Feline Disrespect From Behind

§ April 14th, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Advertising, Comedy, Commercial, Milk, Television, TV § 1 Comment

I think this is what passes for comedy in Japan.

Wallace and Grommit meet Glico

§ March 5th, 2008 § Filed under Japan § Tagged Advertisement, Advertising, Food, Pudding, TV, Wallace & Grommit § No Comments

I love Wallace & Grommit.

Tea Commercial

§ March 4th, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Advertisement, Advertising, Caterpillar, Commercials, Drinks, Food, Tea, TV § No Comments

I thought this was actually cute:

It’s not really wacky though - so consider it a bonus. ;)

(Via Weird Asia News.)

Japanese Chicks

§ February 15th, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Advertising, Commercial, Commercials, Drinks, Food, Humor, Tea, Television, TV § No Comments

Another fun (and pretty wacky) Japanese TV commercial:

Speechless

§ February 11th, 2008 § Filed under Uncategorized § Tagged Advertising, Commercials, Food, Television § No Comments

I really don’t know how to describe this one. “Complete nonsense” is about the only thing that comes to mind.

Salty Snack II

§ February 10th, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Advertising, Candy, Commercial, Food, Pretzels, Snacks, Television, TV § 1 Comment

Pretz is at it again…

Not quite as hypnotic as this, but… still. I think my co-worker G. will enjoy this one.

Salty Snacks

§ February 4th, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Advertising, Candy, Commercial, Food, Pretzels, Snacks, Television, TV § 1 Comment

I guess this spot is trying to sell salty snacks:

However, I can only describe this as surreal. This is definitely going to make a whole lot more sense if you can understand Japanese.

Bath Salt Commercial

§ February 4th, 2008 § Filed under Uncategorized § Tagged Advertising, Bathing, Cosmetics, Television, TV § No Comments

Another fun commercial, this time for bath salts. I wonder: Is this just so insane because we don’t understand what they’re saying, or is it actually more insane if you can understand the text?

Bouncy

§ January 31st, 2008 § Filed under Japan § Tagged Advertising, Candy, Chocolate, Food § 4 Comments

Is this really all it takes to sell chocolate?

But it is kind of mesmerizing.

Japanese Snack Characters

§ August 29th, 2007 § Filed under Japan § Tagged Advertising, Characters, Comics, Snacks § No Comments

Pingmag has a great posting about characters used as the logos of or in the advertisement for Japanese snacks. Want an example? Happy to oblige:

“Two lip-sticked seal-panda babes swimming through the seas of dried noodles while having a drink…”

Make sure to read the posting at Pingmag for more Snack Character madness.

(Via Pingmag.)