Talk:Pocky

Mikado vs Pocky

The page claims that "In Europe Pocky is renamed Mikado". They are both similar and from Glice however these are not the same and just renamed. The stick is a completely different type of food (pretzel vs biscuit) and the Mikado stick is thinner and harder. The chocolate also tastes different, the Mikado tasting more like milk chocolate usually found in Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.171.77.199 (talk) 23:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

This is definitely true of mikado in spain94.195.129.111 (talk) 10:19, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Pocky Flavors List

Hi all, Im going to replace the list with a paragraph about certain flavors as I feel that the list distracts from the article. If you don't like this feel free to revert. Graxe 16:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

In that case, then why not create another wiki page with a full list of Pocky flavors? I went to a comic book place, and there is a whole lot of new flavors, and the one I tasted is "Green Tea" flavor. --Seishirou Sakurazuka 22:15, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

The grammar in the flavors section needs to be worked on a bit. It's something like, "There are these flavors. There are these flavors. There are also these flavors." Really repetitive. Can someone take care of that? 72.189.205.24 03:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm gonna go ahead and cite WP:Be bold at you, but I'll fix it for you this time ;)64.231.109.245 (talk) 01:14, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Pepero vs. Pocky

Hi, Why does 'Pepero' redirects me to this 'Pocky' page? They are not the same brand nor the same thing. One is for Korea, One is for Japan...... I am looking for Pepero, not Pocky.

Pocky

I heard somewhere that it is a tradition to, when two people are eating pocky and the last stick is reached, for them to share it by eating it from opposite ends, eventually ending in a Lady and the Tramp-styled kiss. Is this true? It's adorable anyway. 67.168.34.86 00:39, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Is pocky pronounced how it's spelled? My brother says it's pronounced 'Pokey' and I want to prove him wrong once and for all. 67.160.75.230 21:12, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Yes, I believe it is pronounced the way it's spelled. The Japanese may pronouce it a little different (like it generally happens with Japanese), but I'm pretty sure that's the right way. If you want to know they way the say it in Japanese, you can probably listen to it on one of those flash intros on Pocky's official site. You can find a link for it on the article. – Mackeriv 22:59, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

The English way rhymes with 'hocky' (at least as I've heard it), and the Japanese way is like poke-key ... so both you and your brother are sort-of right. solvent 01:09, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Worldwide

Does anyone know about Pocky's presence in parts of the world other than East Asia and the USA? Pyrop 18:12, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)

I have no idea. I just wonder what the hell you think you meant with "depoving and defanboying". I can see you added new, technical content, yes, but what kind of POV issues and fanboy rantings were you expecting to be removing with that? Everything you saw there was pretty much true and nothing was blurred with personal opinions. Now, if you think the article was infested with "fanboy" content... well, perhaps you should point that. I'm sure many other people would like to know your opinion about this as well. – Kaonashi 20:22, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

"this ageless snack.", "people who appreciate the Japanese culture", and the out-of-proportion focus on its fame among anime fans, mostly. I'm sorry if i was rude, but don't take it too personally. Pyrop 03:22, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

Most people who know about Pocky tend to believe that the main force who drove that knowledge of the snack to the west was anime. It might be unfair to give too much attention to anime on the article (which I believe didn't occur), but for us, it was important. It's not sold in America (only via importation), so a lot of people could only acknowledge it after seeing parodies on anime/manga (myself included). Also, it becamed somewhat of a little cult among fans, so I though adding the "culture" line would be appropriate. I agree that the "ageless" part sounds too much like something that came out of a commercial. It wasn't me who put it there. I did see it before, but didn't bother removing it.

I see your point, and if you think it's better to leave the article impartial to these things, perhaps it is. Just felt like explaining my views. – Kaonashi 04:05, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Well, the thing is, to the Japanese, who are the main market for Pocky, Pocky has no association with Anime. It's as common as Hershey Bars there. Pocky's noteriety among American anime fans is a small footnote compared to its success in Japan. Pyrop 04:41, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

Yay, responding to four-year-old conversations. Anyways, you seem to forget that this is the English Wikipedia, and they don't speak English in Japan. At least, that's what I'm always told when I try to add information in other countries. I'd cite the other rules y'all broke, but I'm guessing they didn't exist yet. That's one of the big problems with keeping old conversations. But Wikipedia has hording disorder, so.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trlkly (talk • contribs) 13:18, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

One of my friends lives in australia. She says they sell pocky thereKittycat0143 (talk) 17:52, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Not joke links

I folded these really!

File:Http://homepage.mac.com/pockyrevolution/pockyandcellphone.jpg

File:Http://homepage.mac.com/pockyrevolution/pockyandkey.jpg

Or do these things just not belong in wikipedia.

Those things don't belong in Wikipedia. The article is about Pocky, and not about small folded things which read "Pocky"; people coming to the article want to find out about the snack. Wikipedia is not a place for original artwork. — mendel ☎ 03:08, Nov 6, 2004 (UTC)

"Fanboying", revisited

I just noticed something I should have seen a long time ago:

"The fame behind Pocky lies on several reasons. Its constant association with the Engrish phenomenon and the oddness of some of its versions (like the "Men's Pocky" bittersweet flavour), as well as the several Pocky parodies seem on many anime/manga series, contribute for the worldwide reputation of this snack."

Am I the only one who thinks this reflects the reality of Pocky in the west, and that it shows no fanboying at all? It is true. Why take it off of the article and reduce it to almost nothing there? It might be as common as Hershey bars in the US, though for Japan, but you know what, this is the English Wikipedia. It should reflect much of what we experience in our reality. It might not be notable to the Japanese, but it is for us. And what plays a major role on that is, yes, anime and manga. So in sum, I think that bit of text shouldn't have been taken off the article. It looks crippled now, the way it is. It doesn't even say why it is popular among Japanophiles and anime fans there, which frankly, is pretty odd, in the very least. If what I'm saying isn't enough, I have a couple of posts up there. More info on them.

I'd like to see the opinion of other people on this. Thank you.--Kaonashi 02:38, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Due to the lack of comment by other people, I've returned that paragraph to the article. If anyone has an argument against this in the future, it can be discussed here. Thanks.--Kaonashi 18:33, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Referenes in Popular Culture

I am a little too lazy to do a search on it now, but I know that Megatokyo has made references to Pocky. Many of the popular webcomics bring out Pocky jokes around the times of conventions and it is has become a popular joke topic. I have seen Real Life also make Pocky references. I cannot remember if PvP has made one, but I would not be surprised if it has.

The popularity of Pocky as an otaku fascination has probably transferred to include webcomics and the webcomic world (specifically Penny Arcade and Megatokyo) are now completely fascinated with it.

I cannot pull references to any actual comics because I am late for work and extremely lazy.  :)MrHen 14:32, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

There are references to Pocky in the manga "Gravitation", if anyone wants to tackle that. 72.189.205.24 03:51, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

As well as many references in Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins, and it wouldn't be too hard to find references for NGE's Asuka merchandising with pocky. --Gwern (contribs) 01:42 19 January 2009 (GMT)

A signifigant presence in Korea?

Does anyone have a source for this (or, if you live in or have been to Korea, have you seen it)? I lived in Korea for six years, and never saw a box of Pocky -- not in the big chain stores or otherwise. --Zonath 06:37, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Fish

Does anyone have a source on Pocky's fish content? Queerwiki 23:13, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I would assume the ingredients list on a box of the stuff would be a pretty good source for that. I'll check next time I go where they have some, assuming nobody beats me to it. --Zonath 06:10, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I was sitting here with a box of "Men's Pocky" when I wrote that comment and the English ingredients said nothing about fish, just "shortening". Perhaps the Japanese is more specific but somehow I doubt it. That's why I was wondering about a source. Queerwiki 06:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Bump. I still can't find a source that Pocky contains fish. Queerwiki 19:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Strawberry Pocky, at the very least, contains partially hydrogenated fish oil, but I haven't found the ingredient listed on boxes for other types of Pocky (although I haven't looked very hard). --Zonath 23:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I've got a box of strawbery pocky in front of me- no fish here. "Hydrogenated vegetable oil," as well as "Shortening," but no fish oil that I can see. 64.114.168.248 03:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

According to this link: http://veryasia.com/pocwitstrawf.html Ingredients: wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil (palm oil), lactose, margarine, whole milk powder, dried strawberry, salt, maltose, cream powder, red beet coloring, artificial flavors, emulsifier (soy lecithin), sodium carbonate, trisodium phospate. No Fish that I can see (unsigned comment)

A current google search for Pocky "fish oil" nowadays seems to grab a few sources that list the shortening as including hydrogenated fish oil. I have never seen that on packages in Canada. Is it possible that boxes in different countries are labelled differently? Queerwiki (talk) 20:22, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

is the Volcan 3000 in Zatch Bell! based on Pocky?

There is an anime series called Zatch Bell! in which one of the commonly seen items is a handmade toy called the "Volcan 3000". Superficially, its design is very much like that of a Pocky box, except that it seems a bit wider and has glued on limbs. Would anybody know if this toy is in fact a cultural reference to Pocky boxes? --Tachikoma 15:13, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Pocky motto?

Okay in every pocky commercial there is a motto or tradmark they say in every pocky commercial at the end right before they crunch into it. WHat is that motto? does anyone here know?

Men's Pocky

I think they changed it for the North American versions. I just bought some Dark Chocolate pocky, and it just says Pocky on it now. This makes me sad... :P SKS2K6 06:56, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Places to find Pocky

Just wondering if this was notable:
I go across the (american/canadian) border a lot and I've noticed different variations of (actually japanese) pocky in FYE in Buffalo, and dark chocolate (clearly produced for north america) pocky in Zehrs (a chain of grocery stores) in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Is that remotely significant? Or is the subject covered enough by now? Bladestorm 04:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

It might be worth noting that regular Pocky is now available in Target and Wal-Mart.The Incident (talk) 15:23, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Has anyone else noticed...

The Pocky logo sure looks a lot like the Coca-cola logo. (Red background, white swirl, white text...) Has there been any controversy about this? 65.95.166.11 00:48, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Probably not, as the coca cola logo has white background, red text, no swirls. Good point though, it does subtly remind me of the logo. Either way, there's nowhere near enough reason to sue Pocky :) 64.231.109.245 (talk) 01:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

What is this "Pepero" stuff?

Why did Korea copy Pocky; I mean, they could have changed it a little, at least. Korea could've just asked for half a million boxes, or have a Pocky shop. The point is, why aren't the makers of Pepero being sued by the makers of Pocky? (Hey: Starbucks sued Sandbucks big-time for something not as bad as this.) Kikiluvscheese 03:24, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Uh, Japanese international copyright/trademark law is a joke. Ever wonder why it was so easy to get copyrighted anime on the net? Also, according to the guy who commented on the top of the page, they are completely different. Not that I necessarily believe him....

-- trlkly 13:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Uh, probably the same reason almost every US media product is so easy to get on the net. Also, Copyright is meaningless when it comes to most Asian countries.

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What was it originally called?

The lead para says "The name was changed to "Pocky,"", but doesn't say what it was changed *from*. 86.132.139.119 (talk) 00:08, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Ha, I came here to post this too! --86.152.88.234 (talk) 14:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

"First two years"?

In the History section, a sentence reads "In its first two years." In its first two years what, exactly? I suspect the original editor meant the name was changed in its first two years, but am not editing it until I can confirm this. Anyone has an idea? x.qz (talk) 09:18, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Trivia

Clean up is needed in "References to Pocky in popular culture" and "In manga and anime". I delete the following entries.

• There is no linked article in the entry.
• There is no reference to a word "Pocky" in the linked article.
  Oda Mari (talk) 05:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

High?!?

I heard from a friend that pocky makes you hyper. can someone reference that? -Cynthia (talk) 04:27, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't. I've had plenty of them before, and all it did was practically nothing. ZappaOMati 17:29, 14 August 2012 (UTC)