So this popped in my in-box today from a previous creative partner I had (Chris Jones in the house!) and I would admit that this ad is indeed from Japan.
After a bit of snooping around it seems like this is an ad for Jalan.net, which seems like a Japanese version of travelocity.
If it seems like Japan has a thing for animals being people, you're absolutely correct. He is a pretty cute cat(neko, in Japanese) though isn't he?
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tommy Lee Jones....is an alien?
This is a long running series for Suntory Boss, Rainbow Mountain Coffee. I never had the rainbow mountain coffee when I was in Japan sadly, but I did have hot canned coffee from a a vending machine which was awesome. Let me say that again, I GOT HOT COFFEE. IN A CAN. FROM A VENDING MACHINE.
Anyway, the idea is that an alien comes to Earth to investigate and disguises himself as Tommy Lee Jones. He finds the coffee to be wonderful on this useless planet.
check these out.
You can find the rest on Katz515's page
Anyway, the idea is that an alien comes to Earth to investigate and disguises himself as Tommy Lee Jones. He finds the coffee to be wonderful on this useless planet.
check these out.
You can find the rest on Katz515's page
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Fanta!
Today I present to you a series of Fanta ads that ran in japan chronicling a school somewhere in Japan with a set of very interesting teachers. It seems like it would incredibly awesome and seriously frustrating at the same time to attend that school.
I like the way it had 9 executions! By the 3rd one I was excited to see what antics were going to happen next. Mr. DJ (DJ Sensei) was a badass. Overall a good example of a strong campaign...although I think it was aimed at children of a younger age which is a bit of an ethics issue.
I wonder what laws Japan has regarding advertising towards children, and just in general.
I like the way it had 9 executions! By the 3rd one I was excited to see what antics were going to happen next. Mr. DJ (DJ Sensei) was a badass. Overall a good example of a strong campaign...although I think it was aimed at children of a younger age which is a bit of an ethics issue.
I wonder what laws Japan has regarding advertising towards children, and just in general.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Keirin Ads!
My good friend in Japan sent these too me last night and also explained the Arnold Ad. Look back and then read on.
This post is doubly good for me because it combines two things that I love: Advertising and Bicycle track racing.
These ads show off Keirin Racing, an awesome Japanese past time. You can think of these racers as the greyhounds of American betting tracks. They live on there bikes and are pretty much monsters on the track. People in Japan view bicycle racing as an honorable career, often aspiring from young ages to become racers, which is why these ads are focusing on an emotional appeal.
Learn more about Keirin
This post is doubly good for me because it combines two things that I love: Advertising and Bicycle track racing.
These ads show off Keirin Racing, an awesome Japanese past time. You can think of these racers as the greyhounds of American betting tracks. They live on there bikes and are pretty much monsters on the track. People in Japan view bicycle racing as an honorable career, often aspiring from young ages to become racers, which is why these ads are focusing on an emotional appeal.
Learn more about Keirin
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Windows 7 in Burger form
Check out this Windows 7 Whopper! Looks delicious in a ridiculous way. No clue if this is real or not, or what it says for that matter, but this showed up on my Facebook wall and I just had to share it with you all.
UPDATE: If they made this Texas style (with cheese, bacon, and jalapenos) I would totally attempt to eat it.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Arnold was in japan and I have no idea what happened
This is one of the post that shows how some Japanese are complete insanity. It seems to be for some sort of supplement, or drink. I'm sending it to my friend to see what he can tell me. This also demonstrates the Japanese habit of putting American (I know Arnold isn't American by birth) actors and actresses into their ads. Until then enjoy!
UPDATE: My Japanese friend got back to me and explained what this commercail's about. Here's exactly what he had to say about it.
"OK this is an old commercial for a kind of energy drink.they are playing chinese traditional board game. but in this case, they are playing a game so-called customer game, that is , playing with business clients. The point is that Arnold won that game although they had to make the clients win. and the contract got cancelled because of him. so he took the energy drink to chin up."
UPDATE: My Japanese friend got back to me and explained what this commercail's about. Here's exactly what he had to say about it.
"OK this is an old commercial for a kind of energy drink.they are playing chinese traditional board game. but in this case, they are playing a game so-called customer game, that is , playing with business clients. The point is that Arnold won that game although they had to make the clients win. and the contract got cancelled because of him. so he took the energy drink to chin up."
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Soft Bank
I Like Softbank. It's a cellular provider in Japan that has an interesting brand image that features clean white motifs, and dog that is the father of a family. Also, the family has a black brother who has his japanese down pat.
check out a few ads I stole from some other blogs.
After our trip to Singapore last summer we swung back by Tokyo to visit for a few more days, to find that although we'd been gone for a month Tokyo had changed a bit. The most noticeable thing was the release of the iPhone 3GS worldwide, and SoftBank was pushing it hard. I'll never forget the Japanese man in the iPhone section of the huge store in Akiba shouting about the iPhone while wearing a mantle/cape that had the soft bank dog on it.
check out a few ads I stole from some other blogs.
After our trip to Singapore last summer we swung back by Tokyo to visit for a few more days, to find that although we'd been gone for a month Tokyo had changed a bit. The most noticeable thing was the release of the iPhone 3GS worldwide, and SoftBank was pushing it hard. I'll never forget the Japanese man in the iPhone section of the huge store in Akiba shouting about the iPhone while wearing a mantle/cape that had the soft bank dog on it.
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