TV in Japan

Japan Probe is doing a wonderful job of blogging last night’s Kinchan no Kasou Taishou 2008 special starting with this amazing massage chair.

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 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 entertain the otaku. If they’re into dudes. Who dress like ladies. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you get kicked out of the Power Rangers. By abusing your power of long range air conditioning. On TV. In Japan.

This is what happens when you feel the world has turned against you. And only your stone ball understands you. A stone ball that turns into a monster. Who likes to frolic. In the pool. On TV. In Japan.
Note: Subs included. Not that they’re going to help you understand.

This is what happens. When men dress in suits. And then start to hit each each other. On TV. In Japan.

Via Youtuber KENKEN075.

This is how you make animals real. By putting people in them. And trying to convince children to give them their food. On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe.

This is how you learn about quitting smoking. By realizing it’s just a day at a time. Which, in the beginning, must seem pretty terrible. What with a giant cigarette chasing you everywhere. On TV. In Japan.
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This is some kind of punishment. Enforced by the cops. The booby cops. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: This is mostly NSFW. It’s also probably NSF thinking people. Put on your lowest common denominator caps and all should be good.

This is exactly the kind of music I needed right now. Thank you Internet. For reals.
Cube Juice - “Head Long”

Cube Juice - “!!!”

Cube Juice - “Explosion”

The world has come full circle. Here I am, in Los Angeles, blogging about a Japanese TV clip about an event I’d never heard of that takes place in suburban Los Angeles. I don’t know whether to be shocked, surprised or saddened.
Either way, this is pretty awesome. Real life recreations of famous paintings. It’s performance [...]

It can be hard to explain to the general public exactly what Virus Software does. I always imagined it as a sort of gentle brush that swept away the crap, kind of like a beneficial vacuum cleaner.
Of course, I was wrong. Virus software is much more than that. It is an ASS-KICKING Super Sentai rip-off [...]

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 how you explain exactly what Otaku culture is all about. With a cute girl in a costume. Teaching an older lady who’s being held captive. And is being forced to learn. About Otaku. On TV. In Japan.
For those interested: There’s a lot more about this on 3Yen.

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