On New Years Day we went to see The Addams Family Musical during its limited run in Chicago. My admin in crime said she was only familiar with the Addams Family from commercials in Japan (she has never seen the original series or films). Today she introduced me to one of these CMs…

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Christmas is coming… time for a new Soft Bank phone from Cameron Diaz.

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Yoda from Star Wars (is there another Yoda?) is pimping instant ramen!

Nissin Cup Noodle! Boil Japan! Hai!

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Because you needed more AKB48, here’s the most recent commercial for Stage Fighter.

What’s Stage Fighter? Read about Stage Fighter at Altafista.com

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McDonalds in Japan sure knows how to bring out the crazy in kids!

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Recent commercial promoting Google Japan highlighting its “search” capabilities.

Fashion Show with Google from Robbin Waldemar on Vimeo.

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I support any commercial that uses Gojira. That is all.

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Apparently Bruce Lee was alive and well in 1996 for this commercial.

(thanks to JapanSugoi.com)

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Hat tip to Peter S. Hall (@PeterSHall) for tweeting this hilarious Suntory Commercial… bad taste? Not for Japan!

Hey, that’s Yoshiyuki Morishita! Love that guy.

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Even Japan wasn’t immune to McDonald’s Happy Meal in the early 80s as evident in this flashback commercial.

(thanks to Tokyo Scum Brigade)

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