Weird how the US never got these commercials despite being filmed here. Guess they hear assumed it was too weird for American sensibilities. Personally, I love it.
I only got into him through my exposure to his collectibles. I didn't even see a commercial until they showed up on YouTube. That just made him more intriguing. Having live in Japan in the off beat time typical of advertising you witnessed at the time?
Since my Japanese was (and is) terrible, I didn't watch a whole lot of TV - but instead my folks would occasionally send over a videocassette I could watch. Late at night, one channel would often show an old movie in English, and I'd tape them. Then, when watching it I'd see the commercials. Some were indeed pretty wacky, and others were just beautiful in execution - like mini movies. I feel like I saw a lot of beverage ads - but then again, I think drinks comprise a lot of TV advertising in the US too, even now.
Weird how the US never got these commercials despite being filmed here. Guess they hear assumed it was too weird for American sensibilities. Personally, I love it.
I think Pepsiman was also in the Japanese version of the Saturn port of a fighting game called Fighting Vipers as well.
Lemon Pepsiman is very disturbing. Love the fried chicken bottlecap, awesome stuff!
Why is Lemon disturbing?
I lived briefly in Japan during this time but forgot about Pepsiman. The light tone of the commercials really works.
I only got into him through my exposure to his collectibles. I didn't even see a commercial until they showed up on YouTube. That just made him more intriguing. Having live in Japan in the off beat time typical of advertising you witnessed at the time?
Since my Japanese was (and is) terrible, I didn't watch a whole lot of TV - but instead my folks would occasionally send over a videocassette I could watch. Late at night, one channel would often show an old movie in English, and I'd tape them. Then, when watching it I'd see the commercials. Some were indeed pretty wacky, and others were just beautiful in execution - like mini movies. I feel like I saw a lot of beverage ads - but then again, I think drinks comprise a lot of TV advertising in the US too, even now.
Where are you now? Did you enjoy Japan?