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INTEREST: Insurance Company's TV Ad Depicts Mazinger Z as Retiring Section Manager




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itachi06103570



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:57 am Reply with quote
This was sooooo ridiculous but I love it at the same time.!! Very Happy
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:39 am Reply with quote
That takes some good acting not to laugh through this ad.
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Neohybrid_kai



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:51 am Reply with quote
Awesome!! I love when they make down to earth parody like this.
Remind me to this Ultraman music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Pv2y6uhvA
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:33 am Reply with quote
I found the ad to be peculiar, but it had quite a fun taste.
The folks can sleep comfortably knowing that Mazinger Z will always be there to protect them. Smile
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Eldritcho



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:09 pm Reply with quote
I'm very confused... yet entertained
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:06 pm Reply with quote
These commercials are really long.
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Wrangler



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:13 pm Reply with quote
Wow, the insurance company who wants pay for retirements really went all the way get people to invest in them.

This really infomercial i think.

Though there one thought thou. Japanese mangers retire really enough to have second life? Magaziner's wife looks like she young enough to be in her early 20-30s. Shocked
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Veniamin



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:20 pm Reply with quote
I expected to laugh (which I did) and somehow teared up a bit.
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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:00 pm Reply with quote
WTH??? Only in Japan this can happen. But while we have Snoopy advertising for Met Life, but Mazinger-Z, that's a whole different kettle of fish. But we love Mazinger and that's why this ad is so strange and so funny at the same time.

Actually I love to see a shot of Mazinger and Baymax doing the "hand" deal.
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omiya



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:31 pm Reply with quote
Chrno2 wrote:
WTH??? Only in Japan this can happen. But while we have Snoopy advertising for Met Life, but Mazinger-Z, that's a whole different kettle of fish. But we love Mazinger and that's why this ad is so strange and so funny at the same time.


I saw a Met Life blimp in Tokyo in 2012.

From Ichirou Mizuki's twitter:

https://twitter.com/aniki_z/status/626747887104307201

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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:49 pm Reply with quote
omiya wrote:
Chrno2 wrote:
WTH??? Only in Japan this can happen. But while we have Snoopy advertising for Met Life, but Mazinger-Z, that's a whole different kettle of fish. But we love Mazinger and that's why this ad is so strange and so funny at the same time.


I saw a Met Life blimp in Tokyo in 2012.

From Ichirou Mizuki's twitter:

https://twitter.com/aniki_z/status/626747887104307201



Ahhh Aniki, we love you Aniki!!
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:07 pm Reply with quote
"After our special meeting with Mazinger Z, we shall now renamed our company 'Mazingerlife." Wink
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