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Game of Thrones is a phenomenon that hasn’t quite grabbed Japan the way it has the rest of the world. This might be a big step in the right direction though.

Internet
(anime • Game of Thrones • Parody • theme song • video • Viewster)

Japanese manga artist draws hilarious parody of Your Name’s Hollywood live-action remake

Koh Ruide
Oct 1, 2017

What if Taki was a white guy and Mitsuha was a black girl?

Japan
(comic • Humor • Japanese Twitter • Parody • stereotypes • your name.)

Spongebob reimagined as an anime opening is hilariously disturbing in all the right ways 【Video】

Scott Wilson
Aug 26, 2017

Who lives in a pineapple and looks like Dragon Ball Z?

Internet
(anime • funny • opening • Parody • Spongebob Squarepants • twitter • video)

Taiwanese newlyweds parody “Follow Me To” couple with “Drag Husband To” photos 【Pics】

Scott Wilson
May 22, 2016

Oh yes. This one feels much more real to life.

Taiwan
(couples • Follow Me • funny • hawaii • honeymoon • newlyweds • Parody)

Learn English from cute anthropomorphic warships in KanColle parody textbook【Pics】

Scott Wilson
May 5, 2016

These battleship girls could give New Horizon’s Ellen-sensei a run for her money!

Cute, Entertainment, Japan
(dojin • Ellen Baker • Ellen-sensei • funny • KanColle • New Horizon • Parody)

New ad for Nissin’s U.F.O. brand of instant yakisoba is all kinds of weird【Video】

Mike
Mar 25, 2016

Caution: Watching this deliciously bizarre ad may cause your entire head to turn inside out and your knees to violently explode.

Japan
(commercials • cup noodles • Nissin • Parody • sci-fi • TV • video)

Parody of One-Punch Man opening is the punchiest thing you’ll see today【Video】

KK Miller
Jan 2, 2016

Tongue-in-cheek comic and anime hit One-Punch Man might feature the most powerful character ever, but that doesn’t preclude it from having the funniest character ever too.

Internet
(anime • funny • Lethal Soul • manga • One-Punch Man • Parody • videos)

Parody of Akira movie poster makes pretty much any character look as cool as Kaneda【Art】

KK Miller
Jan 2, 2016

Akira‘s theatrical poster is almost as iconic as the movie itself. But who knew that a character walking towards their ride could look as badass as Kaneda?

Internet, Japan
(AKIRA • Dragon Ball • Final Fantasy • Parody • poster)

Taiwanese parody of Attack on Titan explores larger than life possibilities, hilarity ensues

Joan Coello
Oct 9, 2015

Fictional characters can get away with just about anything, especially if they dwell in a fantasy setting where superhuman abilities exist and extraordinary events occur. But even in such fictional worlds where anything is possible, many creators design their characters and settings with a certain amount of realism, perhaps to keep things relatively convincing and logical.

Take the characters of Attack on Titan for example. It is shown that the members of the Training Corps go through rigorous training in order to become official members of the military, so it’s understandable that they are physically fit and athletic. A Taiwanese variety program made a parody of the series, though, that proved exactly why the titan-slaying heroes and heroines have to keep their well-toned physique. Watch the clip after the break!

Taiwan
(anime • Attack on Titan • funny • manga • Parody)

Fans replace Dragon Ball Z’s animation with finger puppets, keep the awesome fighting 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2015

Many Japanese animation fans, after having their hopes dashed and their hearts broken one too many times, come to accept the truism that it’s just not possible to make a good live-action version of their favorite anime. Right now, it’s Attack on Titan’s turn in the hot seat, as its two recently released movies have been roundly roasted by fans of the original work and critics alike, and years ago Dragonball Evolution had far more people groaning than cheering as their left theaters.

But maybe it’s not so much that anime has to stay hand-drawn, but just that it can’t be replicated by human actors. We’ve seen Attack on Titan look cool in stop-motion and sheep sub for the cast of Dragon Ball. As a matter of fact, maybe you can even show part of a human actor, just not the whole person, like in this epic and funny battle between two of Dragon Ball’s mightiest martial artists…as played by a pair of finger puppets.

Internet
(anime • Dragon Ball • funny • manga • Parody • video)

Japanese salarymen and OLs make company-wide music video of AKB48’s “Halloween Night” 【Video】

Scott Wilson
Sep 2, 2015

For the past two years AKB48 has asked fans and company staff to submit their own music videos to their newly released singles, and their latest track, “Halloween Night”, is no exception. While the song and official video are fairly typical AKB fare, the fan videos of it are really something to see.

And perhaps the best submitted music video so far belongs to the lovely employees at the Japanese internet advertising firm Cyber Agent. Men and women from every department shake and strut to the AKB Halloween beat, and watching it may cause you to suddenly want to work somewhere else.

Japan
(AKB48 • dance • halloween • Halloween in Japan • music video • Parody • video)

NEET “recruitment” video pokes fun at Japan’s laziest

Philip Kendall
Apr 9, 2015

It’s April, and in Japan that means a whole new crop of young, fresh-faced workers politely inching their way onto packed trains and nervously trotting into office buildings while wearing suspiciously clean and pressed office attire.

But what of the lazier portion of the population? The folks who are no longer in education, have yet to secure gainful employment or are undergoing training to become something worthwhile? These NEETs, as they’re known in Japan, have a busy schedule ahead of them as they settle into a daily routine of doing “sweet FA“, as my mother might say. But being a true slacker involves a surprising amount of work, as this great little parody video tells us.

Japan
(funny • NEET • Parody • unemployment • video)

KanColle? More like ManColle as real Japanese men parody anime opening 【Video】

KK Miller
Apr 1, 2015

If the Internet isn’t about showing off your own original skills and talent, then it’s for parodying what’s already well-known and liked. The constant stream of anime and games from Japan is a gold mine of parodies just waiting to be made.

The Kusarine Project has had an active YouTube channel since 2009 where they’ve taken some of the world’s favorite anime and video game openings and turned them into live-action works of “art”. Their 17th and newest cover tackles the KanColle opening, with their signature masked men taking on the role of the anthropomorphized battleships turned school girls. Were you expecting anything else?

Japan
(anime • funny • KanColle • Kantai Collection • Parody • video games)

Fan parody of Ghostbusters set in Tokyo is totally “crossing the streams”【Video】

KK Miller
Jan 17, 2015

Genre streams that is! There isn’t an ’80s movie that is more perfectly matched for an anime makeover than Ghostbusters. The story is flawless, the ghosts would feel right at home, plus all the crazy special effects could be easily accomplished through animation. The fact that they were able to do all of that in a live-action movie is part of what makes it such a classic.

This parody simply nails the movie, but you don’t have to take our word for it, you can see for yourself after the jump.

Internet
(80s • anime • Ghostbusters • Parody • YouTube)

Japanese NPO creates Let It Go parody for serious cause, doesn’t stop it from being completely silly

Cara Clegg
Jul 21, 2014

We have more Japanese “Let It Go” parody shenanigans for you, this time courtesy of a serious organization, the Alliance for Raising Children. Watch their governors throw themselves into recreating Elsa’s soul-searching ballad while prancing around in suits in various random locations, having way more fun than the bemused-looking kids singing in the background.