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The evolution of Japanese's TV game ads.

ant (http://asia.videosift.com/member/ant) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:04:51 -0700

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Digg shares a four pages GameRadar article, with embedded YouTube videos, on "the evolution of Japanese game commercials. 30 years of daft, brilliant and disturbingly odd television/TV/telly skits. Japan has a well-earned reputation for daft, brilliant and disturbingly odd TV game commercials, but it took a long (sometimes painful) evolution along a course signposted by geeky TV celebs in bad jumpers during the 1980s and PlayStation-sophistication in the 1990s, for that rep to be won and maintained.

Back at the end of the 1970s, Japanese gamecorps started trying to convince their public that games were not something to be afraid of; that they were a perfectly reasonable, legitimate form of entertainment, like shogi or fishing. Once the Famicom Era kicked off, those same softcos dropped their polite, civilised image and began to go berserk all over Japan's telly screens with "CMs" (as the Japanese refer to "adverts" or "commercials") that were powerful enough to rip a viewer's mind open and sew it back together within the space of 15 seconds, discreetly lodging a MUST SHOP! impulse somewhere in the frontal lobe before the skit was over.

The evolution was televised, so join us as we trace its path from 1979 to 2009..."

- ant

RedSky gets Gold 100 - No need to look gloomy

rasch187 (http://rasch187.videosift.com) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:32:33 -0700

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RedSky recently got to the upper echelon of gold and can now *promote whenever he feels like it.

This sifter has been a member for over 2 years and seems to keep a rather low profile. There's absolutely no need for that, when you write such memorable and funny comments, RedSky!

So crawl out of your shell and gather your well deserved celebration, RedSky. And of course, everyone should pay your PQUEUE a visit. Congratulations!

- rasch187

Needed Channels! - What do you want to see?

Sagemind (http://asia.videosift.com/member/Sagemind) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:56:29 -0700

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I just figured we could nail down the names of some much needed channels. I think it would be interesting if we all named our wants. Everyone is so different and we all post diverse stuff.

What have you noticed missing?

- Sagemind

Yo mama so old, she remembers Czar Nikolai!

Throbbin (http://asia.videosift.com/member/Throbbin) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:03:15 -0700

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Sohan Dosova is now believed to be the oldest woman in the world at the ripe old age of 130!

I find it patently unfair that there is still no reliable female counterpart to Viagra.

- Throbbin

Dear Asians, Fuck Your Culture/Family/Dignity Love, Texas

peggedbea (http://asia.videosift.com/member/peggedbea) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:19:45 -0700

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/brown-asian-names/

- peggedbea

Thinker Baggins

thinker247 (http://asia.videosift.com/member/thinker247) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:09:02 -0700

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I want to thank dag for instahobbitting me during my crazy hour.

The Ring has power to change its owner.

My precious...

- thinker247

Small overview of Asian Cinema 2007/2008

Eklek (http://eklek.videosift.com) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:54:21 -0800

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AsianVirusNet has a nice selection of scenes from Asian films released in 2007/2008:

01. Help Me Eros (Bang bang wo ai shen) [Taiwan]
02. Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Buda as sharm foru rikht) [Iran]
03. Night Train (Ye Che) [China]
04. Sad Vacation [Japan]
05. Blind Mountain (Mang shan) [China]
06. And the Spring Comes (Lichun) [China]

07. With the Girl of Black Soil (Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi) [South Korea]
08. Adrift in Tokyo (Tenten) [Japan]
09. Mad Detective (Sun taam) [Hong Kong]
10. Fine, Totally Fine (Zenzen daijobu) [Japan]
11. Nowhere to Turn (Yeogiboda Eodingae) [South Korea]
12. Sparrow (Man jeuk) [Hong Kong]
13. The Way We Are (Tin shui wai dik yat yu ye) [Hong Kong]
And I can recommend IP man (2008):

And Mogari no mori (the Mourning Forest):

Machan (2008):

- Eklek

Push! Almost There! Deep Breaths... ok with me... PUSH!

K0MMIE (http://asia.videosift.com/member/K0MMIE) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:38:46 -0800

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There is a new channel out there with my name on it! MOVE MOVE MOVE!

- K0MMIE

Since I'm Bored...

Fjnbk (http://asia.videosift.com/member/Fjnbk) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:50:35 -0800

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Write a haiku here.
Anyone will work nicely.
Please have fun writing.

- Fjnbk

A question about wacky Japanese TV clips

Sarzy (http://sarzy.videosift.com) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:28:28 -0700

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This is something I've been wondering for a while. Perhaps there's a Japanese sifter who can answer this, or just someone in the know.

Why is it that whenever there's a zany clip from a Japanese TV show, there's always, without fail, a little box in the corner of the screen with someone reacting to whatever is happening (usually a screaming woman)? What's the deal with this? Do most of these clips happen to come from the same crazy show? Or is the "reaction box" just a staple of Japanese television?

- Sarzy