When marketing films in different countries studios often focus the marketing materials on any characters or actors that they think will have a pull in that particular country. Back when Cannonball Run was released, for instance, the posters in Hong Kong featured Jackie Chan much more prominently than the film’s actual star, Burt Reynolds. A [...]
New Trailer for Live Action Japanese Space Battleship Yamato
June 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
Following a teaser earlier this year we now have a full trailer for Space Battleship Yamato, thanks to Twitch. The film is an adaptation of the anime Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers as it was known in the USA) and will be released in Japan in December. The filmmakers are clearly aiming for a grand [...]
Another Viral 80′s Video for Lots-o-Huggin Bear
April 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ever wondered what an 80′s style commercial would look like for Lots-o-Huggin Bear? Wonder no longer as the clever dudes and dudette’s at the Disney / Pixar marketing department have been on the case again and have created just that! This ties in nicely with the video that Jon posted a few days ago with [...]
Wonderful Toy Story 3 Viral – 80s Advert for Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear
April 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This is easily the best thing you’ll see today – and its a real treat for those of us who are looking forward to Pixar’s Toy Story 3 as ‘someone’ has uploaded an old VHS copy of an advert for one of the new toys, Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear. This is truly pitch perfect marketing. Everything about [...]
New Toy Story 3 Trailer From Japan
April 22, 2010 By 7 Comments
Pixar’s Toy Story 3 is easily one of the most anticipated releases this year, and Lee Unkrich’s film is almost upon us, but there’s still time for another trailer – and this one from Japan has a few new moments of Buzz and Woody that are sure to provide your Toy Story fix for another [...]
Studio Ghibli Nisshin Advertisement
March 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Studio Ghibli are most famous for their feature films such as My Neighbour Totoro (pictured), Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and many more wonderful films but they also occasionally make television adverts. They recently created an advert for a company called Nisshin Seifun Group to celebrate the company’s 110th anniversary. The advert was storyboarded by Goro Miyazaki, son [...]
Japanese Poster for Rob Marshall’s ‘Nine’
October 19, 2009 By 3 Comments
Here’s the Japanese poster from upcoming musical, directed by Rob Marshall. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, the cast is simply astounding and includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Sophia Loren. Between them they’ve been nominated for 17 Academy Awards with 7 Awards being [...]
Japanese Poster: Descent 2
October 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We were lucky enough to see Descent Part 2 at the World Premiere during Frightfest a month or so ago. It’s not out until 4th December so we’ve still got an age before we can post our review but keep your eyes peeled. The Descent Part 2 stars Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Krysten Cummings, Anna [...]
Japanese Trailer: A Christmas Carol
October 17, 2009 By 1 Comment
Disney have released a new trailer for upcoming 3d movie, A Christmas Carol which is based on the Charles Dickens’ book and stars Jim Carrey as the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge. The only slight issue with the trailer is that it’s the Japanese version! Don’t let that put you off though as most of it [...]
