Mitsubishi Taiko Commercial

[AlexandraVang]

What's the name of the taiko song?

[smartalek1]

Dang!

I can't count how many times I've seen this ad -- and never noticed the dragon-shape in the mist (0:42-0:44) b4. Which just happens to appear right before hot (literally: sweaty) little drummer-girl stops for 3/4 of a second & says "whew."

They wouldn't spend the $ on that (CGI was way more expensive just a few years ago) unless they knew it'd pay off (from focus-group tests etc).

So I wonder how many more people bought an Eclipse bcs of a 1 1/2-second shot of a subliminal dragon?

[trokuti]

@smartalek1 Wow! good catch!

[msnbc87]

I like the girl on the big drum

[loinebitable1]

Fantastic

[NinjaPutz]

I think I've seen that commercial!

[latieplolo]

Yes! I'm so happy the world recognizes how sexy taiko is. :)

[msnbc87]

cool drums !

[baraa712]

This is the best car comercial I've seen. It was this comercial that brought me into liking the car.

[kilasandra]

I wish I could just see the performers, forget the car, lol

[yomatostanyahso]

@kilasandra You got that right

[jettarulz]

did any one notice the dragon @ 44 seconds?

[kilasandra]

I didn't at first, but that was cool! Thanks for pointing that out!

[91juan]

o yeah cool.

[StrewnAsunder]

o yeah! cool!

[yomatostanyahso]

@jettarulz Smoke dragon, haha, very slick.

[citidelx]

This was a really good commercial from the marketing team at Mitsubishi. One of the rare good ones in the 2000s

[tanania]

ooooo I had remember LOVING this commercial, I had completely forgotten about it! Thanks for putting it up.

[compumaniac0]

I love this commercial and i love u the car !!!

[Otakku432]

dam ive never seen this commercial before lol

[reklyw]

Very good... muito bom mesmo esse comercial XD

[ladydeidru]

Does anyone know who does the drumming? I could care less about the car, I want to see more of their performances!

[corbindallas30]

Here you go, ladydeidru:

taikoproject (dot) com

They're based in Monterey Park, CA. Their website gives info on their upcoming performances.

[hirokatasugiyama]

The ladies from TaikoProject.

[yomatostanyahso]

@hirokatasugiyama Talented and sexy.  Lovable combination.

[995715202]

Anyone notice the dragon in the smoke @0:44 to 0:46? I never noticed that before.

[Beebee797]

yeah! it kinda took me awhile to find it... :D

[narutofan870]

yeh i noticed that. the way of the dragon lol

[995715202]

I LOVE this ad. Have been looking for it a LONG TIME.

[cyclonegt1969]

@995715202

 so have i and glad i finally found it here.

[FISHMUSIC4U]

autos, drumming, advertising: DRIVEN 2 THRILL!!! hahaha

[kungfuasgaeilge]

taiko+whistling sound reminds me of an okami song

[21stHokage]

good looking women, nice cars, and taiko. dosn't get much better than that. haha

[995715202]

You know it!

[gensnipes]

Car, what car? All I ever retained from this commercial was the really awesome drumming. Loved the commercial but I never could remember the car in it.

[radstorm]

This is one of the coolest car commercials ever made. Thanks to the Mitsubishi girls :)

[BlackWolfessUSCM]

The commercial that sold my hubby on the 06, and being a Second Gen DSMer, It sold me too (although I havn't gotten one). Brilliant Advertising as always, my one complaint is the lack of an AWD Platform. But Commercial wise, this was just absolutly brilliant!

[asusddr]

it like mitsubishi nice car japan legend

[orthant]

This is a Taiko commercial. After watching the video, I have no idea about the car.

[taikodrumsters]

this commercial is tight. it had 10 drummers total, 7 from ucla kyodo taiko, 2 from taikoproject and 1 from koshin taiko. i wish it showed more drumming though.

[cyclonegt1969]

@taikodrumsters thanks for the info and wish they had performances outside of california

[barbrinhaenf]

*-*'

[saintrancid]

Wonderful! I remember this commercial! Such awesome music. I think it's funny that all the girls are beautiful! Mitshbishi definetly got the formula right. Nice car, beautiful girls, great music!

[feioo]

Ha! I remember this commercial. I kept getting annoyed because I wanted to watch the drummers and they kept showing the stupid car instead. Now I'm in a taiko group - it's really fun!

[feioo]

Cool - but why'd you get marked as spam? Weird...

[DriftAkademiks]

great car + great drumming=great commercial

[the1nicster]

That was great!

Plus the music was cool too!

[oldgringo43]

I love this. What do you call this kind of music? Is this a group?

[thefreak8]

It's japanese taiko drumming, good luck. I saw some live in montreal. it was CRAZY. plus they invited a bunch of people to do a simple choreography on stage! Best thing all summer!

[ryanjeong]

its called "taiko" japanese word for "drum"

[Kkaburuhjengee]

the group is taikoproject...look at the person who posted the video...they are awesome

[180rules]

I LOVE THIS!!this is the best car ever!

[dc2sakai]

this is how it goes

[Tokyotuner]

most likely the coolest car commercial ever

[cllamont]

THe car is cool too - I have te exact same one in this commercial

[Seldex]

Hi Um.... is there a name for this song so I can put it on my I Pod??? It so awesome

[kineticlightning]

oh yes...very awesome.