Yukan Club

Shown above are the opening titles to Yukan Club, a new Japanese comedy revolving around six wealthy high school students who solve mysteries and in their free time, and amuse themselves lavishly while doing it. The live action show is based on a manga that dates back to 1983 by Yukari Ichijo, which was then turned into an anime OVA title in 1991.

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Puccho: A Catchy Cute Candy Commercial

I love the music for this cute advert for Puccho, also check out their website too (the silly Flash animations are worth checking out):

Yui Aragaki Attacks a Lemon

The Japanese commercial above is for Mitsuya Cider (which tastes like Sprite but is less suit) and stars none other than Yui Aragaki.

You can see another Aragaki commercial here…

DoCoMo 2.0: Super Sentai vs. Godzilla

This romantic commercial for DoCoMo stars Aoi Yuu and her fanboy boyfriend who dreams of attacking Gozilla while dressed up as a Super Sentai character. And here’s a cute video on the making of the commercial:

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Nicholas Cage Pimps Pachinko

Shown above is Nicholas Cage in a somewhat silly Japanese pachinko TV commercial. I may date myself but I still associate Cage with the 1983 film Valley Girl which had an amazing new wave soundtrack.

Found via JapanSugoi.

Gogo Yubari & Green Tea Ice Cream

Chiaki Kuriyama is best known to me for her role as Gogo Yubari from the film Kill Bill, but shown above is a recent ad she did for Glico Ice Cream in Japan. The commercial is sweet, but as a fanboy I wish it had some martial arts action!

Kamen Rider Card Commercial

Shown above is a Japanese TV commercial for Kamen Rider bubble gum cards from the 70s.

Shimura Zoo: Monkey & Bulldog Exercise

Shown above is a cute clip from Shimura Zoo showing a monkey and an English bulldog in an exercise class.

Ultra Q: Challenge From The Year 2020

Shown above is a clip from a 1966 episode Ultra Q titled “Challenge From The Year 2020”. Ultra Q was a sci-fi/horror tv series which was like a cross between the Twilight Zone and the Toho monster movies. When this came out it was the most hight budget tv series being produced.

Aki Hitomi Camera Commercial

Shown above is a 1979 National camera commercial starring singer Aki Hitomi and a few of her fanboys. There’s something very innocent about this commercial, it’s not like the slick stuff you see today.

Kamen Rider Toy Commercial

Shown above is a 70s Japanese commercial for a Kamen Rider toy.

Lotte Almond Chocolate

The above commercial stars Japanese “super idol” Aya Ueto, who got her start ten years ago by winning the All-Japan National Young Beauty contest.

Boss Rainbow Mountain Blend

I like this commercial for the rainbow blend, but my favorite Boss coffee flavor will always be “Cafe au Lait”…

The Loch Ness Monster of Japan

The commercial above is for Toyota in Japan…

Special thanks to James Kaposztas (the man who invented the anime music video genre) for finding this gem for me!

Urahama Alisa meets the Baskin Robbins Snowmen

This computer animated snowman commercial (perfect for August viewing!) stars up-and-coming model Urahama Alisa.

Oreo Cookies

The above commercial for Oreo Cookies in Japan stars actress Narumi Riko who got her first beak with the tv series Trick which was sort of like X-Files meets Scooby-Doo.

Pote Long Commercial

Shown above is silly commercial that showcases young romance and Pote-Long, which is a potato based snack from Japan produced by Morinaga & Co.

Beer Drinking Penguins

This commercial is like Rocky, but with beer drinking penguins…

Japanese Sake Commercials from 1959 to 1980

Shown above are some very surreaistic animated commercials for Kizakura sake from 1959 to 1980.

Go Go Tea

This is a very silly commercial for Go Go Tea starring Aya Matsuura, who’s J-pop arists and actress associated with the Hello! Project. Aya’s favorite food is cookie dough ice cream.

Recent Japanese Commercials

Yummy yummy bread chips! Dogs jumping rope! A Harry Potter chess game! And mega teriyaki burgers! What else could you want? Although I think the animated stop motion soy bean commercial my favorite.

Inside a Japanese Maid Cafe

Shown above a Japanese news reader pays a visit to a maid cafe. I had no idea that a guy could get a manicure at a Japanese maid cafe! I love how the maids are willing to go on tv but those poor otaku customers don’t want to be seen on camera. By the way I’m not 100% sure but I think the cafe they are showing is the Nagomi cafe, you can read their blog here (if you know Japanese):

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Gottu Five Rangers

Show above is episode one of Gottu Five Rangers was a Japanese TV comedy program from back in 1990’s. They make fun of the Power Rangers called Goranger (Go means 5), but what I love about the comedy here is that you don’t need to be a Power Rangers expert or even speak Japanese to get a kick out of the humor here.

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Cute Korean Tigers

I found the above video via Japan Probe:

“A group of bengal tiger cubs recently born at a zoo in Seoul have made TV news in Japan (for being cute). Don’t worry folks, they still aren’t old enough to eat meat, so those little chicks aren’t going to be eaten!”

…I feel so cheated about my childhood when I watch that video! How come I never got to play with baby tigers when I was growing up? Just look at those kids, when they grow up they’ll think that it’s perfectly normal to play with baby tigers. The closest I got to that as a child was watching the Adventures of Waldo Kitty.