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Assorted Japanese Commercials

Nils — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:53:09 +0000

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

Nils — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:43:00 +0000

This just isn’t right.

Pokemon Snow Plow Robot

Nils — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:24:50 +0000

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

Nils — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:30:17 +0000

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.

Pokemon Jet

(Photo by Haseo.)