If you have access to Japanese TV and wish to watch the next episode, it airs July 26 on the Nippon Television Network. 22 titles for 18+: Aka X Pinku, The Torture Club, Flirting in the Air, Doctor, The Treacherous, Girl From Nowhere, Kakafukaka, Coffee & Vanilla, The Handmaiden and Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu. The TV show started in 2007 and is still running new episodes. Due to the success of the program, it was copied in approximately 30 nations, including ABC’s Wipeout. Participants in the game show compete in absurd challenges like using their bodies as bowling balls or slapping one other while wearing enormous hands. It’s not safe, it’s not smart and I would never encourage anyone try it, but I can’t deny that it has some entertainment value - even if it’s twisted entertainment value. From 1986 through 1990, Takeshi’s Castle was a Japanese game show. Even amid the mayhem, the woman holds a video camera aimed directly at the bear the entire time. In the video, the woman trapped inside the box screams as a bear named Dakota rolls the box like a dice. One of these bizarre physical challenges is putting a human in a plexiglass “predator box” and letting a large grizzly bear try to crack it open.Ī 4-year-old video showing the challenge has recently resurfaced, so you can see the insanity for yourself. There are no feats of strength or cleverness here. As far as I can tell, the show consists of odd physical challenges made for entertainment purposes. With game names such as “Deadly Conveyor Belt of Terror” and “Human Tetris” (and many more), you know you’re in for something on the scale from weird to actually dangerous.Įnter the show “Sekai No Hatte Madde Itte Q,” roughly translated as “Let’s go to the end of the world,” from the Nippon Television Network Corporation. Tune in to learn about the quirky challenges and to see TODAY plaza guests play a game of their own. INSANITYVILLE - It’s no secret that the Japanese have a penchant for pushing the oddity meter with their television game shows. Japan has a history of wild and wacky game shows. Japanese game show "Sekai No Hatte Madde Itte Q" roughly translates as "Let‘s go to the end of the world." (Screengrab/Vimeo)
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