TV in Japan

Pre-Note: This is a repost but the video had died and now it lives again. BTW, it’s kinda racy but nothing crazy. It is, however, relatively degrading. Be warned.
This is how you weed out the weak. By testing their ability to handle sausages. With their mouths. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: I am deeply sorry for [...]

This is how you make your stomach feel better. If you’re a frog. And are into opera music.

Via Pink Tentacle where they take the time to explain the whole thing.

This is how you turn the competition genre on its head. By including animals. And licking. On TV. In Japan.

Thanks to super producer Shannon Hall for the link.

This is one of my very favorite clips from TV in Japan of all time.
It does, however, often get ripped down from places it gets uploaded. Therefore I suggest you do one of the following two things:
1) Watch it. And then watch it again. Then cry when it gets taken down.
2) Grab it using one [...]

This is how you cross pollinate foods from around the world. And create, in effect, a monster of horrific taste proportions. On TV. In Japan.

Via the nicely redesigned Japan Probe!

They make them large in the Sumo business. But I’ve never seen them this large. Pretty frightening.

Also, mesmerizing. Reminds me of that scene where Homer Simpson runs on the treadmill. “It’s like a lava lamp.”
Thanks to YouTube user Harrison247 for the upload.

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 entertain the masses. With gross out stunts and psuedo-torture. All of this at least fifteen years before the rest of the world catches on. On TV. In Japan.
Clip One: Bikini Girl + Pig Slop = Frightening Eating Fest

Clip Two: Bikini Girl + Sweet Brushes + Insects = Torturous Squim Festival

Clip Three: [...]

This is how you personify the statement ‘no pain no gain’. On TV. In Japan.

From Beauty Show, the only show in Japan where it seems like women are encouraged to laugh at one another. For the life of me, I can’t figure out whether this is totally great for them or totally sad.
Anyone [...]

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 [...]

Now this is how you recycle trash that has been dumped on the side of a road. By dressing up as some weird pink creature and pulling along a pink cart with heart hubcaps. Watch as Idol Nakagawa Shoko does exactly that and watch and see some of the things see finds. Now I have [...]

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.

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 [...]

You may have read about that party that Michael Jackson was throwing in Japan. For the low price of 400,000 Yen (around $3500), you could have spent a few choice moments talking with Mr. Leather-Face Pointy-Nose himself.
Well guess what? Put that $3500 dollars back in your pocket right now! You, yes you, can see inside [...]

There’s got to be something crazy going on here. Either it’s some fetish that I’ve never heard of or those fish are supposed to be like healthy or something. On TV. In Japan.
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