Japanese Cup Noodle Commercial: Cheese and Pepper Aliens!
This is quite possibly the best commercial I’ve seen this year (partially subtitled for your enjoyment):
Aliens, awkwardness, and a blonde girl speaking Japanese with a terrible accent. This commercial has got it all!
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Categories: Japanese Food, Odd / Strange
Japanese children sing and dance about poop
A short news report about an event in the Odaiba area of Tokyo that had children singing and dancing about healthy pooping:
One little girl interviewed afterwards said it was fun. The boy shown in the screenshot at the top of this post says the event made him want to rush home and eat vegetables (so that he could create some nice and healthy feces).
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Categories: Odd / Strange
Samurai swordsman slices baseball in half
I’m pretty sure I’ve posted about this swordsman before, but since some of you may have missed it, here’s an appearance he made on a show that aired last week:
And an older clip of him slicing apart a projectile shot from an airgun:
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Categories: Japanese TV
Chimpanzee dating advice
Performing Chimpanzee Pan-kun will soon reach sexual maturity, so “Shimura Zoo” has been airing little clips of him going on “dates” with Poko, a female chimp at the same zoo who he will eventually “marry.” So far it is has mostly involved dressing Pan-kun up in ridiculous costumes and having him emulate human courtship rituals:
Despite the fact that it may look like Poko is angry at times, their trainer says that they are just playing and that there are signs that their relationship is getting better.
When Pan-kun really does reach sexual maturity, it will be hard for his trainer to control him and he will become large and strong enough to cause harm to humans. He will probably be retired as a performer before something like this happens.
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Categories: Animal Videos
Advertising Guam on Japanese TV
Guam is running an advertising campaign on Japanese TV that includes a cute Ko’ko’ bird mascot and emphasis on the fact that it is only a 3-hour flight from Japan:
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Categories: Japanese TV
Japanese commercial — Intel = Tuna
A Japanese commercial for Intel has a couple talking about how their son wants a tuna because every other kid has one. The father decides to give his tuna to the son and buy a new tuna for himself:
Intel wants customers to treat Intel computers like the family in the commercial treats their tuna. [consume! consume! consume!]
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Categories: Odd / Strange, Technology