Crying Caterpillar Ad

By Ali S. in Advertising, Animals & Pets, Food & Drink, Video Clips on Nov 30, 2008 at 4:42 pm


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You know…I love the Japanese sense of humour when it comes to their advertisements. They can be funny, bizarre and sometimes insightful. This ad is the type that makes me laugh out loud because of its adorable nature. A father caterpillar and his son just want to get the best tea leaves at the top.


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  1. Neslock
    Nov 30th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    All hail the hypnocaterpillar.

  2. somethingsamurai2.0
    Nov 30th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    I love this ad! But it’s not Japanese, it’s Thai. They absolutely love their green tea out there! Can’t get enough of the stuff.

  3. Peeves
    Nov 30th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    Reminds me of that screaming caterpillar in that Simpsons episode.

  4. Jenny
    Nov 30th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    a daddy caterpillar? and eyes across the whole body? hmmm… lol
    but yeah its cute:P

  5. raina_c
    Nov 30th, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    Very cute!!!

  6. fantastico
    Dec 1st, 2008 at 2:23 am

    Yeah, the caterpillars are speaking Japanese, but the farmer is definitely not.

    But if some bugs were talking to you while you were trying to pick some tea leaves, I guess it wouldn’t matter what language they were speaking–you’d probably have some other stuff to worry about.

  7. TwoDragons
    Dec 1st, 2008 at 6:47 am

    Hypnotic caterpillars? Are you SURE it was “tea” they’re selling…? ;-)

    –TwoDragons

  8. Fishbowl
    Dec 1st, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Reminds me of the French animation series “Minuscule”. This YouTube user posted some episodes:
    http://www.youtube.com/user/bentekr

  9. renderanything
    Dec 1st, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Best video I’ve seen yet today. I enjoyed the baby caterpillar ‘jumping’ while completely vertical on a plant stem.

  10. J
    Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Actually, it is Thai ads, not Japanese.

  11. happened to be a Thai
    Dec 18th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    yep, it’s actually ad from Thailand. Not from Japan.

    But one of selling points was ‘good’ green tea is
    supposed to come from Japan. That’s why they did
    it in japanese to get attention.

    It was a talk of the town when it came out.

  12. Ali S.
    Dec 18th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    So, it’s a Thai ad using Japanese as the selling language?


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