Watching "Genpatsu-kun" and "Nuclear boy" made me feel uncomfortable, however, I think they are nice and easy for children to understand about the nuclear disaster which happened in Japan. The fact that the two videos were using poo to describe the nuclear disaster might seem inappropriate, but it definitely catches children's attention. When I was on the train, heading to school, I saw an advertisement of a Chinese character text book which uses the word poo in all of the example sentences. It was interesting to see the ad because I think it shows the acceptance of the word poo in Japanese society.
If I had to pick which video I liked better, I would choose the "Genpatsu-kun" video. The "Nuclear boy" video's narration sounded like robots and the main character was a brown skinned boy so I thought that will make some people uncomfortable watching the video.
Both stories were almost identical and I liked the last message. However, I thought both videos were teaching false information to the children. After watching the video I was confused because the video seemed to tell us that the nuclear disaster is a short term thing and not that of a big deal. Maybe the creator of the video wanted to comfort the children assuring they will be fine, however, I think they deserve to know the truth just like us. I liked the simpleness and the easiness of the two videos but it should have had more real information about the disaster.
