aah yes jelly donets from pokemon
fuck you 4kids||

@Background Human  
They actually did that with a bunch of names XD
 
But, the American names are a lot better since the Japanese names are really on-the-nose. Like, Charmander is “Lizardo”, Kakuna is just “Cocoon”, Pidgeotto is just “Pigeon”, “Doduo” is just “Dodo”, Haunter is just “Ghost”, and the three legendary birds are just “Freezer”, “Fire”, and “Thunder”. I guess they sound cool to a Japanese ear, though XD
 
@Dragonpone  
Hahahahaha XD

@Background Human  
Obligatory “America almost made Pikachu a tiger with big boobs” comment.

@Badumsquish  
Now I’m imagining them Americanizing the Pokémon names.
 
“Zappy Mouse, hit that Fire Gecko with your Big Ol’ Lightning Attack!”

@Mandrake42  
@Brass Melody  
Yeah it was one of those “kids are morons” kind of things I think, where they were like “kids have no clue what onigiri or a rice ball is so call it a donut” which I don’t get. Like, it’s a fantastic world with fantastic creatures and customs: you could have them eat anything called anything, and if kids didn’t know what it was they’d just assume it was a fantastic dish :P

@Brass Melody  
Yeah I remember now, I posted the image in a Discord I am on and everyone was like “It was Brock in Pokemon!”

@Mandrake42  
Yeah it was a 4kids attempt to Americanize the show somewhat.

Is this a mistranslation reference. I remember watching or playing something where one of the characters is like “mmm, these donuts are delicious” while clearly eating a rice ball.
 
Edit: Mistranslation might be taking it a step to far, weird English localisation might be better.

@Background Pony #EE55  

 
Are you aware though that KFCs in China have a problem with “mystery meat” and at least one case of someone dying pretty much immediately after eating some of their “chicken”?

@Background Pony #EE55  
Sugar, syrup, and ice should be part of everyone’s diet :D

@Badumsquish  
True. It’s not part of our diet ;)

@Background Pony #EE55  
I’e heard they don’t have slurpies though D:

The 7-11 in China sells similar stuff, except that the seaweed wraps the rice entirely. In my opinion, 7-11 in China is way more superior than the 7-11 in the US, just like KFC and Pizza Hut…

@Background Pony #C0E0  
It’s a lot harder to find stuff like that here in the US. I’ve never even seen them at this Japanese restaurant in my town :P

@Background Pony #FB1F  
they sell them at Sushi Stands and conveyer belt restaurants over here in Britain which are in Railway Terminuses, Airports and big Entertainment Venues but not at the Sandwich/fizzy drink counter in Supermarkets (where Sushi itself is usually sold at in British Supermarkets) like what they do in Japan itself where they actually are like the equilvelent of packaged Sandwiches

@Background Pony #FB1F  
Yeah I’ve honestly never found it. It probably wouldn’t be the real thing even if I did find some, either D:

@Badumsquish
 
I’ve been to a lot of Japanese and Asian restaurant but they never have Onigiri on the menu.

@Background Pony #C0E0  
I definitely want to try the real thing but I just haven’t ever been able to :D

@Badumsquish  
I’m the British guy who talked to you about what the Japanese are with Western and other Asian food and now you’ve seem have 2 competitors who thought Rice Balls with fillings were Donuts even though I thought they we a type of small cake or breakfast bun, also have you had them or not as I have had a few times from when i went to the same Comic Con in London twice but at the different times of year it was on, while waiting in the station for my train to depart after visiting London for a day and having them when I recently visited Japan itself from a Japanese Supermarket in Tokyo and having something to eat and drink while riding the Bullet Train from Tokyo to Kyoto?

@Revenant Wings  
Same here XD

@Revenant Wings
 
I thought they were just overly powdered until I noticed they were rice

You know, when I saw this when I was young, I was also extremely naive and just thought that was how the Japanese made donuts.

@Background Pony #7B1C  
XD
 
@Background Pony #B013  
Lol derp. Yeah I meant like Western cartoons in general. I sort of categorize them as Western and Anime, even though there’s a ton of overlap :D

@Badumsquish  
by the way as you said “our cartoons” I’m actually British but i do know a lot about Japanese and other countries stuff though

@Badumsquish  
They did do that in Inside Out as in the Japanese version of the film the young Riley is disgusted by not wanting to eat green chilli peppers instead of broccoli as for Western and other Asian cartoons they just leave to food as it is as they already know what western and other Asian country food is and you do at times see Anime characters eating and advertising western food in the show/movie/manga themselves