For Furry Transgender Lolita, Press 8
By way of Boing Boing Gadgets, this phone is your “your one-stop shop for blackface, cosplay, fur and sex changes”:
Complete with a behind-the-scenes on YouTube.
Now, wouldn’t it be interesting if this ad were actually targeted towards the American audience, and engineered to spread virally through the tried-and-true “check out this weird Japanese shit” method? One ad, millions of hits, and not a single American TV spot booked. Smart, Sony Ericsson. Now we all think your phone is so futuristic. Where’s the model that turns me into a holographic vending machine?
July 18th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Phone you say? I hadn’t actually noticed a phone.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Where was the lolita? Your title is misleading!
July 18th, 2008 at 10:24 am
If you merged together some of the looks in this video (the cosplayer vampire, the frou-frou Amadeus and the girl-face at the end), you would wind up with a cute little EGL. The title is about the gestalt feel of the clip’s various tropes.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:56 am
As people always say “Oh those crazy Japanese and their ads”.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
They should tie this in with the upcoming Quantum of Solace film. it could easily be James Bond’s latest gadget.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:52 am
I was especially impressed with the behind-the-scenes videos. When I watched the spot, I assumed all the changes were done with CGI, by morphing or whatever. No, all the changes were accomplished with fairly extensive makeup, including the TG change at the end. Impressive!
October 4th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I want the vampire.