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Microsoft’s anime Internet Explorer 11 promo is really rather weird

I am not going to even begin to pretend I understand this promotion that Microsoft is using for Internet Explorer 11. The browser is personified as Inori Aizawa. She starts off all downbeat and sad. But then she kicks robot ass.

Inori Aizawa in action.

I like the music.

The video was created by Microsoft Singapore and shown at the 2013 Anime Festival Asia. There’s a special version of Internet Explorer 11 that you can now download, but as far as we can tell, the only thing special about it is that it sets your homepage to a page with anime news and some Inori Aizawa pictures. You can also grab the pictures off SkyDrive if you want.

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