frannyo 2 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Sorry, but those ads on CNN etc for No 1 Travel and Daily Yomiuri are just so BAD. Cheesier than cheesemans cheese cupboard. And - don't want this to come out wrong - but if they are going to do an ad in English, why don't they get some decent English-speakers to actually do them? How come no-one has not noticed just how cringeworthy they are? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 no, no, no, those commercials with the gaijin eating Tempura!!! "hmmmm, its delicious!! Why dont you try it?" Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 16, 2004 Author Share Posted July 16, 2004 Thats bad as well. Those new No 1 ones are the worst though I reckon. They are just SOO bad. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 And the computer one where at the end, they boast that they 'even made this commercial' no shit! Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 16, 2004 Author Share Posted July 16, 2004 Yeah that ones funny as well! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 I don't watch CNN very often but that Azabu Jyuban (pronouned Jew-BAAAAHHHN for some reason) advert is quite painful. Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 They make me laugh. I like them. Bring on more!! Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Frannyo, that yomiuri shinbum one gets me everytime I see it! From where do you suppose those English speaking people are from, anyway?!? If you've ever been to No. 1 travel...well the ad is realistic. A pretty motley group they got there. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Pluto? I cant work it out. Theyre all there, making the thing. Cameramen, "actors", director. How come no-one notices how utterly naff it is? Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Kintaro: Frannyo, that yomiuri shinbum one gets me everytime I see it! From where do you suppose those English speaking people are from, anyway?!? yeah that gets to me that one.. "great for english proficency too..." in a very very bad english accent. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 "hmmmm, its delishoosu!! Why dont you try it?" A classic. I think it's all a cunning plan to get us to remember them.... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Seems to be successful! Link to post Share on other sites
Error404 0 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 So it might be worth getting CNN after all. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 I didn't see them. are they supposed to be funny? Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 No they're not echineko. But they are. But even back in the US there are some risible ads, don't you think? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 I really think there should be more ads like that, they are class. Link to post Share on other sites
IceEiji 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Sometimeds I wondered about these, but I thought it was just my poor English. So they really are bad then? Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Another ad that drove me crazy was the one apparently telling people to get out and vote in the elections. The scene as I remember it opens with the bleachers full of Japanese people cheering on a sports event and waving flags. Then, a dramatic cut to a serious angry righteous man in a casual suit with open-necked shirt who yells out in didactic anger, "HEY JAPAN. IS IT JUST SPORTS FOR YOU THEN?!" and then he righteously guilts them into voting in his Big-Man angry voice. The counterpoint to his macho tirade is The Cute Young Woman who is quietly appreciative and apparently somewhat taken with his impressive manly outburst...this poor weak doe is justly chastized and swept away by his manly anger and righteousness and she gazes with silent deep respect at him as the spot lurches to an end. What I find most annoying about this commercial are the ridiculously childish stereotypical sex roles, and that angry bully orders and shaming are used to convey what is Proper. If I had to make a CM urging people to vote and be socially responsible, I would try to appeal to different things. It just seems so irritating and stupid that the people who dropped millions on making and airing this spot thought the best way to get out the vote was to show a skinny kakko-ii angry macho runt yelling out orders to a bunch of nitwits and then a sexy girl swoons because this is clearly The Way To Be. Or, even worse, that the people who dropped the millions on making and airing this knew that this was the best way to get out the vote in Japan. "I think it's important to vote because a kakko-ii guy yelled at me and I'm ashamed that I wasn't doing what I'm supposed to." Take your pick. Sheesh. Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 What about the sexy girl ad who tried to get you to pay your pension. She was nice. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 That Indian restaurant one is pretty cool too. Perhaps made too well. I wonder how much it costs for 1 showing of an ad on CNN like that? Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Japanese ads - I like those really cheesy ones where you get people dancing and singing about some sauce or something and being complete fools. Crack me up. I HATE HATE HATE the ones where they are just amplified eating/drinking sounds. Drive me nuts. Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 how about the one with the giant sanitary pad with wings that sucks up all the rain and flies off to the applause of all the people it saved? that is my all time favourite.....along with the Acom ads. they are just catchy Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 dou suru eifuru - the doggy ones. Looks like our doggy back home. So I like that one. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 That dogs cute. I dont usually like little dogs, but hes nice. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 The Uk will have a tv channel dedicated to ads - "the best part of telly". Link to post Share on other sites
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