There is nothing new here. The Japanese have always been less prudish than Americans. I remember walking through department stores sort of like an old Woolworths in outer Tokyo In about 1998 and turned a corner in the back where fellow had a small shop selling all sort of porn comics and ...well I didn't look real close. This is when you could only get a Playboy or Hustler in a seedy gas stations in NC, definitely not where your daughters would have any reason to walk by.. I bought a very nice woodworking pull saw there, and some odd candy to take back to nieces and nephews. The commercials and TV are all oddly different from what we are used to, in many ways, not just around sex and gender.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:28 PM, HARSHA GODAVARI via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Sex sells. > > regards > hg > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rod Hower via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: "EVDL Administrator" <evp...@drmm.net>, "Electric Vehicle Discussion > List" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:45:45 AM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Weirdest-Sexy L3 EVSE Ad @FamilyMart.jp (v) > > There is some definite sexual innuendos for 'plugging in' with the beast > and 'singing into the microphone'. Very strange video indeed! Not sure what > they are promoting, but I've seen strange stuff on youtube as well that the > younger generation follows. I'll have to admit that the 'bouncing around' > assets of the female where interesting and highlighted in the video. > > > On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:48 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV < > ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > I don't know that I'd call it sexy, except that one camera shot lingers > rather longer than necessary on the talent's, uh, physical assets. But > weird? Oh yeah, definitely. > > I don't understand the Japanese, but this is what I got from watching it > before reading the synopsis in Nikki's story. > > We have here a beast whose spinning horns (!) clearly show that he's > utterly > smitten with a young woman shopper. The woman seems to just want to plug in > (unplug?) her Nissan Leaf at Famiy Mart. > > The beast even tries to give her roses, but to no avail. Finally, with some > help from the Family Mart manager (?), he seems to win her over, getting > her > to sing along with him as he plays his electric guitar (she uses the > chademo > adapter as a microphone). By the end of the ad, she's throwing sparks > (kisses?) at him, they're dancing hand in hand, and he's helping her > (finally) plug in her car. (Which, in the next scene, is again unplugged. > Go figure.) > > Here's this 3+ minutes of quirkiness, unembedded : > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk6Lqjb7xOQ > > And Nikki's synopsis from Bruce's post, which corrects what I got wrong : > > https://transportevolved.com/2015/02/24/japanese-ad-for-electric-car-rapid- > charging-at-familymart-is-the-weirdest-tv-ad-weve-ever-seen/ > > http://v.gd/1hT0XR > > This one has the old GM EV1 "appliance worship" ad beat all to heck for > quirkiness. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150225/748108ed/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150225/107b1e7c/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150226/54bd5c97/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
