The (ridiculous) story continues. 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the 1979 anime series Mobile Suit Gundam, as well as the 45th anniversary of Sanrio’s most famous character, Hello Kitty. As such late in March of this year it was announced that the two companies behind these massive properties, Bandai and Sanrio, would be teaming up in a fun promotional …

The term “copycat” seems pretty appropriate here. A Japanese comedian is getting quite a bit of attention online for his impression of what may be one of the most famous cats in the world. Made to promote the NHK sketch comedy show LIFE!, the video below shows the Japanese comedian Murotsuyoshi sliding head first into an open box just like …

If you wish to get off, please touch the man wearing full-body tights. Japan has this tendency of anthropomorphizing things in order to create mascots. The latest example of this amusing and sometimes baffling practice comes thanks Nishitetsu, a train and bus operator based in Fukuoka. The video below, which was released on January 30, shows a new mascot character …

Those suits may not be aerodynamic but at least they keep you warm… Japanese mascot characters are pretty amazing. Despite their strangely proportioned and cumbersome bodies, they seem to be capable of pretty much anything (except passing through doors). Just on Japankyo alone we’ve seen mascots that can score goals on entire soccer teams, play the drums like nobody’s business, …

You’re never too old to kick some butt. Last month the city of Tome in Miyagi Prefecture released a sequel to their award-winning action-packed promotional video from last year: Tome Musō (Tome is Unparalleled). In Tome Musō 2 actress Sanae Kaneko, now 62-years-old, reprises her role as the aptly named Tome (Tome can also be a woman’s name), a butt-kicking stick-wielding …

You wouldn’t want to know what Pikachu says about Mimikyu’s mother. Pikachu is a Pokemon of many, many talents. Not only can Pikachu shoot deadly electricity from his body, understand human speech without any problem, and dance, a new video has just revealed that Pikachu is also able to spit rhymes like no other. Released on December 8, this promotional …

A great way to send your Chinese food flying. Nidec Corporation, a Japanese electric motor manufacturing company who has recently developed a reputation for the creative ways in which they use their motors, has come up with a needlessly high-tech update to the classic rotating platter that you often find at Chinese restaurants. Called the “Smart China Table,” this silly …

In Japan they take foot odor very seriously. The Japanese cosmetics company Shideido has developed a new line of high-tech shoes that connect to your smartphone. However, unlike other high-tech shoes which collect information on how many calories you’ve burned and how many paces you’ve taken, these shoes tell you how smelly your feet are. The very appropriately named “Sensing …

When the robot apocalypse hits, we won’t even be safe from zippers. From smart refrigerators to smart TVs and even the smartphones we can’t seem to put down for even a second, it seems that with every passing day, more and more aspects of our daily lives are becoming increasingly technologically advanced. And now thanks to the Japanese zipper manufacturer …

Leave it to Japan to find a way to sexualize a battleship. The guys (and gals?) at the animation and entertainment company DLE have outdone themselves yet again with yet another delightfully bizarre video promoting their ongoing anime project called Henkei Shoujo (変形少女, Transformation Girls). The latest Henkei Shoujo video stars a cool-headed and rather serious 17-year-old high school girl …

Pikachu and yodeling, a match made in heaven. The official Japanese Pokemon YouTube channel has released a video of an army of giant Pikachus dancing in unison around a vending machine, all while some catchy yodeling is going on in the background. Giant dancing Pikachus is of course nothing new. Some of you may remember the incident from a few …

Now you can exercise every time you put on a condom! Japanese condom maker Okamoto Industries Inc. has releeased a video that hopes to both educate people about how to properly put on a condom and get them to burn a few calories in the process. Totally ridiculous and completely over-the-top; Okamoto’s new educational video is not at all the …