TV in Japan

This is how you prove your survival skillz. By throwing knives at pretty ladies. And encouraging the craziness of Japanese TV hosts. In the 80s. With absolutely awesome hair. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: Knife throwing and everything starts at 1:54.

Thanks to TViJ reader Craig for the link!

In honor of April Fool’s Day I thought I would do a review of my favorite multipart series:Trick. Trick 1, 2, and 3 each have different things to recommend them, but I’ll try to keep this short and sweet.
Trick:
We get introduced to our main characters, Yamada Naoko (Nakama Yukie) a struggling magician whose stage [...]

This may be the best use of super slow motion yet.
Here again it the Japanese magician explaining away his secrets. However, here it isn’t a secret as much as it’s just amazingly fast finger movements and dexterity. Watch the motion both before and after watching the slow motion replay and you’ll see what I [...]

This is how you piss off your magician friends. By basically showing how they (and consequently you) do it. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you center you chi. Or gather your force. From a car seat. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you upstage David Copperfield. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: I think this is from a Tiawanese broadcast but the magician is Japanese. I think.

This is how you make card tricks cool. With giant fonts and rocked-out excitement. On TV. In Japan.

I’ve posted part of this before but this video includes a whole chunk of Cyril the Magician on the subway falling on people. Good stuff.

Thanks again to Lindsay for the clip!