Delicious Tea

Commercial: 12 March 2001 - 18 May 2001 / 2 @ 15 seconds each

Director: Osamu Tanabe

Planning: Hakuhodo

Created for Asahi Beverage Company

Scenes from the commercial

Credits & Film Information Figures; data; weekly BO #

Story Plot, project proposal & theme

Scripts & Lyrics What they say & sing

Synopsis Summary of the film

Availability Books, CDs, Videos, etc.

FAQ Answers to questions; tidbits

Impressions Reviews & articles

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Osamu Tanabe All about the director

Delicious Tea (旨茶, Umacha^?) was a series of two commercials created for Umacha, a chilled tea from the Asahi Beverage Company, which went on sale March 12, 2001. The animated commercials produced by Studio Ghibli were done in the watercolor style of My Neighbors the Yamadas, though the characters are a bit more realistic than those in Yamadas. There were also live-action versions of these commercials, and both versions began airing in Japan on March 5th (one week before the drink arrived in stores).

In the second commercial, the main character is played by Takeshi Naito, who did the Japanese voice of Chihiro's father in the film Spirited Away.