There is nothing Star Wars-related that is more mind-shatteringly awful and soul-torturingly insane as the Star Wars Holiday Special. It is not so bad it's good; it's so bad that you almost wish Star Wars had never been made. I remind you of these facts because this video is a close second to the horrors of the SWHS.
It's a Japanese commercial from 1978, back when Japan gave exactly zero shit about international copyright laws. It's for Hagoromo Foods' "sea chicken," which is canned tuna. It is 30 seconds of some of the most absolutely fucking terrifying shit I've ever seen. If the song and the horrifying voices don't break you, the Chewbacca jump will. I swear to god I am never eating tuna again. (Via CNNGo)
It's a Japanese commercial from 1978, back when Japan gave exactly zero shit about international copyright laws. It's for Hagoromo Foods' "sea chicken," which is canned tuna. It is 30 seconds of some of the most absolutely fucking terrifying shit I've ever seen. If the song and the horrifying voices don't break you, the Chewbacca jump will. I swear to god I am never eating tuna again. (Via CNNGo)
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Nicnac said:
seriously Rob, how can you make me literally LOL at work... people get fired for that kind of shit.
ZeroCorpse said:
This is why otaku bug me... You just know this shit is in their veins, deep in the recesses of their mind, waiting to get out.
Chuck20 said:
*shiver*
Mock26 replied to Chuck20:
Still better than The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, or The Revenge of the Sith.
RubyRoses said:
oh sweet jesus.
MattK said:
Not giving a shit about international copyright laws? What if this was like the Yu-Gi-Oh story and actually AUTHORIZED by 20th Century Fox Japan without notifying Lucas?
Mock26 replied to MattK:
I bet the Lucas gave the go ahead on this commercial. Even back then he was milking it for every cent that he could and he probably figured that almost no one in America would ever see it and if they did no one back here would believe it! Too bad he could not predict the internet!
Screampants said:
I.... I just don't understand....
Mr. Poopoopachu said:
This is part of the reason why Star Wars is so damn awesome...obscure shit that's discovered 30+ years later. LOVE IT!
Leonilla said:
See, it's weird crap like this that has given me a deep mistrust of anything and everything Japanese.
demoncat said:
this proves that the evil side of star wars no no bounds. and amazed Lucas did not come down on the makers of that hard .
sk said:
3PO is insufficiently fruity.
Whoever said:
Ah, tuna. The intergalactic peacemaker.
KinkyMechanic said:
That Threepio is hot...
Oh, just me then. 'kay.
Madness Monk replied to KinkyMechanic:
Nope. 3PO's backside is definitely looking pert. I'm choosing to believe that's an adorable Japanese lady in that costume. But, god help me, if they could have gotten anyone for this spot, it would have been Anthony Daniels...
James Strocel said:
They don't make Japanese commercials this weird anymore. *sigh*
Dacshiggy said:
That song reminded me of the Oaty Bar commercial in Serenity.
Sean said:
There's no R2 distributing manga or used panties. I call bullshit.
Raine said:
what? what was that?
Janice in GA said:
I think the C-3PO character with the VPL (visible panty line) was the one that sent me over the edge.
Roswellianism said:
Whatever, man, that was hilarious.
Plus, the Leia was kinda hot.
MKUltra said:
No amount of Star Wars hustling could ever get me to eat "sea chicken". I feel unwell.
lou-bert vs. q-bert said:
that. Is. AWESOME!!!!!
Pj Perez said:
I ... had to watch it ... three times.
Manwards said:
That was excellent! I love this kind of thing. And it makes me want some tasty sea chicken! I don't care how fowl it tastes!
belt buckles girl said:
oh my god why please why??
DrPluton said:
I say the same thing every time I eat tuna, but I always go back for more.
Frankenpc said:
I've seen shit like this back when I was experimenting with LSD. Seriously.
Sonikku said:
I don't know which is worse - the video or the fact that they were calling it "sea chicken" back then. Now days they do call it tuna.
The Shadow said:
I didn't think it was possible for C3PO to be any gayer. I stand corrected.
Super King said:
I found this more entertaining than the 'real' star wars.
I'm serious.
Porkchopsoulja said:
I have a theory of why weird and insane stuff like this comes out of Japan. It comes out of Germany too but thats mostly on the sick porn they have.
It's because of World War II.
Both countries committed such insane evil shit during that time that following generation of citizens, the children and grandchildren of Imperialists and Nazis, could pretty much do anything and not be really seen as that deviant.
World War II gave them a pass at being labeled not right in the head. As long as they did it to themselves and didnt really hurt anybody they were in the clear compared to their kinsmen from 1930's and 40's.
Thats why the strangest crap around comes from those two countries.
Leaping Chewbacca replied to Porkchopsoulja:
There may be something to your theory regarding the Krauts, but I think most Japanese don't feel at all guilty about WW2. They're not taught to do so in school, unlike the Germans.
Some Japanese people are aware of the horrible shit done by Japanese imperialism in Asia--the rape of Nanking and the sack of Manila and whatever other attrocity you care to mention, take your fucking pick---but they are, I think, in the minority. It's not even a left wing/ right wing thing there, they just see it totally differently than westerners or other Asians do.
It's a big issue with China and Korea, who are still super pissed off about what happened, that Japan writes its history textbooks to make it all sound like basically none of that shit was their fault, and there weren't ever any huge slaughters and rapings and systematic enslavements of millions of people or anything like that, and that it was all just a series of unfortunate incidents in which the biggest victim of all was Japan.
They tend to write it as 'Asia was being raped by Europeans, so we got in there to teach the other Asians how to get shit done. We broke a few eggs, yeah, but we made a fucking omelet goddamit and now at least Asians are slaves to other Asians, rather than to pillow biting albino degenerates from the other side of the planet.'
Thus, I reject your thesis regarding the Japanese. Their weirdness must be explained in other ways. But as for the Germans...yeah, maybe you're right.
swetepete said:
That was great.
My Japanese is not exactly superb, but I'll try to translate the bit at the end--I'm pretty sure it says "mail us 40 clean empty cans of Sea Chicken and we will send you the fun fun action figures of Jumping Chewbacca, Tank-top Blonde Han Solo, and Twee3-PO. And fuck you, George Lucas, we can see the future and we know you won't do shit all else worth ripping off except for the delicious-looking Mon Calamari in episode 6."
Jumping Chewie rules.
Elsa said:
"Oishisa ni heiwa ari": in deliciousness, there is peace.
swetepete replied to Elsa:
Wow, really?
That is so awesome...
ZADL said:
Someone's going to write a Fan Fic about this. I can feel it, like a dark cloud just over the horizon, its foul presence already noticeable....
B.C. Cakes replied to ZADL:
A presence I haven't felt since....... ::abruptly turns and walks away::
Eponymous said:
Haha, oh man, that was all kinds of awesome! I already can't stand tuna, so I totally glossed over that part of the commercial...
Brian Hurrel said:
As jaw-dropping and life-changing as the first time I saw the Imperial Star Destroyer appear onscreen 33 years ago! To hell with the force---chi chicki surrounds us and binds us!
C-Squared said:
WTF?!?!
Although, apparently they already knew Luke would be fighting Vader.
