(mouse clicks)
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
♪ (music box chiming) ♪
- Okay.
- I like where this is going.
- Is this appropriate?
- They just couldn't find a hotel room.
(music stops, paint splashing)
- (giggles)
- I've already made this video.
♪ (music resumes) ♪
- That's not how you do it, sir.
- What? Is that-- it's sushi! Nigiri sushi!
- Oh, sushi!
- Okay, I did not expect that. (laughs)
- I don't wanna sound racist, but how very Asian.
♪ (children singing ominously) ♪
- We're in that weird part of the internet again, aren't we?
- What is this an ad for? Horror?
- This is really scary. Wow.
- What the [bleep]?
♪ (singing continues) ♪
- (laughing)
- This is a waking nightmare.
- I didn't want to sleep tonight, anyway.
(announcer speaking Japanese)
- Trying to find a way to get your children to eat?
Scare the [bleep] out of them!
(announcer speaking Japanese)
- No! It has nothing to do with the food!
- What? What'd I just watch?
♪ (men singing dramatic tune in Japanese) ♪
(kid screams) - Aah! The fat one falls.
- Oh, sour candy.
(man speaks Japanese)
- (giggles)
- Wow. That one actually made a lot more sense than the others.
- It's a great message for kids.
If a strange man in a turtle costume is chasing you,
he has candy.
- Turn around, befriend him. - Yes.
- (screams)
- Children of the Corn 2.
- He's gonna trip. Yes! (laughs)
- This reminds me of Battle Royale for some reason.
- Thumbs up, there ya go.
- I wanna buy it now.
- I kinda wanna, too.
(schoolgirls screaming) ♪ (men singing dramatic tune) ♪
- It just won't stop.
- Aw, look at that. That's not terrifying.
- What the hell?!
- This is good [bird caw] right here. Wow.
- Oh wow. (mimics ad) Taberu! That means "eat it."
- We need more commercials like this in the states.
♪ (marching band music) ♪
- I've seen this one.
- Oh, I love this one! (laughs)
♪ (men singing in Japanese) ♪
- Oh, God.
- Is that a real dog? Is that a real boy? What is reality?
Stop it, Japan!
- This is so messed up. (laughs) I've seen a GIF of that!
- That GIF comes from this video!!
- What... the...
- That is utterly terrifying.
- That's amazing.
♪ (singing continues) ♪
- Don't trust that dog.
♪ (jingle wraps up) ♪
- Jump shot! That's the only way to ever end a video.
- You sit here and you show me all these [caw!] videos.
And then one time, finally, you bring me some gold.
Something I've never seen before that I really enjoy.
Thanks a lot, guys.
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (Finebros) So what country were those commercials from?
- Japan.
- I'm gonna say Japan.
- Those were all Japanese.
- We're Chinese, by the way. There's a difference.
- I think that was Canada.
- Definitely Canada. Canadian commercials are ca-razy.
- You never know what you're gonna get.
- (Finebros) So let's talk about the sushi commercial.
Thoughts about it? - Hi-larious.
- Erotic. Yup. Super sexy.
- What I call foreplay.
- The girl poured the white stuff on her face and I was just
like, "Where is this going?!"
- Whenever I douse myself in paint, I drape myself over a woman.
- Why do these advertisers think that that's gonna make
me want to eat sushi?
Not hungry, I may be horny, now.
- I'm pretty sure Harley's gonna really enjoy that one.
- That was great. That was a good commercial.
- (Finebros) And what about the gummy sours commercials?
- Oh, is that what is was? I never got what it was.
- I wanna try some.
- It's so Japan, it's like Pedobear
but for candies, and it's turtles.
- People in America would-- like, parents would get pissed off,
saying, "This is inappropriate.
You're showing an adult chasing children."
- A turtle man chasing children that didn't seem to mind that
a giant, terrifying turtle man was feeding them candy.
We should really just think about that sentence for a second.
- I didn't understand. There was a big turtle and little kids
and then there was a big kid and a little turtle.
- It's-- - Yes. It totally makes sense.
- It reminded me personally a lot of what it's like when
I'm trying to get a girl to date me.
(crazed laughing)
I've got sours!
By the end, it's all, ding!
♪ (guitar riff) ♪ - (Finebros) ♪ PLAYA! ♪
And how about the commercial with the little
baby things that were terrifying the child?
- Oh, that was freaky.
- That was a commercial for abortion.
And it worked.
- I... during it made an appointment to go see my doctor
and up my birth control regimen.
- I felt like I was doing the same face
that the girl on the commercial was doing.
Like, "What is happening right now?"
- I still don't know what that is.
- Once again, why does that make me want to eat their product?
I don't know.
- Kewpie? Kewpie's like the number-one baby doll in Japan.
It's like Cabbage Patch Kids.
- You should just replace the music and just be like,
either screaming or just high-pitched something.
And you have yourself like an amazing horror flick.
♪ (foreboding music) ♪ (people screaming)
- (Finebros) What were they selling?
- I thought it was, like, sushi rolls or little hot dogs.
- Was that for a candy?
- Noodles, right?
- Is it pasta made out of babies?
- It was like a spaghetti something.
- (Finebros) That was for pasta sauce.
- Pasta sauce. Duh!
- Oh, of course it is!
- Oh, what was with the baby dolls
and the spinning and the creepiness?
- Mmm! Pasta, right. Pardon me, pasta sauce.
- (Finebros) And what about the dog one?
There's a story in that commercial. What was going on?
- Oh, there was a story?
- The kid was heartbroken, something we would write about.
- (sobs)
- A boy that has his heart broken gets chased by a demonic dog
and falls in love with a girl.
- There's a lot of overtones of bestiality
in a lot of these commercials.
- The dog became bipedal at the end, which is--
I had to suspend my disbelief there. Um-- (chuckles)
As if I wasn't already from the start.
- It reminded me of a big woman, like a big
Sasquatchy WNBA woman. Is that-- should I say-- is that bad?
(chuckles) Just like-- (beastly grunts)
- I don't know. I'd have to watch it again.
- They're just saying the name of the brand over and over
and over again. All they're saying is "Consome Panchi."
That's like watching a little story and the song being like:
♪ Doritos! Doritos! Doritos! Doritos! ♪
- (Finebros) But what was going on when the dog did this?
- Oh, that's the body of the dog with the head of a girl.
What's happening, guys?
- He's having anime sad face.
- I think the doll head with the mirror was supposed to symbolize
like, inner beauty.
- Oh, you can't do that? I can do that, just wait.
(ding!)
- The Japanese culture is very complex. (both chuckle)
They think differently.
- The more you try and analyze it,
the more you're gonna hurt your brain.
- (Finebros) Why do these commercials go viral here in America?
- It's the WTF factor.
- WTF factor.
- 'Cause they're crazy!
- These pop up, and they're so not what we're used to.
That's why they're viral.
- Because they leave us with blank expressions, like this.
- 'Cause they're dumb.
Well, they're smart but dumb in the smart way.
They're weird.
- (Finebros) Do you think in Japan these are considered to be
completely bizarre? - (laughs) Probably not.
- No, I think in Japan this is totally normal.
- I've been to Japan, and there are some very strange things.
I think their humor is way more advanced,
and I just don't get it yet.
- I do think it's normal, but they know it's kind of weird.
You know what I mean?
- It's just a cultural thing, right? You know what's really weird
that we Americans do and don't think is weird?
When you're watching a football game, how it's like,
"Bshhhooooou! Badum badum badum!"
Like, all the little symbols that are happening.
We just take that in, and we think that's totally normal.
So in Japan, sure their commercials are different from ours,
but are they strange?
- (Finebros) Is there anything in American culture that you think
would be looked at as completely bizarre to the Japanese?
- No. America's awesome. Everything we do makes sense.
- We don't have anything that touches those commercials, no.
- That we don't take care of our elderly, that's a little weird.
- We eat with silverware, not chopsticks.
That's probably bizarre to them, right?
- Our love of football probably confuses them a lot.
So the Super Bowl commercials are probably, like,
just way over their heads.
- If you showed an Old Spice commercial over there and they
didn't understand English, they would think that we are insane.
- Are you kidding me? Have you seen Gusher commercials?
Little black girl eats a watermelon candy, and her head turns
into a watermelon and explodes? Racist and confusing.
Just like those.
- (Finebros) You're a neutral party from a different country.
So do you prefer American commercials
or Japanese commercials? - Japanese, for sure. Sorry. (chuckles)
- (Finebros) And what would you say to the creators of Japanese
commercials if they stumbled upon this video?
- Keep up the good work! - (chuckles)
- Make horror games.
- Would you like a hug? (chuckles)
- Can I have your brain when you die?
- Send me a year supply
of those delicious-looking little candies.
- Don't stop taking whatever the heck it is
you're taking to make those.
- Gabaru yori shikata ga nai.
That means, "Do your best, for you have no choice."
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- Can I live here and just watch videos?
- There's no bed, though.
- There's a floor.
- Bye! (speaks Japanese)
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