I can give you Gatsby
My favourite ads in Japan feature the infamous Takuya Kimura of SMAP fame. These guys are everywhere in Japan, television shows, ads, music, and they’ve been around since 1991, now that’s longevity! If you have seen Wong Kai Wai’s 2046, he is the mysterious guest of Faye Wong on the train in the future and her boyfriend in the present.
But these ads are so addictive. They were playing on repeat today in the chemist I was in and now I can’t get him out of my head. I have posted the best one below. We are not sure if he is taking the piss, but we have noticed that it is more acceptable (perhaps because of the lack of Australia’s macho culture) to be slightly over the top in Japan.
April 20th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
A lot of SMAP’s graphic design is done by fantastic art director Kashiwa Sato - who himself has a very cool website http://kashiwasato.com
April 20th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Cool website!!!!! I love it. I also love Uniqlo here in Japan, and he does the design for that too!
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:57 am
That is a cool website, thanks for that Sarah! have you checked out yugop.com - tis something you might appreciate ! geek it up ;)-
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:10 am
For more yugop stuff go to his archive
http://yugop.com/ver3/index.asp?id=13
so much fun ;)X