TV in Japan

Gyagu Manga Biyori, which translates directly as Good Day for Gag Manga is a fascinating look into quickie manga culture.
Imagine it as a kind of Liquid Television for Manga/Anime with each short episode diving into an entirely different style and type of anime.
For example, here’s a short “drama” all about the sticker industry:

And then [...]

The Frogman Show is a strange flash-based anime from Japan that is full of weird, strange & seemingly full of lots of insane characters.
According to Business Week, The Frogman Show “is aired on a late-night program for Japanese broadcaster TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), and that costs only 10% to 20% of what traditionally produced animation [...]

This is how you transform. With the help of a drawer. And a guy with a tongue painted on his stomach. On TV. In Japan.
UPDATED: Sorry put up one of my wife’s ESL videos. Kids + lack of sleep + late night work doesn’t go together well.

This is how you sell yet another Kirin drink. With stilts. And bad costumes. On TV. In Japan.
P.S. This is actually a viral campaign from Kirin with an actual page with embeddable codes and everything. Japan is getting it! I think.
writeFlashHTML( ‘_swf=http://www.sukkiri-man.jp/flvplayer.swf’ , ‘_height=330′ , ‘_width=370′ ) ;

This is how you spice up football. With things like jet packs. And anime squiggles. On TV. In Japan.

Via Watashi to Tokyo!

This is how you make friends. With your parents. And your pokemon. On TV. In Japan.
Pokemon ranch (wiiware) japanese tv spotUploaded by HinataLovely

This is how you show your love of an anime series. By dressing up in spandex. As a woman. And letting you chest hair fly. On TV. In Japan.

Then he got some friends to do it with him in the 2.0 version (even better):

For reference, here’s the open to the Cat’s Eye anime:

All of this [...]

This is how you milk the Otaku crowd. With real-life models. Dressed as classic anime characters. All to play some pachinko. On TV. In Japan.

Via Patrick’s always awesome blog.

This is how you sell an anime. About giant transforming robot jet planes. By channeling the mashed potato scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Except with a Japanese guy. And bread. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you sell an airline. To a country that loves anime. On TV. In Japan.

This is how title a video about an American Oktaku visiting a Japanese Anime shrine. If you’re a Japanese viewer of said visit. And perhaps voice over artist as well. On TV. In Japan.

Thanks to YouTube user msworlds for the upload!

Japanese TV station Television Kanagawa decided to pull the final episode of the popular anime ‘School Days’ from its scheduled airing last night due to an alleged murder committed by a sixteen year-old Japanese student against her police officer father.
The anime is based on a popular adventure game which has been criticized for its violent [...]

The anime-based internet meme that is the “Hare Hare Yukai Dance” keeps on rolling now heading smack into an entirely different internet meme, the dancing prisoners of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center.
Not content with their new found fame and internet stardom, the Prisoners have taken on the holy of holies amongst anime fans, [...]

This is flat-out awesome. All female brass band (for reals) Tokyo Brass Style.
Nearly jumps out of your speakers in awesomeness.

Thanks so much to Clarissa for the amazing video!
UPDATE: I’ve been informed by readers that this is not the Dragonball-Z theme but the Dragonball theme. I humbly apologize.

This is how you parody a well known anime. By crafting that parody within another well known anime. Except this one’s about bread. On TV. In Japan.
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