TV in Japan

This is how you create an international sensation. Using ESL. As a form of entertainment. And embarrassments. On TV. In Japan.
Pick up chicksUploaded by japan4000
Via Japan Probe!

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

This is how you continue to engage celebrities. In a way more interesting way that the casual sit-down. By bum rushing them with amazing weirdness. On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe originally!

This is how you make a grown man cry. And spit milk out of his nose. At the resurgance of the afro-ed one. On TV. In Japan.
Seriously, he had me at konichiwa. Yes, I said that twice.

This is how you recreate America’s Funniest Home Videos. With a Japanese Comedian. In his speedos. On TV. In Japan.

According to the Times Online, the Nintendo Wii is really taking a dent out of Japanese TV ratings.
Can it be true? Is the Wii making this big a dent in the viewing habits of Japanese families?
If so, maybe it’s because of games like this:

This is Endless Ocean for the Wii. You scuba dive and listen [...]

This is how you impress Harry Potter. With parlor tricks. And nearly fainting fangirls. On TV. In Japan.
SIDENOTE: You may not believe this but when I taught ESL in Seoul directly following college, I often got this kind of a reception at all-girls high schools. I, however, was not then nor ever have been a [...]

Sakana-kun, Japan’s most televised Marine Biologist, here spends some quality time with a very ‘kawaii’ sea cucumber, trying to convince Hamada that it’s all going to be okay.

BONUS: BBC3 show hosts Adam & Joe paid a visit to Sakana-Kun to get us all a little more background on the fellow.

Thanks to TViJ reader Colin [...]

This is how you sell convenience. Using near nipple shots. And yakitori. That somehow go together. On TV. In Japan.

Thanks to the great people at Moon Chase (those chasers of Sailor Moon news) for this amazing gem of a commercial featuring the beautiful Keiko Kitagawa (a former Sailor Moon actress herself) and a very active simian of some sort.

Other great finds:
The Genki Girls Sing About Bug Traps

A Garlic Sports Drink:

And a commercial for [...]

Ok, so I didn’t want to do this because I haven’t technically finished this drama, but I feel it is worth reccommending right now regardless of its state of completion.
LIAR GAME doesn’t particularly have a deep plot. There is a problem, there is lying, a lot of money is at stake, and some innocent [...]

Again, the animals of Japan have said to hell with nature and have just decided to do whatever they want!
Here, a dog is raising a tiger. Full on suckling.
I mean really. What’s next Japan? ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’?

This is how you train the corrective officers of tomorrow. By installing in them the importance of Lesson Three. Which is titled, appropriately, ‘Body Massage’. But really ends up being ‘Boob Massage’. On TV. In Japan.
WARNING: As with all Late Night clips, please view with your selected morality filter.

First off, I love that we live in a world where it’s okay to do this to human beings.
Some people might think that this is cruel and unusual punishment. To me, this is brilliant TV plain & simple. Which, of course, sometimes includes cruel & unusual punishment.
This is Dokkori (I think that’s what [...]

This is how you report the presence of a GIANT SHARK! With incredible MUSIC TRACKS! And very excited REPORTERS! On TV. In Japan.

Thanks to Japan Probe for the video. Go there for more actual info. You know, if you want to learn.