TV in Japan

This is how you make the stakes matter. By putting your teammates on a slide. That grows. And grows. And grows. Really it grows much higher than I ever thought. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you seed the dreams of children. In a world where Santa Claus is not exactly a household name. With extra sparkles. On TV. In Japan.

So I feel a little bit weird about how much I love these. But not weird enough not to blog them.
BB & Barkley head to Kyoto with Singing Tour Guide:

BB interprets Japanese characters, whines about being homesick & rhymes “why-o” with “o-hi-oh”:

And finally a class of kids sing “Ichi Ni San”!

This is how you visit Japan. If you’re a giant yellow bird. And need some language help. And are immune to kawaii overload. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you make TV in Japan. Turn on cameras. Add dogs. And a dash of laughing heads. Viola. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you train a dog. To completely freak me out. On You Tube. In Japan.

This is how you mislead the music consumer. In a fun way. With fun music. And lots of fun jumping. On TV. In Japan.
WARNING: Sweetness abounds. Avoid consuming if you’ve got major J-Pop cavities.

This is how you use animated characters to sell alcohol. That’s sold in boxes. Way back when animated characters could still do this. On TV. In Japan.

This is why cats love sitting in clay pans. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you produce a Pop Idol rip-off show. With cute girls as contestants. And balloon heads as the celebrity panel of judges.

Via Metafilter whom I wish would link here instead of my old site.

Zuiikin English is back! And better than ever thanks to the man who started the whole thing over a year ago. Okay he didn’t really start it (after all this is a TV show from Japan) but he did upload the clips to Youtube.
P-Low, The Skillful Abbot has returned with no less than nine new [...]

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 [...]

While this may not be as amazingly bad/good as the Kitten version I blogged a while ago, this Otter version of Minna No Uta is still pretty good as far as fulfilling your sugar requirements for the rest of the week.

This is how you sell a video game. With four parts cute girl. And one part game. On TV. In Japan.

If you haven’t yet familiarized yourself with the dramatic chipmunk phenomenon, see below:

What you might not know, is that the clip is from the Japanese TV show Hello! Morning which is a morning talk show full of girls that chatter like chipmunks. Also, what you might not know, is that the chipmunk in question is [...]