Friday, October 06, 2006

Retro Japanese Shopping Center Ad

Shopping Space Mon (1980s)

Globetrotting time again! This is just a short little '80s Japanese shopping center TV commercial. Kind of weird, lol.

It has a very spartan look and sound to it, but I kind of dig the vibe. You might have to watch it a few times to get a feel for it, cuz it goes by fast. Wish it was longer, though, and that it showed the actual shopping center itself. But oh well.

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFri Oct 06, 03:44:00 PM

    Yeah...I'm feeling this. Almost seems like a thing you'd see in some futuristic sci-fi film.

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  2. Chris SobieniakFri Oct 06, 05:30:00 PM

    Japanese ads are quite hard to get into the first time around, a majority produced in later years tend to be only 15 seconds long at most, with only a few that managed to get into the 30 second or minute-long category.

    From the same YouTube user, here's a few more interesting ads...

    Kita-Shoten in Osaka:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHJ--g_Q7yw

    Nissan bluebird 1969 dynamic:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9d7hTTNFNE

    Nissan bluebird 1968 supersonic age:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWj2ZZbYR74

    Toyopet Crown 1963:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_joos9mDw3o

    Subaru Leone 1971:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OO0Hvo4yo

    Daiichi kaden's TV shopping 1970s:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syh8n8l05Ls

    Hitachi's Lo-D hi-fi set 1979:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZdjWFmjWsc

    weather news 1982:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAV2Cc-BXgA

    Daimaru TV shopping early 1980s:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2FX_jgZfvk

    Toshiba song 1970s:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jeqi3KWaI

    Of course this guy's got a o lot of nifty vids to check out.

    Incidentally, here an opening to a cartoon version of the 1980's Summer Olympics mascot, Misha!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smGIDx3PZ8s

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