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Jean Reno Returns as Doraemon With Beat Takeshi
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Filmmaker and comedian Beat Takeshi (Doraemon.
The first commercial in the series, which began airing in Japan earlier this month, features Doraemon's time machine. The ad shows Doraemon witnessing Hideyoshi's death in 1598 and then traveling through time to the present day when Hideyoshi is reborn to meet with him again.
The latest commercial in the series features Doraemon's "Dokodemo Door" (Anywhere Door). Kitano remarks in the commercial on how "love wins these days," and Reno approaches Kitano through the Anywhere Door and says, "even though in the past you were a man who loved power." The theme of the latest Crown model is "love over power." The latest commercial began airing in Japan on Wednesday.
Toyota previously aired eight live-action Doraemon-themed commercials earlier this year. The ad series depicted the characters of the classic children's manga Doraemon, two decades after they grow up.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
