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'Peco' or 'Poco'?

posted 19 years ago by Tokyo-Vigilante
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hello all,

what a great film this is, isn't it? you all agree.

now, my question....
All the subtitles in this film spell the heroes name as "Peco", but when he puts his name on the high score table at the arcade, he enters it as "Poco".

anyone know why this is?

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88mph...
You're gonna see some serious sh!t!

[–] tky1002 19 years ago

he does say poco in the arcade but thats the only time i noticed it too...he alaso says "poco-san" so i think thats his gaming name? but yea his name is peco but he says pco only at the arcade

[–] crinkle-2 19 years ago

Peco is his Ping Pong name and when he quits Ping Pong he changes his nickname for gaming...

[–] VvvwwwvvV 19 years ago

At the end of the movie, he signed the ball, "Peco". Maybe the scores at the arcade belongs to a different person?

[–] jefcat 19 years ago

I assumed that it was Peco leaving himself behind and adopting a new identity when he started playing video games instead of table tennis.

[–] mac_alain 19 years ago

I assumed that it was Peco leaving himself behind and adopting a new identity when he started playing video games instead of table tennis.

That's how I see it.

[–] billy-211 18 years ago

Definitely this, doesn't he say something along those lines just before we see the high scores?

[–] cocainekongpow 18 years ago

Ditto

[–] albertiosis1 18 years ago

For you it should be "Mr. Peco"

Nice movie!

[–] sumisarahjp 18 years ago

I am Japanese and watched this movie in Japanese.

I just watched this movie and am happy to
learn so many non Japanese like this movie.

Peko and Poko are famous characters on Japanese candy packages.
(Peko is a girl, and Poko is a boy, but I do not think
this boy girl thing has anything to do with this movie.
They are both very cute and look very similar)

Anyway, you are right. Poko is different from Peko.
He changed his name to Poko
when he decided (at that time) to quit Table Tennis,
he thought he was not same Peko any more
who plays table tennis, so he called
himself Poko who is very similar to Peko
but a different person.

[–] mac_alain 17 years ago

I just watched this movie and am happy to learn so many non Japanese like this movie.

Sure thing

And thanks for your input, sumisarahjp.