Soy Sauce Warrior Kikkoman

The Soy Sauce Warrior Kikkoman (醤油戦士キッコーマン Shō-yu Senshi Kikkōman ) — or just Kikkoman (キッコーマン Kikkōman ) as most people know him — is a superhero featured in a famous parody Macromedia Flash movie based on the Kikkoman Corporation Japan soy sauce brand.

The Kikkoman character was originally created in Shift-JIS by members of the large Japanese 2channel message board, but it was the flash movie created by Yogatori that made him famous worldwide. The movie has several references to Japanese food, anime and tokusatsu. Since most Western world usually don t know much about those subjects and Japanese culture as a whole, the movie is perceived by them as having a weird and funny tone. It is also a good example of Engrish, as seen on its translation to English language (the movie became famous well before an English translation was made available by the author).

=External links=

*[http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/kikkomaso/ Official website for the Soy Sauce Warrior Kikkoman ] (in Japanese language) *[http://www.2ch.net/ 2channel] – The posting website where Kikkoman was born (in Japanese) *[http://aa5.2ch.net/mona/ 2channel Mona BBS ( Mona Ita or Mona )] – The 2channel Mona-BBS (in Japanese) *[http://yogatori.com/movies/kikkomaso/kikkomaso_e.htm Fight! Kikkoman ( Tatakae! Kikkoman )] – The Kikkoman flash movie *[http://yogatori.com/movies/kikkomaso/kaijin_e.htm Banana and Shrimp Showtime ( Kaijintachi no Uta )] – A spinoff of the original movie by the same creator *[http://aa5.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/mona/1105867290/ Soysauce Case #9 Shōyu Ire 9 ] in 2channel Mona BBS (in Japanese) *[http://kikko.178ch.net (　・∀・)さん s Kikkoman parody ( Shōyu Ire Kakorogu-Shu )] from the 2ch.net Thread Log (in Japanese)