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Academy award winning animator and a Ghibli artist who works at Lawson part-time join forces to pay homage to the konbini.
Estranged childhood friends, a blackout, and a mobile app are the perfect ingredients for a marvelous story line.
Osaka has just one word to say in response to all those annoying questions about her ethnicity and her love of katsudon.
The one-night special will be screened on Japanese television tonight, on the last day of the Heisei period.
Watch as a teenage Connelly advertises a Technics product while singing in perfect Japanese.
The crazy big-budget commercial stars some of Japan’s most well-known musicians on flame-spewing monster floats.
These girls literally drive away ogres during Japan’s annual Setsubun bean-throwing festival.
Famous musicians, actors and idol group members star in these memorable ads that will make you laugh, cry and want to buy what they’re selling.
Travel back in time to feudal Japan with an epic new clip featuring music by the Yoshida Brothers.
Characters from Mary and the Witch’s Flower team up with prominent brands for a spectacular promotional campaign.
The special release takes us through the love story of Cassis and Arles, a romance the animator has been developing for ten years.
The singer rubs shoulders with some of SoftBank’s finest stars while dressed as a student in Japanese school uniform.
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