Assorted Japanese Commercials

§ April 9th, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Advertisement, Commercials, Drinks, Food, Japan, Odd News, Pokemon, TV, Weird § No Comments

Here are three more weird Japanese commercials.

Pokemon Bread:

Now, Pokemon has been a global hit, proving that not only the Japanese are weird. However I think Pokemon bread would not sell here… and the voice at the very end is a classic, too.

More Pretz:

The pretz girl is always nice. Ironically, the two guys have way bigger tits than the chick… and I do find the commercial weird enough for inclusion here, even if it’s not as cool as some of the other Pretz videos.

Lemon soda:

Uhm…. right. One wonders whether to have sympathy for that lemon, or envy it. I am sure G. is in the later camp.

Pikachu loves Kids

§ December 3rd, 2007 § Filed under Japan § Tagged Children, Pokemon § 2 Comments

This just isn’t right.

Pokemon Snow Plow Robot

§ September 5th, 2007 § Filed under Japan § Tagged Autonomous, Pokemon, Robot, Snow Plow, Winter § No Comments

Snow plows are not a new invention. And it’s really one of those things that just beg to be robotized. But I think only the Japanese could have the idea of making their autonomous snow-plow robots look like Pokemon characters.

Pink Tentacle has more details, and also added these cute pointy ears for further realism:

(Via Pink Tentacle.)

Pokemon Airliner

§ August 24th, 2007 § Filed under Japan § Tagged Airlines, All Nippon Airways, ANA, Plane, Pokemon § No Comments

A lot of airlines will have special paint jobs on their jets for various reasons - usually as a marketing ploy. All Nippon Airways (ANA) paid homage to Pokemon.

(Photo by Haseo.)