Category: Advertisements
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Get That Hot Pepper Out of My Head
This is a commercial that’s been airing recently on TV for the discount/coupon free paper Hot Pepper, featuring Kaela Kimura and Snoopy. I post it because I see it all the time, and am now at a point where it plays automatically in my head when idle. Via Japan Probe.
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Heidi Loves Nissan
The video above is part of a new campaign for Nissan’s “ECO” line-up (low-fuel), created by the Golden Eggs team. There are short TV commercials, but the video above is a web-only short. My wife has watched this at least 20 times, and cracks up every single time.
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Saint’s Row 2 CM in Japan
This is how they’re selling Saint’s Row 2 in Japan — I think it’s great. Also, I’d like to give some huge thumbs up on that game. It may not have the sheen of Grand Theft Auto IV, but I might have actually had more fun with SR2. It’s an absolute blast. Via Mark Cooke.
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Mini-Trend Moment: The Quarter Pounder in Japan
Marxy has the final world on the McDonald’s viral Quarter Pounder marketing in Japan over at Clast. Me, I never had a chance to check out the shops when they went black — since I’ve been based in the area, the Omotesando branch has already closed and has yet to re-open, probably as they renew…
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UT Loop
I like the new UNIQLO commercial that has started airing on TV for this spring’s UT lineup. You can also re-arrange the loop over at the UT website.
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IKEA Takes Over Train
Wow! In order to promote the upcoming opening of their new store at Port Island in Kobe, IKEA has turned the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a showroom. Via Pink Tentacle.
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Aoi Miyazaki and Emporio Armani
In his latest post for Clast, Marxy examines what it means for Emporio Armani to use model/actress Aoi Miyazaki in its latest ad campaign.
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Good Is Not Enough
Cool use of flash online as a promotion/ad for apartment developer MORIMOTO. It’s a recreation of this TV ad. Via SYTY.
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INFOBAR2 Invades Ikebukuro Station
Lots of ads for the Naoto Fukasawa-designed INFOBAR2 mobile phone at Ikebukuro station.