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* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': In the episode "Premature Death", Gojo and Geto have their falling-out in front of a "KIC", referencing the real KFC that stands on Shinjuku's Memory Lane.
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* ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead''. ...where to begin? Deluoode, Taboo!, Animeight, @Channel, [[Website/YouTube MewTube]], [=McDynald's=]...[[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] becomes "We-Key Pedophilia". Surprisingly, Coca-Cola remains unchanged.

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* ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead''. ...where to begin? Deluoode, Taboo!, Animeight, @Channel, [[Website/YouTube [[Platform/YouTube MewTube]], [=McDynald's=]...[[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] becomes "We-Key Pedophilia". Surprisingly, Coca-Cola remains unchanged.



** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' has a weird instance of this with "[=GodTube=]", which is apparently what divine beings like the Kaioshin watch instead of Website/YouTube. Gowasu even cracks a joke about wanting to become a [=GodTuber=]. The Zenos also use a [=GodPad=] to keep track of who got eliminated in the Tournament of Power.

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** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' has a weird instance of this with "[=GodTube=]", which is apparently what divine beings like the Kaioshin watch instead of Website/YouTube.[=YouTube=]. Gowasu even cracks a joke about wanting to become a [=GodTuber=]. The Zenos also use a [=GodPad=] to keep track of who got eliminated in the Tournament of Power.



* ''Manga/MinamiKe Okawari'', has a later episode with Chiaki seen browsing "Nekoneko Douga" (Cat Video), which is a parody of the Japanese video-sharing site Website/NicoNicoDouga (Smile Video).

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* ''Manga/MinamiKe Okawari'', has a later episode with Chiaki seen browsing "Nekoneko Douga" (Cat Video), which is a parody of the Japanese video-sharing site Website/NicoNicoDouga Platform/NicoNicoDouga (Smile Video).



* In ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'', the eponymous duo like reading and fighting over the "Jabin" manga magazine, while Busujima drives an "Isuzo" truck. The anime has bonus segments for "[[Website/YouTube LawTube]]" videos explaining magical law and other aspects of the setting, the pun being that the characters practice magical law to sentence spirits for crimes.

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* In ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'', the eponymous duo like reading and fighting over the "Jabin" manga magazine, while Busujima drives an "Isuzo" truck. The anime has bonus segments for "[[Website/YouTube "[[Platform/YouTube LawTube]]" videos explaining magical law and other aspects of the setting, the pun being that the characters practice magical law to sentence spirits for crimes.



** As a child, Midoriya obsessively watched a "[[Website/YouTube YoTube]]" video of All Might's debut as a hero, in which he saved over a hundred people from a bus crash.

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** As a child, Midoriya obsessively watched a "[[Website/YouTube "[[Platform/YouTube YoTube]]" video of All Might's debut as a hero, in which he saved over a hundred people from a bus crash.



** ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' has [[Website/{{Facebook}} "Space Nook'']].

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** ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' has [[Website/{{Facebook}} [[Platform/{{Facebook}} "Space Nook'']].
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** There's plenty of this in the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Bentendo Owee]] arc. Aside from the titular system, you've got Hijikata berating Okita and Kondo for being fans of the [[Creator/{{Sega}} Zega]] [[Platform/SegaDreamcast Creamcast]] and [[Creator/{{Sony}} Zony]] respectively, and the Yorozuya gang and the Shinsengumi competing against each other at [[VisualNovel/TokiMekiMemorial Bakiboki Memorial]], [[VideoGame/NobunagasAmbition Nobunaga's Regurgitation]], and [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Hunter 3]].

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** There's plenty of this in the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii [[Platform/NintendoWii Bentendo Owee]] arc. Aside from the titular system, you've got Hijikata berating Okita and Kondo for being fans of the [[Creator/{{Sega}} Zega]] [[Platform/SegaDreamcast Creamcast]] and [[Creator/{{Sony}} Zony]] respectively, and the Yorozuya gang and the Shinsengumi competing against each other at [[VisualNovel/TokiMekiMemorial Bakiboki Memorial]], [[VideoGame/NobunagasAmbition Nobunaga's Regurgitation]], and [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Hunter 3]].



* ''Literature/HarukaNogizakasSecret'' has "PDS", "Portable Dream Station" instead of UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.

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* ''Literature/HarukaNogizakasSecret'' has "PDS", "Portable Dream Station" instead of UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.Platform/Nintendo3DS.



* ''Manga/HokkaidoGalsAreSuperAdorable'': Sayuri's portable game console is called a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Witch]].

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* ''Manga/HokkaidoGalsAreSuperAdorable'': Sayuri's portable game console is called a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch [[Platform/NintendoSwitch Witch]].



* In the second OVA episode of ''Anime/PrettySammy'', "Standardsoft" and "Pineapple" were parodies of Microsoft and Apple, respectively. Similarly, Standardsoft's [=SynchroniCity=] OS spoofed UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, while Pineapple's Mach 8 OS is a spoof of the Platform/AppleMacintosh.

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* In the second OVA episode of ''Anime/PrettySammy'', "Standardsoft" and "Pineapple" were parodies of Microsoft and Apple, respectively. Similarly, Standardsoft's [=SynchroniCity=] OS spoofed UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, Platform/MicrosoftWindows, while Pineapple's Mach 8 OS is a spoof of the Platform/AppleMacintosh.
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*''Manga/SupermanVsMeshi'': Lex Luthor and Superman have [[{{pun}} beef]] over the social media site "Pixtagram" (Instagram/Snapchat). Superman also compliments Lois by calling her "Pixtagrammable".
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* Averted in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. The [[MemeticBadass legendary farmer with a shotgun]] owns a truck that has the name "Chevrolet" on its rear. Played straight later on, where Mr. Satan rigs a "[[UsefulNotes/GameBoy GamePoy]]" to explode.

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* Averted in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. The [[MemeticBadass legendary farmer with a shotgun]] owns a truck that has the name "Chevrolet" on its rear. Played straight later on, where Mr. Satan rigs a "[[UsefulNotes/GameBoy "[[Platform/GameBoy GamePoy]]" to explode.
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* ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}''. Oga has a UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation|2}} '''[[HilariousInHindsight 5]]'''.

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* ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}''. Oga has a UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation|2}} Platform/{{PlayStation|2}} '''[[HilariousInHindsight 5]]'''.



** In the first episode of ''Side:Despair'', Nagito's luck gets him several cans of "Dr Hopper" and Chiaki plays [[VideoGame/{{Galaga}} Gala Omega]] on her [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Nantendo]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Game Girl Advance]].

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** In the first episode of ''Side:Despair'', Nagito's luck gets him several cans of "Dr Hopper" and Chiaki plays [[VideoGame/{{Galaga}} Gala Omega]] on her [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Nantendo]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance [[Platform/GameBoyAdvance Game Girl Advance]].



** There's plenty of this in the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Bentendo Owee]] arc. Aside from the titular system, you've got Hijikata berating Okita and Kondo for being fans of the [[Creator/{{Sega}} Zega]] [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Creamcast]] and [[Creator/{{Sony}} Zony]] respectively, and the Yorozuya gang and the Shinsengumi competing against each other at [[VisualNovel/TokiMekiMemorial Bakiboki Memorial]], [[VideoGame/NobunagasAmbition Nobunaga's Regurgitation]], and [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Hunter 3]].

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** There's plenty of this in the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Bentendo Owee]] arc. Aside from the titular system, you've got Hijikata berating Okita and Kondo for being fans of the [[Creator/{{Sega}} Zega]] [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast [[Platform/SegaDreamcast Creamcast]] and [[Creator/{{Sony}} Zony]] respectively, and the Yorozuya gang and the Shinsengumi competing against each other at [[VisualNovel/TokiMekiMemorial Bakiboki Memorial]], [[VideoGame/NobunagasAmbition Nobunaga's Regurgitation]], and [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Hunter 3]].



* In the second OVA episode of ''Anime/PrettySammy'', "Standardsoft" and "Pineapple" were parodies of Microsoft and Apple, respectively. Similarly, Standardsoft's [=SynchroniCity=] OS spoofed UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, while Pineapple's Mach 8 OS is a spoof of the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh.

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* In the second OVA episode of ''Anime/PrettySammy'', "Standardsoft" and "Pineapple" were parodies of Microsoft and Apple, respectively. Similarly, Standardsoft's [=SynchroniCity=] OS spoofed UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, while Pineapple's Mach 8 OS is a spoof of the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh.Platform/AppleMacintosh.



** [[Anime/YuGiOh The anime]] has "[[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Lemon]]'' computers. It also briefly features Cora-Cola and Znickers bars.

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** [[Anime/YuGiOh The anime]] has "[[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh "[[Platform/AppleMacintosh Lemon]]'' computers. It also briefly features Cora-Cola and Znickers bars.
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* ''Manga/IDreamOfMimi'': At the beginning of Access 5, we see a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PlayStar]] by [[Creator/{{Sony}} Sany]].

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* ''Manga/IDreamOfMimi'': At the beginning of Access 5, we see a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation [[Platform/PlayStation PlayStar]] by [[Creator/{{Sony}} Sany]].



** Aoba's company's [[FictionalVideoGame game]], ''Fairies' Story 3'', is being distributed on [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 PZ3]] consoles, and a game magazine shows a picture of an ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''-like game for the [[UsefulNotes/WiiU WillU]].

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** Aoba's company's [[FictionalVideoGame game]], ''Fairies' Story 3'', is being distributed on [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 [[Platform/PlayStation3 PZ3]] consoles, and a game magazine shows a picture of an ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''-like game for the [[UsefulNotes/WiiU [[Platform/WiiU WillU]].



* ''Manga/UchihaSasukesSharinganChronicles'' has "3DN" (Nintendo 3DS), "[=GS4=]" (UsefulNotes/PlayStation4), "Nin-Ja-Oh" (Yu-Gi-Oh) and "Mon Cook" (Minecraft).

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* ''Manga/UchihaSasukesSharinganChronicles'' has "3DN" (Nintendo 3DS), "[=GS4=]" (UsefulNotes/PlayStation4), (Platform/PlayStation4), "Nin-Ja-Oh" (Yu-Gi-Oh) and "Mon Cook" (Minecraft).



** Keima plays all his myriad {{Dating Sim}}s on a '''[[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PFP]]'''. In one episode this is shown to stand for "Play Field Personal", which almost sounds like the name of a ShoddyKnockoffProduct.

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** Keima plays all his myriad {{Dating Sim}}s on a '''[[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable '''[[Platform/PlayStationPortable PFP]]'''. In one episode this is shown to stand for "Play Field Personal", which almost sounds like the name of a ShoddyKnockoffProduct.
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A general note: It's as easy for a Japanese artist or animator to just change one letter of the Roman alphabet and get away with it as it would be for a Western artist or animator to switch out a single kanji.
See [[https://fictionalcompanies.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_fake_brands_in_anime here]] for a non-exhaustive list.

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A general note: It's as easy for a Japanese artist or animator to just change one letter of the Roman alphabet and get away with it as it would be for a Western artist or animator to switch out a single kanji.
kanji. See [[https://fictionalcompanies.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_fake_brands_in_anime here]] for a non-exhaustive list.

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