Tag Archives: Advertising

Feline Disrespect From Behind

I think this is what passes for comedy in Japan.

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Wallace and Grommit meet Glico

I love Wallace & Grommit.

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Tea Commercial

I thought this was actually cute: It’s not really wacky though – so consider it a bonus. (Via Weird Asia News.)

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Japanese Chicks

Another fun (and pretty wacky) Japanese TV commercial:

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Speechless

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

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Salty Snack II

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

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Salty Snacks

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.

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Bath Salt Commercial

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?

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Bouncy

Is this really all it takes to sell chocolate? But it is kind of mesmerizing.

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Japanese Snack Characters

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…” … Continue reading

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