TOP 20 Japanese Commercials

78 Comments

1. Ahmed Osman April 7, 2006

   Heh, number 9 and 15 are my favorites 🙂
2. spike April 7, 2006

   Top20 japanese commercial? How come I see chinese and korean commercials in there?
3. MistaPrimeMinista April 7, 2006

   Good point ! 🙂 I was waiting for that one 🙂
   Its because those two commercials were written as Japanese from the site i got them from. I only realized they were not Japanese after I have posted them.
   If anyone has two good Japanese commercials I will be happy to replace the two non-japanese ones 🙂
4. Shko April 7, 2006

   For your information, numbers 6,5,4,3 and 1 all do NOT come from Japan.
5. MistaPrimeMinista April 7, 2006

   I suppose I should have checked my sources first.

   If anyone feels offended, you got my apologies 🙂
6. Jessica April 8, 2006

   #9, the Tea commertial, is not Japanese. It’s Thai.
7. kraken April 11, 2006

   #2 is not japanese.
   It’s french actually 😡
8. littletoyman April 17, 2006

   Who cares where they come from, I can’t read, speak or understand Japanese, Korean, Chinese or French, most were visually funny. MY favorites were 15, 3 and 2.
9. simauma April 26, 2006

   There is a thing except Japan.
   But interesting thing and eroticism are common throughout the whole country!
   I was interesting
10. JimNasium September 2, 2006

    Hate to be a dick too, but some of these aren’t commercials either. But hey, you got the “20” right
11. John September 2, 2006

    One of the ads is in spanish.
12. danny September 2, 2006

    Where can you find number 7?
13. Natalcia September 2, 2006

    LOVED #3!! HILARIOUS! Get’s ur mind working eh!? LMAO!
14. Fire Gold Rush September 2, 2006

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiLgOu4_KKs
15. waruguchi September 2, 2006

    #15 is a comedy sketch, from a show called Mecha-mecha Ikeru, I believe. Still, funny stuff. 🙂
16. tingting September 2, 2006

    all gooks no matter
17. Victor Shaitan September 3, 2006

    YOu missed the one best japanese CM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7sFFuG9Wmw

    also ther’s the pepsiman CM that is awesome!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axe1Ep2A2BY
18. Ohyes September 3, 2006

    #3 was AMAZING
19. josh September 4, 2006

    it should be top 20 “asian ” commercials, not all of them are jap.
20. Paulo Sousa September 5, 2006

    Hey, you missed the best japanese campaign ever!

    Cup Noodle 1

    Cup Noodle 2

    Cup Noodle 3

    []’s
    PS
21. Alexander September 7, 2006

    Very nice!
22. baldhead September 7, 2006

    There’s more to life

    http://baldhead.nl
23. Mandy September 7, 2006

    als je nog eens met jappen komt te werken
24. Daniel September 7, 2006

    These are the languages:

    9 – Japanese but the voice-over isn’t at the end. (Is this Thai?)
    6 – Korean
    5 – Spanish
    4 – Chinese
    3 – Korean, as you have down.

    Number 1 is Japanese.
25. Daniel September 7, 2006

    Oh, just read Jessica’s comment. Number 9 is Thai then, as I guessed.
26. rabid rilo September 7, 2006

    does anyone know the source of the music behind #14 (the nintendo commercial)
27. schubertiad September 7, 2006

    Yes, #15 is a comedy sketch from “Mecha Mecha Iketeru!” which is known as “Mechaike” for short. It’s a long-running and very funny comedy show.
28. American in Tokyo September 7, 2006

    Great collection, it’s a shame that several of the Videos arn’t Japanese (as posted earlyer), and one isn’t even a comercial (#15), but a conseptual commercial like what you would find on SNL.
    Nice collection though.
29. Tim September 7, 2006

    No sound on most of them?
30. origami September 7, 2006

    #4 was actually a commercial for Fox Sports from a few years back. There was also a Russian slapping contest (with a chess-like clock, I believe) and something else. All pointing out silly “foreign” sports, all hilarious.
31. jina September 7, 2006

    excenllent!!!
32. Michel K. September 7, 2006

    #6 is Thai too…
33. daniel September 7, 2006

    My favorite Japanese cockroach spray comercial. The Korean singer is Epaksa.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdFui74_jvY
34. w.y. September 7, 2006

    dude! really funny videos you collected. 🙂
35. Eroom September 8, 2006

    No. 3 was not banned
36. Ant September 8, 2006

    #7 is gone!
37. caipirina September 8, 2006

    The japanese bounce girl should have made the top 20

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0rHsdOx7aQ
38. John September 8, 2006

    so funny, i like number 7 and 10…
39. Visual Perception Magazine* September 8, 2006

    “TOP 20 Japanese Commercials”
40. T September 8, 2006

    These are supposed to be Japanese commercials, but a few are not even Japanese. Like number 6, that’s a Thai commercial.
41. JOeeY September 8, 2006

    # 6 is THAI
    # 9 is THAI
42. handpuppet September 8, 2006

    As mentioned earlier, #2 is French, Mikado is the French brand name for pocky there.
43. Pablo September 8, 2006

    The music behind #14 is Kojima Mayumi singing Hatsukoi.
    http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PCCA-1491
44. sun bin September 8, 2006

    Yes, the cup noodle series are the best.
    the one I like most is the ‘fishing with bait” episode.
45. Luciano Ska September 9, 2006

    Korean and chinese is Japaneses too?

    stupid list…
46. antonio September 9, 2006

    they don’t seem to come all from japan but awesome post anyway!
47. FOX September 9, 2006

    TOP 20 Japanese Commercials? – Hah! It’s not really! X-(

    –
    #19 is NOT CM.
    #15 is NOT CM.
    #14 is NOT JAPANESE.
    #09 is NOT JAPANESE.
    #06 is NOT JAPANESE.
    #05 is NOT JAPANESE.
    #04 is NOT JAPANESE.
    #03 is NOT JAPANESE.
    #02 is NOT JAPANESE.
    #01 is NOT JAPANESE.
    –

    Those language and those culture are QUITE DIFFERENT though features are like to the Japanese. TRY TO STUDY!!!
    (I’m a Japanese student.)
48. Tarre September 10, 2006

    hahaha! number 13 is best!
49. sensei September 11, 2006

    ??????????
    ????????????
50. Eric September 13, 2006

    The worm (Taiwanese commercial for Thailand) and the tree are not Chinese, they are Taiwanese.
    • ddd April 9, 2015

      How poor you! forgot your ancestors.
51. santos September 15, 2006

    o santos vai ser campeao brasileiro
52. Chris September 19, 2006

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    Where are the POCKY Commercial?????????

    Anata mo watashi mo Pockin is a classic. ;D
53. Chris September 19, 2006

    And the UFO Noodle…

    well, there a many great japanese ads, its not easy to create a list .D
54. Steven Hourie September 20, 2006

    What about the “Sappuro Ichiban” noodles commercial
55. Priness September 23, 2006

    JAPANESE people are so funny,
    the copyer #2 was funny because it
    happend to me!
56. Your mom September 23, 2006

    haha lmao i like number 13 its so funny cuz me and my friends did shit like that once when we were high
57. HORUDEN November 3, 2006

    You know what, I am a student of Japanese also, and I think you people need to get off your High Horse and get over the fact that some of these comercials are not Japanese. It doesnt really matter, Just because this guy doesnt quite know enough about Japanese doesnt mean he cant try to compile a list of funny comercials for us to watch. And by the way thanks for the funny comercials I loved them.
    ????????
    —
    ????

    P.S. And number one is Japanese FOX, some Japanese student. HaHaHa ^_^
58. txllfnm December 23, 2006

    Hi all!!! Cool site!!!
59. deINO January 11, 2007

    20,16,15,14,10,07 aren’t no longer available on youtube – could you post a new links to them?
60. MAKI January 19, 2007

    #01 is actually Japanese.
    I’m Japanese, and they speak Japanese in #01.
61. Greg January 19, 2007

    Number two (2) is a gas!
62. Lynette January 19, 2007

    loved the videos…thanks!!!!!!!
63. Luann January 19, 2007

    One question. Where do I get some of that milk? LOL
64. soberider January 19, 2007

    Thanks, funny stuff! And to all you jerkoffs that complain about the authenticity…..who cares whether they are genuine Japanese or not? Find something important to gripe about
65. Madruga February 15, 2007

    Hy from Romania . I saw all of them , but some weren`t avaible anymore . Anyway , those commercials roocjs . Good job .
66. Amir Ghahrai May 24, 2007

    I have seen better. I have been making tv comercials for over 16 years. Mostly in Iran. I think comedy works best , when it comes to comercials. I think the Luke Skywalker was funny, althogh I did not understand the consept.
    Thanks Amir
67. Shko July 15, 2007

    HAHAH Horuden You dumb F***. You were trying to type daisuki as in, “I really like” but you actually wrote characters meaning “big oportunity.”

    And why shouldnt people complain about these vids not actually being from Japan. The point is not where the videos are from, it is about the retarded ignorent people who lump together anyone asian as being the same, and then brand them with labels such as, ‘funny’; which, as a description is a pathetic attempt to disguise the fact that you actually look down on the said group as inferior.

    The simple fact is that actually you are damned ignorent if you cant distinguish Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc.

    It wouldnt surprise me if you couldnt tell the difference between French, German, Russian either.
68. Nurit Hailey September 19, 2007

    you had me suicidal, suicida. Nurit Hailey.
69. Travis November 1, 2007

    wow, very weird, but cool
70. Anonynous November 27, 2007

    Dare to take pictures when I am at some restroom, or public bathroom. You are not going to like my reaction at all.
71. exochikaa January 8, 2009

    Ah, I was about to comment that some aren’t Japanese CMs, but you already know that. 🙂

    Here’s probably the worst Japanese commercial I’ve EVER seen in my life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq8xuVnB-Pk

    Seriously…it freaks me out. O__O;;;
72. gabrielk310 January 12, 2009

    u missed a few great ones here they are

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_yn9c-qdQk&feature=channel

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh7rKTNOcZw&feature=channel
73. From Japan January 19, 2009

    15 is Fuji TV program. Not commercial.

    14 HongKong commercial.

    9 Thailand commercial.

    6 Thailand commercial.

    5 Not Japan commercial.

    4 Taiwan commercial.

    3 Korean commercial.

    2 Not Japan commercial.

    1 Not Japan commercial.
74. K March 10, 2009

    That Inochi thing is a short done by Takashi Murakami, the artist.
75. pockinna baby April 11, 2009

    N. 2 is a French commercial aired in France.
    Mikado is the name of a licensed version of the Japanese snack called Pocky. A french biscuit manufacturer bought license rights from the original Japanese company (Glico) and manufacture a version they call Mikado in Europe.

    The reason its set in Japan is because the name of the French version of Pocky, mikado, is a Japanese word, which is also the name of a game played with wood sticks, in France. So many Mikado commercials are set in Japanese settings. However most French people believe Mikado is a French brand and don’t know its a licensed version of a Japanese one.

    If you type pocky cm on youtube you will be able to see real Pocky commercials.
76. Elrondp January 15, 2010

    There’s no oto-san, buu.
77. Anonymous March 8, 2010

    hahaha these comments, oh man.