TV in Japan

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.
NOTE: Need more Yakitate!! Japan? Go here and enjoy.

Hot of the heels of the anime bouncing boob montage, some enterprising person (most likely man) has clipped together a montage of some of the freakiest (and I’d say funniest) digital boobs available in video games today.
While I’m not sure the motives of the creator, I think the end product is something that can [...]

Much like the voice of Pokemon, the woman in this clip looks very little like the characters that she portrays (. In fact, it’s kind of scary when you see that voice come out of whom I’m sure is a Grandmother of someone.

Thanks to TViJ reader Armathrillo for the tip!

Kayne West often surprises me. Never more than now.
Here, in the new video for ‘Stronger’, he recreates scenes from the classic anime Akira. Featuring Daft Punk for extra awesomeness.

Via Fimoculous.

This is how you make technology do your bidding. Or feed your obsessions. Or just waste a lot of free time. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: Mario makes an appearance here. Game nerds wake up.

This is how you prove to a nation that your skills are in comedy. And not in fine arts. On TV. In Japan.

Leave it to the Japanese to Make Anything Funny. Take the Anime Opening Music From the Anime Lucky Star Add Ronald McDonald and You Have Yourself a Commercial That Well Win Over Any Otaku.

Any 1 Else Feel Hungry After Watching the Video.

Long time readers of TV in Japan know that I have a special place in my heart for Spider-Man. No, not the comic book character (although I did grow up reading three of the books) nor the movie series (which are mostly okay).
No, I mean the real Spider-Man, the Japanese TV character from 1978.
Of course, [...]

Wi-Max is a high-speed wireless standard that may change the way you view/listen/download stuff. But really, that’s not important here.
What’s really important is this amazing video created by Japanese Wi-Max provider Yozan which clearly illustrates a number of issues with technology companies being in control of the creative on their advertising.

The 5 Rangers are (or more properly were) a series of sketches by DownTown & friends that always start the same way, Hamada in the Skull suit abusing/groping a woman/women, and the 5 Rangers come to save the day.
The joke really is that the 5 Rangers, always a parody of the Power Rangers (Super Sentai) [...]

You probably know/have heard of ‘Death Note‘ the anime/manga/live action movie where a high school student discovers a book which will kill anyone who’s name is written in it.
The anime is quite good and readily available on YouTube and, while I haven’t seen the live action film, the trailer looks awesome.
It is amazingly popular in [...]

I thinking of starting a series of these as they are awesome.
FYI, Kinnikuman is the original name for the M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestlers that used to be huge over here in the States when I was a boy. Lucky for us they made an anime and gave some nice theme songs to the more unique wrestlers. Like [...]

One of Manga’s oldest and most interesting series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro is about to get another update, this time an amazingly beautiful one.
From twitchfilm.net’s write up:
The screenplay for Kitaro was written by Daisuke Habara, based on the eponymous manga serial by Shigeru Mizuki. The movie stars (listed order corresponds to order on official [...]

I’m probably way behind on this but one of the best music video games of all time, PaRappa the Rappa, had an anime version way back in 2001.
And yes, it’s funky. Much like the game.