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This video takes a look at why characters will sometimes be given extra fingers in Japan - a phenomenon that has affected video games such as Crash Bandicoot and Ratchet & Clank, as well as kids TV shows like Bob The Builder.
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@theretherebearbears7631 6 лет назад

It's so weird hearing Homer speaks Japanese.

@KingSnickSnack 6 лет назад

ThereThereBearBears just as wierd as it is to hear goku speak english

@adamf1980 6 лет назад

He sounded like Mr Sparkle

@banjo-kazooie 6 лет назад

Doooouuuuuhhh

@valenesco45 6 лет назад

snicksnack666 fucking weeb

@InferiorBeing 6 лет назад

Aye, I thought the same... feels wrong somehow. :D

@kirbyofthestarsfan 6 лет назад

Fun Fact: The only Sonic character drawn with 4 fingers it's Fang the Sniper/Nack the Weasel, given he's a criminal and all that it's likely this design choice was deliberate

@XXNemesisXXXX 6 лет назад

Didn't even notice that. Other than those characters being much less known, they were also made in Japan right? They aren't american or are they?

@kirbyofthestarsfan 6 лет назад

Yeah they were made in Japan

@flarestorm9417 5 лет назад

E-123 Omega also has four fingers, but I guess being a robot doesn't have the same connotations.

@robonaught 5 лет назад

Also due to the fact that he's a creature known as a jerboa which have four toes. Yeah ignore his western name he isn't a weasel.

@robonaught 5 лет назад

@@flarestorm9417 Metal Sonic has 5 fingers but I guess it's cuz he's supposed to be like Sonic in nearly every way while Omega isn't a robot copy of anyone.

@cosmicaler 6 лет назад

Actually, I was more confused why cartoons have 4 fingers rather than 5.

@GegoXaren 6 лет назад

Is is easier to draw. Give it a try.

@halfdemented 6 лет назад

It's just a style choice and less to draw.

@GegoXaren 6 лет назад

Speed of drawing is also a factor (or was at least).

@personguy6517 6 лет назад

Easier to draw and easier to animate

@MidoriMushrooms 6 лет назад

because people are lazy and because shitty old disney cartoons do it so people like to copy them for nostalgia. (As in no good reason.)

@MillywiggZ 6 лет назад

That reasoning behind Oddworld is a strange one. Having four fingers for Abe would be appropriate for a class looked down on that packs meat.

@rvbrexer 6 лет назад

Mudokons literally packed meat and were oppressed, they were not mobsters though.

@jwilliams3966 6 лет назад

Also, he's an alien

@oswaldcobblepot6983 6 лет назад

Bob The Builder didn't lose a finger on each hand from cutting corner angles on a bandsaw for his ceiling trim....it was a bad opium deal with the Yakuza.

@leeweesquee 6 лет назад

Oswald Cobblepot or some union shit.

@adultmoshifan87 6 лет назад

Bodgy Builder Got no license! Bodgy Builder Just takes cash! Bodgy and Windy, Dozy too... ...know all the shortcuts to make it look new Bodgy Builder Can we bodge it? Bodgy Builder Yes we can!

@RagingGoldenEagle 6 лет назад

I'd be more interested to know how the whole 4 finger character style first came about in the west and became so popular. I was pretty OCD as a kid and wondered why they did that for human characters. Still do!

@SteveOnlin 6 лет назад

because it is hard to draw 5 fingers

@oktw6969 6 лет назад

I don't think it's only because of difficulty drawing, but animal paws (cat and dog specifically) have only 4 "fingers".

@mr.nicktheboy1030 6 лет назад

Raging Golden Eagle It’s easier to draw and it’s way easier to animate.

@GrayFoxRJ 6 лет назад

There are plenty of articles on it. Western animators are lazy and animating 5 fingers for each character's hand was too hard and time consuming for them. The cartoons popularized this "trick" and copied all around the world. Japanese were not that lazy, and kinda perfectionist. Also, they were very limited of this possibility due to the cultural aspects mentioned in the video.

@reisun6894 6 лет назад

Raging Golden Eagle It's cheaper and faster to animate. In The Little Mermaid they even cut off 2 of Ursulas tentacles for that reason. So she's not actually a octopus lady but a squid.

@imperishableneet 6 лет назад

*"She's lower than a human. I bet she doesn't even have ten fingers."* --Marisa Kirisame upon defeating Rumia, Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

@kmfhazard 6 лет назад

ohhh i get it now

@jayacheal8401 6 лет назад

Wow, holy shit I never thought of that

@acario100 6 лет назад

Imperishable Neet holy shit I never realized that, I thought it was just ZUN being weird.

@SauceBossLordOfMeat 6 лет назад

Imperishable Neet B O I

@lancelnce 6 лет назад

I remember that. Nice one!

@Xaibo_Red 6 лет назад

Characters with 4 fingers = bad Games about the Yakuza = fine

@dsafadsddfca 6 лет назад

I think it's more to do with the fact that the characters with 4 fingers are being marketed to children.

@andreaquadrati 6 лет назад

Geno344 well, you can play mafia games too, but those have a 18 rating. All this stuff is for kids, you can watch any offensive thing you want once you are mature

@Mari_Izu 6 лет назад

Yakuza games are not for kids, dumbass.

@escaperoutebritish 6 лет назад

While characters lose fingers in Yakuza games, I cannot at all recall ever seeing a character with fingers missing and I've played about all of the series, excluding maybe two.

@personguy6517 6 лет назад

The Yakuza franchise is a mature franchise though.

@TheItalianoAssassino 6 лет назад

Someone should make a Cartoon where characters have 6 fingers for no reason whatsoever.

@lepidolite2499 6 лет назад

TheItalianoAssassino starring Ford

@DigiPen92 6 лет назад

TheItalianoAssassino Gravity Falls has a character named Ford Pines has 6 fingers.

@CapnCinnamonBunVideogamemaster 6 лет назад

The Simpsons is my favorite anime

@crashdoyaaniu8892 6 лет назад

NO Chota Beem is your favourite anime now

@fireaza 6 лет назад

Your silly meme is technically correct, since Japanese people would indeed use the word "anime" to refer to The Simpsons.

@machine-shopbilly6584 6 лет назад

Same nigga

@w0lffa571 6 лет назад

Seinfeld is my Fav dopeamine

@VisionoftheChief 6 лет назад

Mine too!

@suuslime3908 6 лет назад

Damn, didn't know bob was about that Yakuza life.

@ummehabibaa5880 2 года назад

poyrayed as majima

@carlosgarciafilho 6 лет назад

Also brazilian. Don't know what you're talking about CG. The ok signs (both with a thumbs up and forming a circle with indicator and thumb) are fine here. I can see how the second option could be used as a sign for "anus", but that'd depend heavily on context and isn't the most used meaning of the sign.

@swint260 6 лет назад

Outsiders always think Brazil is like /r/watchpeopledie

@gsolkam 6 лет назад

It is ok now because globalization. But a few decades before it was an offensive sign, like giving the middle finger for someone.

@brunor.1127 6 лет назад

Gustavo Zenker horrivel ter de falar isso em todos os comentarios né?

@yuzooman 6 лет назад

Gustavo Zenker This gesture means "OK" to divers as they cannot speak underwater.

@salsicharogers337 6 лет назад

topper

@LeagueUnionSevens 6 лет назад

6:02 You're almost there. Remember both the manga and anime were made primarily for a Japanese audience. My guess is that when Piccolo was first introduced in the manga, he was only intended to be a villain (so 4 fingers seemed fair) however by the time the anime was produced, Toriyama had decided that he would eventually convert Piccolo into a "good guy", so drew him with 5 fingers instead.

@andreaquadrati 6 лет назад

What about Altair? I mean, the guy cut his finger off to use the hidden blade, what happened to him in Japan?

@nushia7192 6 лет назад

he has 5 fingers...

@MastermindX 6 лет назад

He had 6 fingers originally, so after he cut one off he still had 5. Crisis averted!

@andreaquadrati 6 лет назад

xYuushax sure, but meat class, yakuza, yadda yadda..did they just pretend he never cut a finger in Japan or do they say it?

@andreaquadrati 6 лет назад

MastermindX the finger cutting is still there, though. I wonder if they mention it

@Morgan02 6 лет назад

Andrea Quadrati Or Beyek from Origins seeing how the game takes place before Altair

@Jesse12489 6 лет назад

The Simpson's in japanese. Amazing.

@fireaza 6 лет назад

Niko Revo You're technically right, since Japan uses the word "anime" for all animation.

@minatoyoutube 6 лет назад

fireaza mmm only japanese animation I think :thinkingFace:

@fireaza 6 лет назад

minatonoyami Nah, using the word "anime" only for Japanese animation is purely a Western thing. Japanese people use "anime" for all animation, be it Studio Ghibli, Disney or Pixar.

@bloodycinephile 6 лет назад

What's funny about the word anime is that it's technically not a Japanese word. They copied the English word animation and then we copied it right back. It's a borrowed word from a borrowed word.

@zetanull9631 6 лет назад

fireaza So technically all animations is anime

@ArynBacklogDragon 6 лет назад

hm... as a guy born and Raised in Brazil. The "Okay Gesture" is an okay gesture. I don't know where you got that information but I never once saw anyone consider it rude or even compared to the middle finger.

@brunor.1127 6 лет назад

I am brazilzilzi! But i will speak in english: around the military dictature times that was meant something like a middlefinger(anus i think)

@Shaidon7 6 лет назад

The OK gesture in Brazil was just meant what it is, the OK gesture. But if use it upside down with the middle to baby finger close to each other, then is a rude gesture. But that is very old, and is not even used as before.

@AdminCorno 6 лет назад

Hi, I'm from brazil. It is only in a few regions that this gesture is seen as an offense. Around here in Rio is still seen as a "Okay".

@VivioSaf 6 лет назад

Also Brazilian and from a region where this can be seen as "offensive". But, we only see it as such, when the sign is made with the palm towards the person doing it (with the hand inverted). And it's dependent of context. The way it's showed in the video it's normally seen as "Okay".

@lancelnce 6 лет назад

tbm não concordo, esse gesto é "okay" onde moro tbm. Sò se meter o dedo dentro é q a coisa muda. hahah

@Brontosuchus 6 лет назад

Let me guess: It's because "four" is pronounced the same as "death"?

@andreaquadrati 6 лет назад

Tamanomizu that too. But the meat subclass and yakuza are more offensive than just a similar pronunciation

@nushia7192 6 лет назад

Andrea you forgot that you don't need yakuza for death to happen to someone.

@nostalgicumbry3279 6 лет назад

I thought this too so i waited to the end to see if it was even mentioned, and it wasn't

@RandoomDude 6 лет назад

yeah, that's the biggest reason I think honestly

@ArahabakinoKami 6 лет назад

Yup, I´m pretty sure that´s one of the reasons, too.

@vicksauce9291 6 лет назад

Why is hentai still cencored?

@heliosspecialistarrogant7031 6 лет назад

Ass Ketchup from Pellit Town to made you buy the uncencored-uncut-hyper-blue-ray vertion for 65$ instead of watch it on free streaming.

@Kaimax61 6 лет назад

In short, an Ironic law that was made because of prudish Western Christians coming into Japan, shaming Japanese culture.

@lordblueballs7293 6 лет назад

Kaimax_61 can I have da links?

@Kaimax61 6 лет назад

The Penal Code, Article 175, was made in 1907, and have not been changed till this day. "A person who distributes, sells or displays in public an obscene document, drawing or other objects shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than 2years, a fine of not more than 2,500,000 yen or a petty fine. The same shall apply to a person who possesses the same for the purpose of sale." So that's why people censor adult stuff in Japan

@lordblueballs7293 6 лет назад

Kaimax_61 does that mean that the uncensored hentai I find on hentai haven is illegal or made for western distribution only?

@Grantofglyn 5 лет назад

Can we just appreciate Japanese Homer's 'DOH!' for a second

@hiruma4142 6 лет назад

This must be Mista's work.

@CrimsonLegend 6 лет назад

Hiruma Berserker I get that, and I love that I do

@queenismyfavoriteband9904 6 лет назад

sex pistoooools

@megan2867 5 лет назад

Funny, another reason for the four finger censorship is the fact that four is considered an unlucky number in Japan. Tetraphobia is a phobia of the number four which is common in East Asian nations. Most likely the reason for Guido's fear of the number.

@sinclairguess1187 3 года назад

There are four comment in here Let me make it five

@Ryo 6 лет назад

as a kid i always just assumed 4 fingers was due to creator laziness

@johnnywu8708 6 лет назад

I used to always wonder why cartoon characters always had 4 fingers, and I thought the reason was because 5 fingers were really hard to fit without making the hand look weird. However, I compared it to how Japan does anime, and I'm just here wondering "Why can't I draw 5 fingers without making it look weird?" Also, anime tend to have the middle finger and ring finger connected to each other when people wave at each other for some reason. No actual answer has been given though, so it's just an interesting thing to know.

@gxnzo2828 6 лет назад

*homer trying to perform human transmutation*

@Abdega 6 лет назад

Some people lose an arm and a leg due to human transmutation. Homer got off lucky only losing a couple fingers

@512TheWolf512 6 лет назад

Because humans have 5 fingers, duh

@LordMarlle 6 лет назад

Amazing humour

@amit1111ism 6 лет назад

WOAH!

@goldentoparican788 6 лет назад

Havard: Nigga you want a scholarship/

@sparky663 6 лет назад

"dohs in japanese"

@kingnewcomer2029 6 лет назад

Definitely interested in learning more about this! :) Crash Bandicoot characters have always had inconsistent fingers, some games they have 5 fingers, other games they only have 4, even the human characters, it's weird. I have noticed not only Diddy Kong having extra fingers, and toes when Nintendo took over after Rare left the company, but the whole Kong family as well way back in the day, though it grew on me almost immediately, I didn't mind it all that much though (although, they didn't alter any of the Kremlings' fingers, (including King K.Rool's) for some reason). I do find it ironic that original 4-fingered characters get extras in Japan, yet Nintendo created Bowser, and Bowser Jr., who both have 4 fingers. XD Also, really, the OK-hand gesture is considered rude in Brazil...? I guess you gotta be very careful when visiting certain parts of the world, huh?

@Miestwin 6 лет назад

I hate 4 fingered hands on characters, and it's for one simple reason. It came to be not as an artistic choice but economic one. Disney was a cheap bastard and tried to save money on animation by cutting off one finger. Also, they look awkward.

@Nitu_S.C. 5 месяцев назад

If they care so much about such a small detail in games, imagine their attitude towards people with 4 fingers.

@buciallstar 6 лет назад

But wouldn't it make sense for Abe and his kin to have four fingers due to them being in a low class themselves (them being slaves and food)

@TheSpiralProgression 6 лет назад

Majin Buu was also given Fingers in the Anime Version of Dragon Ball Z because of this reason, whilst in the manga, he had just meathooks for hands.

@cavareenvius7886 6 лет назад

yeah, they added one finger....

@TheSpiralProgression 6 лет назад

No, they gave him Five.

@cavareenvius7886 6 лет назад

Well, i just checked it before i postet this comment. He has a thumb, the forefinger and the rest is a cluster of fingers. Who you are talking about is Kid Boo. Yes, he has only a thumb and the the cluster-fingers in the manga and five fingers in the anime.

@TheSpiralProgression 6 лет назад

I believe I may be thinking of Super Buu/Buutenks/Buuccolo/Buuhan

@cavareenvius7886 6 лет назад

That can be. Is a very.very long time since i last read the manga. I can't find any pics on google where you can see clearly his hand.

@tristanroberts8016 6 лет назад

I originally came to this video thinking it had to do with the belief of the number four meaning death in Japanese culture. But nope. Still cool though.

@Emitaintianti 6 лет назад

+Tristan Roberts The number four also means death in China.

@CrimsonR0se 6 лет назад

Also, one of the pronunciations for 四(4) is「し」which sounds like 「死」meaning "death." Although it's kinda silly, since there are so many homophones in Japanese.

@ShuriknIbuki 6 лет назад

The cover box from Left4Dead was also changed because of that

@niBBunn 6 лет назад

Onii-chan No Ecchi ! Ok wtf is your channel banner

@eduardocotta461 6 лет назад

I live in Brasil and the ok sign is ok

@eljaminlatour6633 Год назад

One theory I have is due to superstition reasons. In Asian cultures alike, the number 4 is unlucky. Why? Because it's pronounced 四("shi") and Chinese/Japanese use 漢字(Kanji) to identify different homonyms and homophones. There's a different Kanji with the same sound 死("shi"), but this time it doesn't mean 4 it means "death". Due to this Asians alike "avoid" giving bad luck to others by avoiding the number 4, it can't be written on prices, parking spots, floors, addresses, and so on. This is similar to how we Americans avoid the number 13 because we see it as unlucky.

@hikaru9624 6 лет назад

So this three finger thing is as bad as someone giving another the V sign eh? Fair enough, we should respect each other.

@rulersreachfan243 6 лет назад

V sign? I always thought the two fingers up meant peace

@hikaru9624 6 лет назад

Andrea Kinney it depends on which side is facing someone. For instance ✌means peace or victory, but if the BACK of this gesture is shown then you're telling someone to fuck off. Interestingly enough the v sign is believed to come from archers during the Battle of Agincourt (sourced from Wikipedia) as an insult to their enemy "This origin legend dictates that the English and Welsh archers who were captured by the French had their index and middle fingers cut off so that they could no longer operate their longbows, and that the V Sign was used by uncaptured and victorious archers in a display of defiance against the enemy". (Please note that I do not mean to offend anyone)

@songoku9348 6 лет назад

It's really something hearing Homer speaking Japanese. It's so unusual, I rike it.

@CaptainJacksIsland 6 лет назад

That's a lot of work for a damn finger.

@escaperoutebritish 6 лет назад

And I thought it was Mafia connected. I learned something new. Edit: Aha, so a mixture of both. The Yakuza lobbing off fingers and the Burakumin connection.

@ryancribbs3386 6 лет назад

Changes in Japan: "Their culture is different." Changes in US: "Oh it's so stupid that they censored that." Get your feelings of censorship more consistent, people!

@rockstar2PL 6 лет назад

I thought it would be something like "4 in japan sounds like the word death"

@tsb2041 6 лет назад

0:01 GOT 'EMMMMMM 👌🏻

@acewing3889 6 лет назад

Boi ✋

@goodnight63 6 лет назад

In Japanese kids cartoons from the late 2000s, they have four fingers. I don't think this is correct. A few shows come to mind. It's just a design choice

@Wiiranger87 6 лет назад

Well.. this is very surreal and informative. I never considered that having different number of fingers for other cultures. I understand the Brazil one but for Japan. Weird

@brunor.1127 6 лет назад

Brazil one is soo old almost nobody ises it as a insult

@TopSunbro 6 лет назад

brazil here, thats bullshit

@ArynBacklogDragon 6 лет назад

Being born and Raised in Brazil, I never once heard of this.

@l3rvn0 6 лет назад

Talvez seja algo regional, eu sou de Minas Gerais e por aqui isso significa algo tipo "Seu cu", mas não é muito usado e não é exatamente como o gesto de ok, os três ultimos dedos ficam meio dobrados.

@brunor.1127 6 лет назад

Why we are talking in english? Merda

@ArynBacklogDragon 6 лет назад

so the rest of the folk can understand.

@victorprati7908 6 лет назад

+Nergal bs indeed

@oscarramos5681 2 года назад

I can still hear the main menu theme in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.

@cise4832 6 лет назад

Duh The real question is why do fictional characters have four fingers instead of five fingers in the West.

@Groundash 6 лет назад

The worst part is that all of this sounds like myth. I doubt any of these people would ever get into trouble for keeping these characters four-fingered in Japan. Stupid publishers being afraid of the non existent boogeyman and jumping the gun as always.

@halfdemented 6 лет назад

Clearly it's not a myth. The beginning part sounds like a myth and some group that feels oppressed by it still for some reason. However, I can completely understand the Yakuza culture being a problem in Japan and the country itself not wanting to give attention publicly to it. It could panic civilians about the amount of problems that could be happening in their neighborhoods related to the Yakuza.

@Groundash 6 лет назад

I'm not saying that the history is myth. I'm saying that the public reaction publishers fear so much is the myth. As is said in this video itself, The Simpsons are allowed to have four fingers but doen't mention any backlash. I don't think people in Japan have ever complained about 4 fingered characters. Boogeyman.

@DeeCross 6 лет назад

The Simpsons is also pretty unpopular in Japan and, as noted, it was still an edit done in merchandise (because editing the actual animation of an American cartoon is not an act to be undertaken lightly)… But anyway, the act of cutting off the smallest finger is called yubitsume. It's not just a yakuza punishment still in practice but also was adopted as a protest symbol of Japanese nationalists. Not just symbolically, or anything-"切り落とした指を抗議先に送りつける場合もある。"-"There are cases in which disembodied fingers have been sent as a form of protest."

@Abdega 6 лет назад

2:45 “Village people” *YOUNG MAN!*

@hkiyr 6 лет назад

Something that might also be responsible for the 4 fingers taboo is that 4 in japanese is Shi, and so is die, there is so much taboo against 4 that a lot of hospitals don't even have fourth floors

@MrVariant 6 лет назад

Didn't know about the 4 fingers insulting meat packing worker accidents

@TheDragonfriday 6 лет назад

And 4 is a bad number in Japan kinda like the number 13 here in America

@trisertricordoh2127 6 лет назад

Shi = four yet Yon = 4, both is correct, Shi also is used in Shinigami. Thus why Yon is used more often than Shi.

@Medachod 6 лет назад

Why is thirteen bad? Other than Friday the 13th, I don't know why else.

@williamproto6164 6 лет назад

+Medachod A grandfather clock striking 13 times warns of a death in one's family. I know this because of Castelvania Symphony of the Night's clock tower room lol

@warrenbradford2597 6 лет назад

Yeah, let's not four get that.

@aikou2886 6 лет назад

死　四 both are pronounced "shi". The first one means death, the second one means four. 四/4 Can be pronounced as "yon" as well, which is preferred by people who have that supersticion. Not everybody is horrorised at the pronounciation "shi" for the number four but due to that supersticion "yon" is more common.

@BigHairyMarty314 6 лет назад

Interesting. I didn't imagine that Piccolo's extra finger was a result of censorship. I simply figured it'd be much easier to animate.

@ProfessorPineappleEdits 6 лет назад

0:22 LoL you looked into the o **punch**

@yaboypowda 6 лет назад

the yakuza will cut off theyre own pinky if they dishonored themselves

@Jinaria101 6 лет назад

Some of The Pokémon have four fingers and no one complained ?

@mr.voidout4739 5 лет назад

According to the Sipsonsverse, giving Bart five fingers would make him an omnipotent being.

@GoobTradeMark 6 лет назад

*It's fucking **1:49** in the morning*

@1saacbcourt452 6 лет назад

The real question would be "why characters have less fingers in the west?" That's much more weird.

@Mari_Izu 6 лет назад

Easier to draw.

@Stan_man 6 лет назад

What about first assasin's creed? does altair have 5 finger in japan even the story tells that he have to cut one of hes finger in order to use hiden blade?

@NitroIndigo 6 лет назад

Reminds me of the Did You Know Gaming? episode about the Xbox, where they discuss an interview involving someone who was told that the colour black and the letter X represent death in Japan. Since when? I thought Japan didn't like four-fingered hands because the Yakuza cut their fingers off, and because four is death, though.

@CrossoverGameReviews 6 лет назад

Since never. DYKG doesn't do their research right. They just look at the surface and go along with it.

@GUYI621 6 лет назад

This got dark real quick

@princessmaly 6 лет назад

Godzilla has four fingers. He's a coelophysid, a really basal branch of theropods, while later, more derived clades reduced the number of fingers, three for tetanurines, two for tyrannosaurs, and one for living birds, although atavistic genes can trigger the growth of multiple fingers and if you look closely at a chicken's hand the bones for multiple fingers are there. Tiny and vestigal, but there. I mean I guess that's a little different because Godzilla's a dinosaur and all that, but to be totally honest having a straight up human depicted with four fingers for no adequately explained reason IS kind of shocking. Pretty simple: people have five fingers, so when it deviates from that norm there's just kind of an innate reaction that tells you something is wrong? I mean it's common enough to be desensitized to it and the Simpons characters have always been intentionally stylized to not look like ordinary people anwyas, so... I guess. It's just weird is all.

@kjw21411 6 лет назад

They also changed the derpy eyes to non-derpy ones for the Japanese Simpsons box art. I wonder why they did that?

@KirbyFan99Productions 5 лет назад

My best guess would be that it's just because it looks physically impossible for humans to perform.

@nekopantsuchan8760 6 лет назад

4 is also a word called "death" in japan 死 (shi) that is also a reason. cause 死 is also a REALLY offensive word in japan

@an2qzavok 6 лет назад

So it's more of a self-censorship by publishers than government's doing.

@ltccherno2536 5 лет назад

Interesting. Especially since Dragon Ball’s Piccolo has 4 fingers in the manga but 5 in the show. And then Cell starts off with 3 fingers and gains a finger in each form until he has 5, but has 5 constantly in the show.

@sachitechless 6 лет назад

Surprised that it had nothing to do with the number 4's connection to death. Also Japanese Homer let's go

@gtPacheko 6 лет назад

OK sign is ok here now, it used to be rude but it isn't anymore.

@marscaleb 6 лет назад

You know, if the four finger characters are references to this "lesser class" of people, wouldn't that be PERFECT for oddworld? Wasn't that what they were in-game?

@KainDrake 2 года назад

Pretty fucked up that Japan thinks so little of the people who pack their food.

@SuperSpaceGirlHDTV 6 лет назад

In Disneyland Tokyo, does Mickey and friends have five fingers too?

@ABlob 6 лет назад

That OK-hand gesture is more so a thing in Germany... I think. Maybe. I don't care.

@phrog.4809 5 лет назад

I thought it was so there would be no controversy about a mistake where a character would put up the middle finger

@BurnRoddy 6 лет назад

The hand gesture is not offensive. Its only when your fingers point downwards that it becomes offensive.

@mr.voidout4739 5 лет назад

Leave it to dudes named Tim to come up with the weird shit.

@jokerofmorocco 6 лет назад

The bigger question is why does every cartoon have 4 fingers

@c0mpu73rguy 5 лет назад

The real question is, why do we westeners draw our cartoon characters with four fingers in the first place.

@Algeriawindows69 2 года назад

Yeah

@salvadorlegarski7809 6 лет назад

Metal gear solid 2 Arsenal gear background music...i hear you back there.

@harryradley 6 лет назад

I assumed it was the old Yakuza pinky loss. Everything else was new information - great video from a great channel.

@babyjoanheart 6 лет назад

The thumbnail looks like a can you spot the diffrence picture.....

@codyy769 6 лет назад

I always thought it was the radiation.

@JagoShogun 5 лет назад

What's funny is Akira blatantly states in his Manghua that Piccolo was drawn that way for a specific scene to facilitate his counting down gesture. lol. But yeah, might also be because of Japan's Tetraphobia. Anything related to Four is scrapped or skipped. Even room floors.

@theminiyosshi2901 6 лет назад

Four fingers will be censored in Japan Me: What about Yoshi? He has four fingers...

@user-pl7mu3mw4s 5 лет назад

I can confirm that the OK gesture is NOT offensive in Brazil

@kingbladerZed 6 лет назад

Couldn't blame that change. the number 4 is often an unlucky number over there.

@cameronsmith3047 6 лет назад

You are missing another reason why 4 Specifically is an issue in Japan. The number four is pronounced the same as death.

@slayerYurrie 6 лет назад

he fucking necked us in the beginning of the video, that shit

@armelfrancois7009 6 лет назад

I think four is also considered an unlucky number in Japan

@queenismyfavoriteband9904 6 лет назад

Armel François the japanese word for four supposedly sounds very similar for the word for death, so that's cool

@fnjesusfreak 6 лет назад

I would've thought it had to do with the symbolism of the number 4 itself (since one of the words for "4" sounds like the word for "death").

@Medachod 6 лет назад

Dang, now I wish RARE was still a company for Nintendo. Then Diddy would have had four fingers in Super Smash Bros.

@Medachod 6 лет назад

*+Milk-Proof Robot* No, the four fingers are now the most important.

@chicoti3 3 года назад

Brazilian here, I use the Ok sign all the time, it can have that different meaning but only if you make it so. People can tell if you mean one thing or the another.

@jaakarimiquel8473 6 лет назад

Listening to that MGS2 ost in the background

@sashimimisha 6 лет назад

I don't care what people say, 4 fingers looks fucking weird unless it's on an alien character or something.

@DenisMoreiradosReis 6 лет назад

To the Brazilian posters that are claiming the video to be wrong about the OK sign: you are just probably too young to know that. If you watch movies, novelas and TV shows from the 80s/90s, you'll see the actors doing the OK as an offensive gesture, exactly as described by the video. Nowadays, it's not offensive only due to Globalization, our "Americanization" and easy access to what is produced in the USA.

@BossInvader1 3 года назад

5 fingered cartoons/animations make almost all hands of said characters looks oddly huge comparative to the rest of the characters body. Even in a less cartoony/comical animated character/cartoon with 5 digits on each hand just makes the hand appear to be 'swollen' or stick out because its so obviously wider than a normal hand would be.

@WraxTV 6 лет назад

I remember Fang the Sniper of the Sonic franchise was given 4 fingers instead of 5 specifically to imply he had yakuza connections without outright saying it.