ULTRA MANEKINEKO

TitleULTRA MANEKINEKO
BrandDESIGNONE JAPAN,INC.
Product / ServiceEKITEN
CategoryA08. Media & Publications
EntrantHAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation HAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Production HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
HIROSHI URUSHITANI HAKUHODO inc. Senior Creative Director
TAKAHIRO EGUCHI HAKUHODO inc. Creative Director
KEISUKE TOYOTA HAKUHODO inc. Planner
TAKAYUKI IMOTO HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S inc. Producer
MICHIKO IKUSHIMA HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S inc. Production manager
SATOMI OONISHI HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S inc. Production manager
RYOTARO IWASA HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S inc. Production Assistant
KENTO OOKUBO HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S inc. Production Assistant
TOSHIYUKI YAGI TOSHIYUKI YAGI Director Office Director
SHIGETO KUNII GORILLA Cinematographer
KOSUKE SUZUKI Freelance Master electrician
HAYATO TAKABUCHI CINQ ART CO., LTD. Designer
KAZUKI YUNOKI KANOE Stylist
KYUKAKO HASEGAWA Sylph hair and make up artist
KAKIKO TAKAKU COPIN inc. Casting Director
YAKENOHARA felicity Artist
BURAN Neko-cafe leon Cat
WATARU ICHIKAWA Freelance Offline editor
TAKESHI KANDA jitto inc. Editor
YASUAKI MIYATAKE FLUX inc. represent
MASAFUMI TAOKA Freelance Sound Mixer
TOYOHISA NAKAMURA SHIGOTOYA Sound Effect

Brief Explanation

A storeowner couple is searching for a lucky charm in a shady antique shop. They find a peculiar figurine named "Ultra Manekineko"."Manekineko" is a common Japanese figurine that brings good luck in business, but this special one seems to be an actual live cat, which has a robot paw beckoning ultra fast. While daunted by its expensiveness the couple decides to buy the "Ultra Manekineko". Scene changes and a passer-by finds "Ultra Manekineko" displayed in front of the barber. When the man comes close to have a look at the cat, "Ultra Manekineko" gives him a hard cat punch straight into his face. The couple comes out of the barbershop they own, dragging inside the unconscious man, welcoming him as a customer. The narration and subtitle propose that there might be better ways for customer acquisition. It advertises "Ekiten" ; a free digital service that helps shop owner attracts customers.