Category: video

Video: Japanese 1983 Celica XX advertisement #2

Last week I blogged about the Toyota Celica XX advertisement with the ELO (Densha Otoko) theme in it. This week I have a Japanese Celica XX advertisement with Grace Jones! I can understand why they compare Grace Jones with the Celica XX: both are square muscular superstars but I personally would prefer the Celica XX…




Video: Japanese Celica XX advertisement

Just found this Japanese Celica XX Advertisement on youtube: As you can hear, the music is Twilight by Electric Lights Orchestra. Apart from the fact that I’m an 80s (electronic) music fan I immediately recognized the main theme from the Densha Otoko J-Drama. You can view the opening credits here: Funny they used the same…




Video: Japanese 1986 Celica advertisement #3

I found this 1986 Celica advertisement on Youtube: It features the TA64 Celica which surprises me: the A6 Celica wasn’t sold after 1985, so why advertise with the archaic (in that era of course!) A6 triumphs instead of the new FWD or AWD Celicas, or could it be that the AWD Celicas didn’t hit the…




More Carina ads

Found some more Toyota Carina TA60/TA61/AA63/TA63 ads on Youtube: And what about this great 1984 Toshiba VCR ad by Ultraman? Are all Japanese ads from the 80s this wacky??


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Google video ads

I’m currently playing with Google video ads. At first I though it was very promising, but in the end I was a bit disappointed… Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com As you can see it is a videoplayer, showing ads. However you can’t apply it to your own ads yet… Maybe a good thing to…