# Japanese Marketing At its Best

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**Created:** [July 10, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/japanese-marketing-at-its-best/232034 "2007-07-10T18:10:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/japanese-marketing-at-its-best/232034/1 "2007-07-10T18:10:19Z")

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Check out this Windows 3.1 Ad.

It’s almost as demented as that Mr. Sparkle diddy from the Simpsons -

Had me a laugh

> **[Japanese Windows 3.1 Ad is Scarier Than Running 3.1 in 2007](https://gizmodo.com/276447/japanese-windows-31-ad-is-scarier-than-running-31-in-2007)**
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> 2007 marks the 15th anniversary of the release of Microsoft Windows 3.1, so it seems like an apt time to look back on some of the somewhat confused marketing from that early era of computing. While operating systems may have changed quite a bit since...