The Naked Sushi

Japan is notable for its many bizarre, Technicolor commercials. In this one we see a commercial for Sushi. As you can see, it is quite bizarre. A man and a woman meet for the first time and it is love at first sight... Immediately they begin to strip off their clothing as if they can't wait to be intimate anymore. The woman covers herself in white paint and crouches down into a yoga move called the Child's Pose. The man then proceeds to run at her at full speeds, covered in salmon colored paint. He lands upon the woman, with his stomach to her back. This then fades into a picture of sushi. As you can see, this is an extremely bizarre, unnatural commercial.

Another bizarre commercial is one for dog treats. In this we see a lonely boy that had come home from school with a broken heart. His human companion, literally, starts to cheer him up. The boy finds his love with a little girl and the dog gets sad. His owner has disowned him for a girl!! The dog then feels hurt and abandoned and turns to food, in depression, and eats the treats. The treats make the dog feel better. This commercial has had many gifs made of it because of the funny qualities that the dog shows as an effort to cheer his pal up. It is impossible not to smile or feel good after watching this video.

In this next commercial, we see a compilation of advertisements for gummy sours. Each commercial has the theme song of the candy. This commercial has a very catchy theme song and is played during the whole commercial. The bizarre nature of Japan is shown as a giant human-turtle chases kids around and giving them these gummy sours to eat. This commercial is especially popular among the kids. The kids see their peers enjoying the sours and having fun. It ends with a satisfied kid with a big smile on his face. The sours are now known for their theme song and the giant human turtle.

This last commercial shows an advertisement for gum. (http://youtu.be/W0X0cmQAdSE) Again we have the catchy theme music that so many Japanese commercials contain. The gum is recognized from its song and the image of the smiling teen afterwards. 

The trends with bizarre Japanese commercials are very distinguishable. There seems to be a target audience and a picture with one of those audience members with a smile on their face. Also, there tends to be a theme song within the commercials. The final "trend" is that there is a quirky character or scene that makes the advertisement stick. The colors used in the commercials are also very fruity and Technicolored. When I was in Japan, I liked to watch television just for these crazy, bizarre, funny commercials.