt.

I'm think stock photo because he's 100% boston now.

whatever.
i love my shirt.
i think we should post pics wearing them.
like a cult.