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The long long man commercials is EXACTLY how commercials should be. It has plot, lore and character development throughout each commercial. Not only that, but a very unexpected plot twist in the last one. If I ever go to Japan, I’ll look for Sakeru gummy in the stores.
I love the way Long Man series slogan goes "Sakeru Gummy VS Looong Sakeru Gummy" only to turn into "Sakeru Gummy AND Looong Sakeru Gummy" in the last episode. Subtle and funny.
11:16 so I actually studied abroad in Japan and my home stay father was a photographer/videographer. One day he came home and projected an ad on the wall. I was laughing my ass off, said it was really weird. It was a potato chip ad with ballerinas and a lot of negative space, strange stuff. He then told me he had made it. So I apologized, but he said it was fine because if someone in America thought it was weird it would be perfect for Japan. Pretty much all products that aren’t serious have these funny ads. Everyone in the industry is a part of them
idk if this is a joke or not and im afraid to correct it if it is a joke but anyways.... the editor edited the voice if your talking about the intro... poor sean would never hit those notes now if your talking about "LONG, LONG, MAN~" then i 100% agree with this comment
I love how actually every ad shows they’re not compatible for each other. He doesn’t know her well enough to know she’s not into public displays - no flash mob and no PDA. And her constantly fantasising about another man and marrying despite being uncomfortable with it. “I didn’t know he was gonna leave his Long Long behind”
Long Long man, in its 6 minutes, has shown better plot-writing and character arcs than almost any netflix series that's come out in a. Looong looooong tiiiiiiiiiiiiime-
@@kay-jay1581 the "stupid thing" refers to her being indecisive between his boyfriend (the short gummy) and the long long man (the long gummy). And not about her illness. That's why her friend explained right after that the two types of gummy are literally the same thing, just that the short ver. is chopped up for easier consumption.
“There’s plot upon plot, _it just goes so deep!”_ First of all, that sounds like another penis joke. Secondly, when I heard Jack say that, my brain went “You have no idea…”
The saga of the “Long Long Man” is possibly the best commercials I’ve ever seen, and I was so excited to see Seán’s reaction. The icing on the cake is how they changed the “Sakeru Gummy _VS_ Long Sakeru Gummy” to “Sakeru Gummy _&_ Long Sakeru Gummy” at the end 👏🏻
Ever since I watched your "Funny Japanese commercials" videos in 2018, I've been hoping you would see the "Long Long Man" commercials. They are an absolute treasure, and your reactions are amazing.
We still have the dangling plot thread that the lady is dying. The dude is bound to feel some serious guilt about his newfound happiness with that in mind.
As someone who has seen the long long man series before, watching Jack watch it and get mad at the girl is hillarious. I'm just sitting here like, oh, just you wait. It gets better
4:47 Yes, and if you look back at the very first episode, she tells him she wants to lock at his face *longer.* Then in the second one she is obsessed about the animals with long appendages.
I love how Americans and people from other countries always laugh at the occasional weird ad we get. Then the Japanese are like "Your ads are not _ALWAYS_ weird? _That's_ weird.."
American here! Ours aren't so much weird so much as fucked up. There's this one that has some kid bouncing a ball against the wall and then it takes a fucked up twist at the end. I remember seeing it on TV when I was like 8 or 9 and it still hits hard to this day lmao
@@heracosmic I pulled this video up and my girlfriend paused it on me and did the same thing… except she always ends it by smacking a random body part of mine and screaming laugh in the deepest voice she can muster up
Dude the TWISTS of the “Long Long Man” commercial series. Was a whole-ass Anime plot, and I absolutely loved the end. Japan.. How the actual fuck do you make commercials that well?!
the way that long long man told the story through an unreliable perspective- either the fantasies of the woman or the boyfriend’s jealousy created these scenarios that we assumed to be real. that’s what makes it such an effective twist- it changes the meaning of every previous scene, and yet it makes complete sense. truly remarkable storytelling
Long long man is my favourite Japanese ad of all time... It has, romance, drama, a love triangle AND a plot twist. Definitely a gem. Glad to see you react to this ♥
Seeing Sean experience Long, Long Man was truly a joy. It's like showing it to my kids for the first time. =) Now I wait for the fall-over-backwards-into-a-situp-chair commercials.
As someone from Japan (who has lived abroad for a while) yes, most (probably 70% or more) commercials are like this, and it’s all different companies. Honestly I sit through the commercials on most shows because it’s pure comedy. Or heartbreak. Or wtf. But the amount of commercials I can repeat word for word or sing along with is also crazy.
Yea I can imagine that they're much more memorable than western commercials. I can recite maybe one or two jingles, but these are so weird and intense that they just stick with you
@Random Internet Guy While I wouldn't say they necessarily capture MORE character growth, the growth they show is more readable to the viewer on purpose, so it feels like more. The reason Japanese media, even mid or sub par stories and characters, can feel like they have obtained growth is because the medium of manga was ment to be consumed quickly. It wasn't ment for each page to be dwelled upon like a graphic novel or comic book from the states or from Europe. This is usually because the intended reading time is in times of transition or waiting for something else, like on the train or bus. The average fast-paced lifestyle of a working Japanese citizen means they don't have time to sot and stare for long, so they gotta be able to read and consume the media quickly, which means manga tends to TELL you what's happening, aka the arcs and character growth, as opposed to showing you. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, just different, and it just makes the story and the beats move faster than a traditional American comic. You tend to have to dig a little bit more for the definitive character growth in an American or European comic. (Shows then are an extension of the media they are based off of so, basically mirror what I said but for shows.) Just a little comic info as a sequential art student. ;)
@@rexana_rexana disagree. There are definitely japanese manga and anime that just tell you what is happening, there are also plenty that only foreshadow or have you digging deeper. Most recent examples I can think of are re zero, mushoku tensei, and odd taxi. Also, American comic books dont have that deep character growth. At least not the new ones. They just recycle old characters and move them through different stories. A parody or a remaster is good once in a while, but when you don't have the creative skills to come up with new interesting super heroes, with strange superpowers, then you shouldn't make a copy of something. Especially if that thing should have realistically stayed in its era, 50 or so years ago. I mean, they're not really building on it either. If you look at most anime, even the isekai sometimes have super shitty skills on the surface but somehow exploit them to the max and get extremely over powered (sometimes they're just op for no reason, but there's demand for those shows so idc). My hero academia, for example, has girl with frog powers, guy with explosive sweat, gravity girl, guy with hair balls that stick to everything, guy that can talk to animals and insects, girl with acid powers, and so many more. They manage to have that many unique characters, interesting powers and individual personalities, and have them all have some character growth and involvement each season. If they're not involved in the fighting, they're off improving their skills and lamenting their losses. There just isn't that much character growth in the american superhero scene. The only reason I watch anything (and I don't read, waste of time) about superheroes in the us is cus my friends bring it up sometimes and I like being involved in the convo. Alright thank you for listening to my Ted talk. Tldr anime good, comic garbage bc it recycles characters nonstop and the superpowers are no longer creative.
@@randominternetguy3537 While i agree that the modern superhero scene in america is lacking, American comics are not limited to superheros and if thats all you think American comics are then you're really not ready to have this conversation because you don't have the baseline understanding of the breath of the comic industry. Also, You pretty much just named big well known anime/manga, of course the writing is going to be elevated in a more well known anime/manga because if the writing is better then there is better reception to it. You also completely ignored the fact that it's not just American vs Japanese comics, European comics also are different compared to Japanese comics that is more in line with American Comics than Japanese. Also also, it's not that one is WORSE than the other, they're just DIFFERENT styles of portraying information. One is for faster reading, one is for more leisurely reading. Nothing I said in my previous comment was wrong or an opinion, it's literally how manga is set up. It is set up to be read fast, some writing is better than others and incorporates the reader more, but that doesn't mean it's not still heavy handed. Again, THATS OKAY. It's just different. It's really a style of sequential art that originates from Tezuka, "The Father of Manga," so don't get all riled up. Im not saying anime is bad, im just saying it's built different and feels different for a reason.
Long Long Man was a rabbit hole that kept descending and had no end. The amount of lore in that one series of commercials was deeper than any lore I’ve read. That meme will live on, because a good meme never dies.
Omg it just clicked for me that that one video Gloom made ages back was a parody of long long man! Instead he was rich rich man and she thought he was hitting on her when he was just interested in her dog. Wow I'm getting major flashbacks /pos /lh
15:35 The red riding hood commercial was the most stupidest funiest and weirdest thing i ever seen and i just cant stop laughing bc of it and ab jacks reaction.
I went to the store after seeing this one day and found something similar to the long long and it was called THE LONG ONE and it reminded me of this and I couldn't stop thinking about this video
I remember in an art class that the reason a lot of Japanese commercials are so out there is cause they're trying to sell you a feeling as opposed to the product, and hope that you associate that specific feeling with the product so that you remember it/want to buy it. It comes from the premise that you already know what the product is so it just skips that step in explaining and tries to make itself as unique as possible so you remember it. It also kinda tricks your brain a little too ( regular commerical makes you think "I want Sakure gummy cause they taste good" while God tier commerical makes you think "I want Sakure gummy cause I want to experience the ~long long man~")
What it is is that America tends to take a more Ethos and Logos path, using the companies credibility as well as general logic about their company and other companies to create a commercial. Where as Japan uses pathos, emotions. They tap into what people want to feel like when they are using their product (like the skincare), or emotions that people can relate to (like being rejected in the gummy one.) Instead of telling people things they don't understand or telling only half the truth about your company and things like that, Japan instead completely avoids that because their companies are already mostly completely open to the public. If its something the public needs to know about, they will know about it. They don't need to put it in the commercial to tell everyone, so save that for actual marketing and sales. (So basically everything you said just with extra steps and the more big worded way xD im sorry about that im a bit of a nerd sometimes)
That is such a good discussion to have in class?? I wish I have Japanese ads discussion in art classes. All I have are lecturers who keep on rejecting my opinions cuz obviously only theirs are correct.
Honestly it’s a great idea. Meanwhile over here in the west the only feeling I associate with most commercials is annoyance and unbridled hatred, which only makes me feel that towards the product as well when I see it lmao
6 minutes of Long Long Commercial! This entire commercial series is quite a story. And it is one of the best things to come out of Japan. All of the commercials from Japan are wild, this is epic. I wish they had that here in the US. I hope you enjoyed this Jack. You looked like you had a great time.
When jack says I would love to have that voice "husky voice". For most of my life I have been teased for my husky voice most of my life, to where most of my teenage years I ended up speaking hardly ever. So I feel kind of special now. Thanks Jack ❤
Dude, I watched the Long Long Man thing a good few years back, my dad was the one who brought it to me and told me I needed to watch it, and I still love that ending. God, that's vaguely nostalgic for me tbh and I love seeing Jacksepticeye react to it lmao
The "giant tanuki balls means prosperity" thing comes from the fact that in ancient Japan tanuki sacks were used to make coin purses. The bigger the sack, the more money it would hold.
