Hilarious Japanese TV Commercials

7/20/2011

(Him)●I had never envisioned TV being so entertaining and informative, especially during commercials. I don't think it's worth paying for the trash that airs in the US so like many of our close friends, we don't have cable TV back in Boston. Here in Japan, I would pay just to see the commercials! Even though I do not understand what they are saying in the commercials, at any given time I would say that the majority of the commercials here are at par or even better than any Super Bowl commercial.

Here are some of the things I have had to put up with... :D

The first video is a commercial from a company called Kewpie which sells food products. The creepy baby is their logo.
The second video is from SoftBank a cellphone carrier company equivalent to Verizon or ATT in the US. In the commercial they are promoting a family plan, they have multiple episodes in the series of commercials. The dog is the father of the family but somehow he got turned into a dog in an earlier episode. In this episode he mixes up families because the lights were off due to the energy conservation in Japan.

They are both HILARIOUS!

4 Comments

Megumi

7/20/2011 02:45:32 pm

Hey Marika & Hugo!
I couldn't help but comment on this post because I'm going to be doing my honors thesis on the difference between the US & Japanese advertisements. Haha both of them are so funny, I especially like the Softbank family series they always crack me up. And I agree, Japanese commercials are far better fantasy-oriented & more entertaining than the US counterpart and growing up watching these I feel like the American ones are too straightforward and in a way kind of awkward :-P Anyway, I'm so glad you two decided to create a blog! I'm so excited to see where this blog takes you two :-)

Gino

7/20/2011 10:55:16 pm

HAHAHAHA the one with the Husky is hilarious, especially when he's talking in to the fan (I have NO clue what he's saying).

7/20/2011 10:57:22 pm

Megumi,

Especially the ones about medications. They talk about how good they are for you, then the next 5 minutes is spent talking about all the terrible side effects, including death :/

Hugo

7/20/2011 11:33:05 pm

Hahaha I especially like that part as well...why is he talking into the fan?! I noticed that they show many scenes in a split second which makes us figure the rest of the scenes out. This also keeps me on the edge of my seat, and is a lot more entertaining as i find new things every time I see them. This is the case for most commercials, they show everything so quickly! Then again the shorter the cheaper!

Hilarious Japanese TV Commercials

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