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Even the most culturally sensitive among us has to acknowledge that Japanese commercials are… well, strange. First of all, most Japanese commercial actors hail from the Randy "Macho Man" Savage school of advertising whereby they look directly into the camera and shout the product name as loudly and excitedly as they can. For example, imagine if Microsoft ended all its new operating system ads by having some guy yell "SNAP INTO VISTA!!!! OOOOOOO YEAAAAAAAAH!!!" and you'll get an idea of what many Japanese ads are like. Second, Japanese commercials will use sex to sell literally anything. Whereas American ads will typically employ sex appeal for products such as perfumes, clothing and shampoos, Japanese ads will use it to sell Canon color laser copiers. |
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DifferentBy Anonymous on April 11, 2008, 9:43 amI think you're missing the point of this commercial. The mother calls the kid "Takashi," which is a boy's name: he's been transformed into a girl. I think they're...
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Chicken and FrogBy Anonymous on April 11, 2008, 9:47 amYou're missing the pun here. Chicken is ``tori'' and frog is ``kaeru''. Put them together and it's ``torikaeru'' which means ``convert'' (pointing out the way the...
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This is a really superficial way to see the ad...By Anonymous on April 11, 2008, 3:41 pmThis is a really superficial way to see the ad. You've got to at least understand what is written on the last snapshot of the add. It says White Family 24! Kazoku=...
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HooboyBy Anonymous on April 11, 2008, 3:41 pmI suppose that given the fact that Americans look at even British Humor as somewhat "odd" and just a tad bit zany, why wouldn't we look at this in the same way?...
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For the Canon laser ad, the "hot woman" is a famous Japanese actBy Anonymous on April 11, 2008, 3:51 pmFor the Canon laser ad, the "hot woman" is a famous Japanese actress. It is ????? (Hasegawa Kyoko or Kyoko Hasegawa).
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Sloppy job on "growing boobs" add By Anonymous on April 11, 2008, 4:33 pmCome on, you really are going to go with "her breasts grew, 2 breasts, Core2 Duo!" idea? If they were going to do that, she would have big breasts. She is obviously...
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