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- Japanese variety shows originated in the 1950s, with early examples like "Gesture," a charades-style game show. Game shows, initially featuring trivia competitions, expanded over time to include diverse and unconventional formats, incorporating concepts like eating unusual foods.
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Jan 10, 2014 · To the West, the world of Japanese game shows is best known as a technicolored whirlwind of half-naked bodies, sadomasochistic physical challenges, and the occasional whimsical bunny rabbit head. In short, any reasonable person would assume they couldn't be real.
- Dero!
- Sentôsha
- Za Gaman
- Vs Arashi
- Tokyo Friend Park 2
- All-Star Thanksgiving
- Downtown No Gaki No Tsukai
- Battle For Money Sentouchuu
- Kinniku Banzuke
- Takeshi’s Castle
One of the hallmarks of game shows in Japan is punishment for failure, and Missitsu Nazotoki Variety Dasshutsu Game DERO! pushed that concept to the limit. When it premiered in 2009, the most obvious comparison was to the hit Saw movies—contestants were locked inside rooms with “deathtraps” like quicksand, compressing walls, rising water, and more....
Sentosha: Battle Wars is one of the more excessive ideas for a game show I’ve ever seen. Blending the gimmickry of American Gladiators with the automotive mania of Top Gear, contestants must drive their vehicles through explosions, over rickety ramps, and through bizarre terrain, all in the name of “danger-tainment.” The legal liability here is eno...
One of the earliest physical challenge-style game shows from Japan, Za Gamanwasn’t terribly popular when it aired in the 80s but found a new life overseas. Based on a recreational activity among Japanese college students, the show pit young men against each other in a variety of absolutely insane and inhumane feats, with the quitters being eliminat...
If you’re a pop star in Japan, you can’t just sing and look pretty. No, the life of an “idol” involves a never-ending series of personal appearances and TV gigs. In the case of boy band Arashi, that included their own competition show where they must battle guest teams in a variety of absurd events. Some favorites include the Rolling Coin Tower, wh...
If there’s an American game show closest in spirit to some of these, it’s The Price Is Right with its legion of goofy minigames. But where that show revolves around commerce and capitalism, Tokyo Friend Park 2 focuses on cooperation. Teams of four compete in a wide variety of challenges, from launching their Velcro-covered bodies off a trampoline t...
Western game shows typically fit neatly in a half-hour time slot, five days a week. But Japan does things a little differently. All-Star Thanksgivingonly airs twice a year, but each episode stretches over five hours long—a true endurance challenge. On the show, between 150 and 200 celebrities of various stripes are assembled to answer quiz question...
One programming type that has remained strong in Japan while dying out in the United States is the variety show, where hosts present performers, do interviews, and generally fill time. Over here, they’re mostly on in the late-night block and hosted by guys like Jimmy Fallon. But in Japan, the tradition is for comedy duos to do the job, and Downtown...
Premiering in 2012 on Fuji TV, Battle for Money Sentouchuu really epitomizes the difference between Japanese and American game shows. On our networks, contestants are few in number and humanized, seen as real people with backstories and lives outside of the show. But when the contestants are set loose on Battle for Money Sentouchuuwith nothing but ...
In general, most American game shows are challenges of the mind, not the body. Sure, there’s the odd American Ninja Warrior or Double Dare for the kids, but that’s about it. In Japan, though, they’re much more willing to test the whole person. The ridiculously popular Kinniku Banzuke(“Muscle Ranking”) pits professional athletes against everyday Joe...
We’ll close with perhaps the Platonic ideal of the Japanese game show. Hosted by actor, director, and extremely weird dude Takeshi Kitano, Takeshi’s Castle premiered in 1986 and was an immediate hit. The titular castle was a massive set lorded over by Kitano, and in each episode from 88 to 142 people tried to surmount obstacles to slay the King in ...
- Dero! One of the hallmarks of game shows in Japan is punishment for failure, and Missitsu Nazotoki Variety Dasshutsu Game DERO! pushed that concept to the limit.
- Sentôsha. Sentosha: Battle Wars is one of the more excessive ideas for a game show I’ve ever seen. Blending the gimmickry of American Gladiators with the automotive mania of Top Gear, contestants must drive their vehicles through explosions, over rickety ramps, and through bizarre terrain, all in the name of “danger-tainment.”
- Za Gaman. One of the earliest physical challenge-style game shows from Japan, Za Gaman wasn’t terribly popular when it aired in the 80s but found a new life overseas.
- VS Arashi. If you’re a pop star in Japan, you can’t just sing and look pretty. No, the life of an “idol” involves a never-ending series of personal appearances and TV gigs.
Nov 26, 2013 · Japanizi itself is a kid-friendly version of ABC’s I Survived a Japanese Game Show, which ran from 2008 to 2009. Even long before that, Japanese game shows have been sent up by the likes of The...
Japan has a history of wild and wacky game shows. Tune in to learn about the quirky challenges and to see TODAY plaza guests play a game of their own.».
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Ever hear a crazy story about a Japanese game show that made you cackle with laughter, or shudder in horror? Where did it all begin? Let's look at the (wild) history of the Japanese game show!
The 10 Best Japanese Game Shows Of All Time. Our friends to the East are masters of the out-of-control game show. Here's our guide to the ones you need to watch.
