The Secret History of PEPSIMAN

The Secret History of PEPSIMAN - Documentary

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Let's uncover the secret history of Pepsiman! In this documentary you will learn everything you've ever wanted to know about Pepsiman. Most people know about the Pepsiman PS1 game, but how much do you really know about the Pepsiman Japanese commercials? To find out, we learn from experts: the creative team at Industrial Light and Magic that brought the famous Japanese commercial mascot to life, and the mysterious creator of Pepsiman himself. This documentary features exclusive interviews with notable Pepsiman figures, including former Pepsiman speedrun world record holder theboyks and the director of the Pepsiman ads, Wade Howie. And let's not forget the Pepsiman merch! We'll do a deep dive into Pepsiman bottle caps and the infamous Pepsiman toy "The Fuct of Pepsiman". This doc also features the only Pepsiman HD video on KZfaq! Neat!
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:33 Part One: Pepsiman Virtual
00:14:32 Part Two: Father of Pepsiman
00:17:55 Part Three: Pepsiman TV
00:51:45 Part Four: Book of Pepsiman
01:02:50 Part Five: BUY PEPSIMAN U.S.A.

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@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed the documentary and would like to help the channel grow, consider becoming a member on Patreon! The bigger we grow the community, the more time I will be able to dedicate to the channel and push out new content quicker! Here's the link: patreon.com/devnul

@SkySprice 2 жыл бұрын

The Gameboy Advance intro hooked me

@michaelg3088 2 жыл бұрын

Who's the redhead in the Pepsi commercial?..lol Cool documentary too. Thanks.

@pepsiman4947 2 жыл бұрын

I approve of this video

@bloodking4049 Жыл бұрын

Just discovered Pepsi Man, Amazing work on this documentary. 🌜

@tahababy2101 Жыл бұрын

😮😅 4:43

@jonathanlyons7302 3 жыл бұрын

Heh. I worked on Pepsiman at ILMCP. When it was decided to stop producing the commercials, representatives of Onuki came to ILM to plead with the company to keep doing them. It was a half-hour discussion, but it boiled down to them saying "Please don't stop" and the president of ILM saying "We're no longer interested" over and over and over again. They were clearly frightened of having to tell Onukisan we were passing on future commercial projects.

@connorbeith3232 3 жыл бұрын

I honestly don’t blame Onuki for wanting more, you guys really did do some great ads that have truly stood the test of time.

@Meepok1 3 жыл бұрын

I know this is a random question, but do you know where the burger commercial was filmed? The one with the arby's in the one shot?

@jonathanlyons7302 3 жыл бұрын

@@Meepok1 I believe it was in Hollywood. I want say on Highland Blvd, but I could be wrong.

@paulgriffin2310 3 жыл бұрын

ILMCP was in demand to create the best commercial spots in the world back then. I remember the marketing team from one big name product manufacturer was such a pain to deal with, the ILM execs essentially fired them as a client. Would have been a beautiful spot, but was not worth the aggravation, and my hats off to ILM for realizing life is too short to deal with such poor behavior.

@sideburn 2 жыл бұрын

@@Meepok1 5926 Sunset Blvd.

@OGPepsiman 3 жыл бұрын

I can definitely say; Bring back Pepsiman, and business is *_BOOMING._*

@Goofyballs093 11 ай бұрын

PEPSI MAN

@JaimeDuende666 3 ай бұрын

@@Goofyballs093 whats up

@Goofyballs093 3 ай бұрын

@@JaimeDuende666 HOLY PEPSIIII MANNNNNN MY FAVORITEEEEEEEE

@SuperWiiBros08 3 жыл бұрын

Dude you are a freaking madlad, this has so much important information I've never knew about pepsiman, this is insane, thank you for making this amazing research!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! I plan on doing more deep dives like this in the future, so stay tuned 😎

@baxterbunny4403 3 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul pepsiman has a level editer

@Beengus 2 жыл бұрын

@@baxterbunny4403 editer lol

@connorbeith3232 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly didn’t know Pepsiman Twist was considered his own character, and the Pepsiwoman in Dead or Alive idea is brilliant lol! That and Pepsiman in Virtua Fighter would be great marketing!

@jingusflorpus4274 3 жыл бұрын

When I woke up this morning I wasn't expecting to watch an hour and ten minutes of Pepsiman content but I'm so glad I did

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

You are now one of the nation’s leading Pepsiman scholars. Truly something to be proud of!

@jingusflorpus4274 3 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul LETS GOOOOOO

@KennethTakanami 3 жыл бұрын

I partly grew up in Japan so Pepsiman was always around as a kid. I loved the commercials and had a few of the bottle caps. I was surprised to hear that in the States the video game was so popular and that anyone else had interest in this. Seeing Pepsiman fills me with a lot of nostalgic joy. We had so many of the caps around my obachan's home which is now gone. Thanks for this

@BAIGAMING 3 жыл бұрын

55:40 That censored Coke Cola truck is amazing 😂

@fybthe1987 3 жыл бұрын

It actually cave pizza not coca cola

@privatetrans-girl790 2 жыл бұрын

@@fybthe1987 no it's coke-a-cola they just changed it later on to not get sued by coke-a-cola since it's clearly a jab at them.

@EchoJerichoX 3 жыл бұрын

Bro you are a criminally underrated KZfaqr. I really hope this gives you the big algorithm push you deserve.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

YO thank you 🙏 that means a lot. I hope so too! I am at the will of the almighty Algorithm lol

@person9605 3 жыл бұрын

this video is extremely underrated, i didn't know there was anybody else that cares this much about pepsiman but i'm glad there is

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

I care a lot about many niche subjects lol. I am planning on doing more deep dives like this in the future

@kennadyray-voiceactor4948 3 жыл бұрын

broke: Lady Dimitrescu woke: PEPSIWOMAN

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Her anatomical details are paramount in precision

@isaaccooper862 3 жыл бұрын

Yessir, bring back Pepsiwoman

@Onefromthedarkness 3 ай бұрын

Absolute shame she only got one commercial.

@firepeaman2440 3 жыл бұрын

This documentary was honestly better than I was expecting it to be. Really interesting history. Great job.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly! Glad it was a pleasant surprise ☺️

@Daftanemone 3 жыл бұрын

My older sister had a friend in 2000 who burnt her a copy the pepsiman game. It’s always felt like endless runners were inspired by it

@PlatinumYoshi 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best Pepsiman video I've ever seen

@KremBotop 3 жыл бұрын

There was a gaming store near my home in Peru run by someone who frequently visited Japan, so it had a lot of JP game imports; as well as a handful of classic anime and gaming merchandise. But something that kept catching my attention were a lot of those Pepsiman bottle caps which were sold in batches. It was unreal seeing those in person honestly. If I wasn’t so tight on money back then I could’ve bought a handful of them. Hopefully the store reopens again soon (it became online-only post quarantine) so that I could see them again. Sadly I didn’t see any copies of the PS1 game. Though if any ever came to the store, there were most likely already sold. Anyway, loved the video, it was a blast to watch. Didn’t know the ads aired in LATAM because I have no memory of ever seeing them. (Likely was around 5yo at the early 00s)

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awesome, thoughtful comment! I envy you seeing a bunch of Pepsiman bottle caps in a store, that’s quite an experience haha

@Pinnaporaptor 3 жыл бұрын

In the part of the world where I grew up, Pepsiman was super popular, almost on par with Crash Bandicoot, which is no joke. I think what made it that way was due to piracy back then, since video games were (and still are, to a certain extent) very expensive. I was super surprised that people didn't know about the character until later on! This review was fantastic, and super insightful into a character that I remembered playing on some Playstation emulator on my cousin's laptop.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

That’s so cool! If you don’t mind my asking, what part of the world did you grow up in? That’s so interesting to hear that Pepsiman was as iconic a video game mascot as Crash Bandicoot!

@Pinnaporaptor 3 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul I used to live back in the Middle East, his popularity was honestly no joke! The crazier part was that if you asked people back then about who Mario was, they wouldn't even recognize him.

@doppelgangerblackscarf178 2 жыл бұрын

Those two were my childhood! I'm from South America and I also believe that piracy of PS1 games contributed to the popularity of them. Like there's no other way in which a videogame like Pepsiman would have arrived to Bolivia in original copies.

@latviandragon2718 3 жыл бұрын

Really wish their was "the fuct of pepsiwoman" action figure

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Omg could you imagine lewd Pepsiwoman figurines lining a shelf with other anime figures? Lol 😂 sadly I’ve actually never seen ANY Pepsiwoman merch before! I wonder if it exists

@PassionWagonYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul One of the tiny can-pushing toys is Pepsiwoman.

@maymay5600 3 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul high time we start posting pictures now and we'll see big it'll blow up

@BAIGAMING 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. My grandfather was one of the earliest workers for Pepsi in Canada, and unfortunately a lot of my life was drinking the Pepsi family of drinks all day and wearing free Pepsi jackets, hats, and scarves. My childhood was basically being a Pepsi slogan all day because my family was too poor to afford clothes and we had to take any hand-me-downs we could get. I know a lot of Pepsi's secrets, but I was always curious about Pepsiman's origins yet I could never find out anything about it even though I was the biggest Pepsi guy in the 2000's. I guess it was because it was made by their Japanese branch, and my grandfather was more into the manufacturing and not corporate side of things.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed the documentary, and I really appreciated hearing your story! I wonder what Pepsi secrets you could share? I’m always on the lookout for ideas for new content

@facuml_ 3 жыл бұрын

It's incredible that you don't have at least 1M views: amazing edition, well scripted and even exclusive info and interviews It was like watching a movie, simply amazing

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much Facu, that’s certainly high praise!! If you’d like to help the channel grow, just share this video around and spread the word!

@Sh_Wh 3 жыл бұрын

I hope Pepsi brings him back someday.

@Brianbravo2000 2 жыл бұрын

I knowwww

@CasHasLostIt Жыл бұрын

Anyone else here because of Quinton? Anyways this is really cool. I had never heard of pepsiman before this video

@DeeperIntoTheUnknown Жыл бұрын

I'm here for Quinton

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay ☺️

@firecattle 3 жыл бұрын

It seems that it was broadcast not only in Japan but also in South Korea, I heard that the version where the graveyard appears is limited to South Korea.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Yeah, that spooky Halloween themed Pepsiman commercial was a mystery to me, because it seems neither ILM nor The Orphanage worked on it. Makes sense that it was a South Korea exclusive

@bradyoon 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in South Korea and I can confirm that they were aired in Korea as well. In fact, Pepsiman was so successful and popular, basically every kid at my school was running around in the hallways doing “shwaaaaaa” 😂

@GizmoHibiki 3 жыл бұрын

Coke Polar Bear: I am the greatest soda mascot Pepsi Man: BITCH, PLEASE!!

@chadgorosaurus4898 3 жыл бұрын

Then the pepsiman theme starts playing outside the polar bears home

@NausicaaRaine Жыл бұрын

I think it's time. The world is ready for PepsiMan to come back.

@LunaAlphaKretin Жыл бұрын

You joke about their obscurity, but KID developed the legendary visual novel Ever17, which kickstarted the career of Zero Escape writer Kotaro Uchikoshi - and he got his start making 3D models for the Pepsiman game.

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

My apologies , I was quite unfamiliar with KID’s work 😅

@ethribin4188 2 жыл бұрын

That the bent or misshaped the cans at the end, based on how pepsiman got stuck, or as we learn the other way around, is actually rather hillarious and genious.

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

That’s the brilliant kind of Takuya Onuki! Thank you so much for watching!

@jonathanmarois9009 3 жыл бұрын

Legend has it that Pepsiman was Galactus' original herald.

@SkylightCiel Жыл бұрын

I remember being a kid and finding out about Pepsiman some time around 2012. I remembered thinking he was so fascinating and wanted to find out more about him. My search didn't go far, I found out about the video game and it's Japanese origin and left it at that. I'm so glad that a full decade later that curiosity has finally been satisfied.

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

If nothing else, I’m glad that I made this documentary so that you could find out all the info that you’d be searching for. It’s very nice to hear! Thanks for watching

@JANCOff1al 2 жыл бұрын

My dad wondering who’s chasing us at 95 mph Pepsi man:

@chazmaru9583 2 жыл бұрын

Pepsi was already the sponsor of Fighting Vipers (alongside a few other games) in the arcades, so the appearance of Pepsiman was a nod to that. The deal with Sega was tied to their arcade centers, which is probably why it only applied to Japan.

@Devnul 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Fascinating, I never knew that. Makes total sense though. It was very difficult to find info on Pepsimans relationship to arcades. How did you find this info? I’m guessing you are very familiar with Sega’s Japanese arcades

@chazmaru9583 2 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul Well I am old enough to know that era of Sega and their arcade games quite well, sadly… Pepsi was sponsoring one of the characters (Picky), with billboards in his stage and a cool Pepsi logo on the back of his skateboard. They also sponsored fighting game tournaments that year (while Kirin sponsored racing games). Not entire sure but my understanding is Pepsiman commercials were introduced on television in between the arcade release and the Saturn version, hence his introduction in the Saturn version. As part of the marketing deal with Pepsi, Sega and Atlus also had special "purikura" (print club) collaborations with Pepsiman in Sega’s arcade centers during the year 1996. Some booths allowed you to add Pepsiman in your photos etc. You can still randomly find some sticker catalogues from that era on Japanese auction sites from time to time. I did not live in Japan back then so I discovered the existence of Pepsiman through the home port of Fighting Vipers and, to be honest, I am still in a bit of a shock and denial about the whole "Pepsiman is much more well known for the crappy PS1 game than Fighting Vipers" revelation from this video haha.

@Devnul 2 жыл бұрын

@@chazmaru9583 wow that is fantastic, thank you so much for this info!! I wish I knew this stuff earlier so I could’ve included it in the video! I really attempted to cover all my bases, but with so much vague or straight up false info about Pepsiman circulating on the English-speaking internet, it was a lot to unpack. Though I can say pretty confidently, at least for the general audience in the United States, most people know Pepsiman from the “crappy PS1 game” lol

@chazmaru9583 2 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul No big deal, it does not change the gist of your video (expect the part that bruises old Sega fans’ feelings). My bad, the FV character who had a Pepsi skateboard on his back was named Picky.

@JB-wf6mz 3 жыл бұрын

I just watched a guy spent an hour talking about Pepsi and I lost it after I found out one if the commercials were shot in Fremont a town I lived in as a kid.

@theanamex9969 Жыл бұрын

Came from Quinton reviews. Great stuff!

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoy your stay ☺️

@crossedmoonmaster 3 жыл бұрын

This video is masterfully researched. I've been a fan of the character since 2010 and I had no idea of how much I did not know about it. Great work!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! ☺️

@lolEpopProductions Жыл бұрын

Here from the Long bois list

@WatashiWaTraneDesu 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, Thank You, I love you, Pepsiman is my favourite comic(al) character of all time, I’ve dug up Reddit through Twitter, searching for every bit of information about him. This alone would make this video magnificent by default, but the fact, that you uploaded the videos in HD, which I used to watch endlessly in potato quality is by far one of the best things happening to me this dastardly year. Thank You🙏

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome Tren, I’m happy I could brighten your dark and dastardly year with the power of Pepsiman :)

@RhinoStew Жыл бұрын

This is consistanly one of the most wonderfully assembled youtube Docs I have seen. You did an amazing job showing the craftsmanship, whimsy and pepsi that went into making that icon!

@ezoredfoxsilver9432 3 жыл бұрын

It is one of my favorite commercials that I often watch as a child. The game is second-hand and still sells for close to $100 at auctions and game shops

@EinsamPibroch278 2 жыл бұрын

PepsiMan deserves a revival, complete with a new videogame.

@StriderVM 3 жыл бұрын

Extra Clarification : The Mirindaman thing seems to be a sort of Red Herring. AFAIK, Mirindaman never was shown in any ads here in the Philippines, same thing at those Mirinda cans with a recolored Pepsiman on there. However, also not a single Pepsiman ad was also shown in the Philippines as well. Also Mirinda was also bought by Pepsi in the 2000's. So my hunch is that Mirindaman is a sort of things thats either a hoax, or it was only for very specific countries.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

That’s fascinating, thanks for that insight into Mirindaman! It was really hard to find any info on that topic in particular

@mrmadmight266 3 жыл бұрын

Also,i think i figured out what they meant with the "Now it's Pepsi!" thing in those commercials and the PS1 game. I think that means "First it was Coke, and now it's Pepsi!" As for the "Fuct" thing, i can't figure out. Maybe it has something to do with the words Action Figure and how japanese people make new words out of the half of 2 english words.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

In terms of “Now It’s Pepsi!”, your theory definitely makes sense. I know Takuya Onuki wrote elsewhere in his book that “Now Pepsi” was inspired by the English phrase “Now Playing” that you’d see at movie theaters. Not sure if there was much more behind that, other than it sounded like a cool English phrase, since Pepsiman was supposed to be an “American” superhero lol. Great theory about where “Fuct” came from too. I wonder what words it might be mashing up?

@icarusfell13 3 жыл бұрын

this was an incredible documentary, and its on one of my favorite obscure topics as well! your channel really deserves more hype, the effort put into this is really admirable and I'm so glad this exists to uncover and preserve the history of pepsiman. Looking forward to future videos!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏 I got lots more content coming your way!

@monkeyscientist9913 3 жыл бұрын

I love this docu series you did, and all the other ones you did as well. This ESPECIALLY is awesome because I love Pepsiman and I've always been a fan of his. You uploading all the ads (including the "lost" ones) in HD and putting out this amazing documentary discussing EVERYTHING about the character is just the icing on the cake. I showed this to my friend and he loved it too! I dunno if you do requests, but I'd love to see you cover Segata Sanshiro, the commercial mascot of Sega Saturn in the 90s. I feel covering him would bring a lot of attention to your channel, due to how popular the character still is. Would love to see your channel explode in popularity, because for a man of your talent to have less than 5K subs is criminal!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m very happy you enjoy the content, and there’s plenty more where that came from! Segata Sanshiro sounds very interesting, I’ll add that topic to my list! I have a big backlog of topics I’d like to cover, but that does sound like a great one. I love discovering the back story of commercial mascots, and the weirder the better haha

@managua-san8075 3 жыл бұрын

So Pepsiman was the test drive of CGI before the Star Wars prequels. 🤔

@sectumsamuri Жыл бұрын

came here from quinton and i can already tell this is going to be a great video and channel.

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for checking out the channel! I actually just have a new big vid released if you wanna check it out 👀

@Juke-Fox Жыл бұрын

I love how at the end of each commercial, the can is deformed in a way that matches Pepsi Man's bodily injuries: Pepsi Man fails to jump through a window so the top is crumpled, Pepsi Man gets sprayed in the face by a kid with a water gun so the can's covered in condensation, He flattens his face on a window pane so half the can is flattened, etcetera. That's hilarious.

@dgjayne 3 жыл бұрын

Now I can't get the "Pepsimaaaan" out of my head Great video!

@savannahwhitten5818 3 жыл бұрын

This was brilliant. So insightful, well paced and heartwarming!!

@savannahwhitten5818 3 жыл бұрын

HERE BEFORE ITS VIRAL!!!

@dallasjthompson Жыл бұрын

Came from QuintionReviews! Good stuff, you got yourself a new subscriber!

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate the kind words

@theTeleforce 3 жыл бұрын

I learned far more than I expected, but am very pleasantly surprised. I found out about Pepsiman when the game started to become (in)famous on the internet and found the concept itself quite interesting... and I will admit I noticed the products more afterwards. Oh, and 19:16 is my new dynamic background for teleconferences. I'm not even kidding.

@Jete385 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent job man, it was really great seeing the Pepsiman ads in HQ. Well done! 👍

@muttrogers6586 2 ай бұрын

This deep dive was a delight to watch! Thanks for sharing!

@enviosinterdimencionales8612 Жыл бұрын

you deserve a corvete for your work.

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Omg thank you!! I appreciate the kind words

@charlenehouz Жыл бұрын

first time ever to leave my comments on youtube. Great documentary~~as work in the commercial business, Pepsiman campaign is legend! Enjoyable to watch~~

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Ms Lee! It’s an honor for my documentary to be your first KZfaq comment! Thanks for watching

@mysticzappik2568 3 жыл бұрын

Finally a proper Pepsiman video

@DarkYamatoman 3 жыл бұрын

Pepsiman was relatively popular in Brazil in the early 00's between gamers, thanks to rampant piracy at the time, haha. Thanks for this amazing documentary, it's really well made and interesting!

@joellava3042 3 жыл бұрын

OMG thank you for making this. It's such a rarity to come across anyone who knows wtf this is! I can't wait to watch!

@sonicguyver7445 3 жыл бұрын

A great documentary on such an odd but fun character. Great interviews with the minds behind it and I loved the excerpts used from the book. Plus getting quality versions on the commercials is a nice bonus as well.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this mini review! It’s always so awesome to hear detailed feedback like this 🙏

@CrimeVampireVT 3 жыл бұрын

I listened to this while applying for a job, and it was an interesting experience.

@Baukeru 3 жыл бұрын

WOWSERS! Thank you for all of this! This is truly one curious subject.

@PsychedelicPenne 2 жыл бұрын

My God this is in depth. The interviews and translated excerpts REALLY put this over the edge of amazingly high-effort. Ended up being a super fascinating look into the world of advertising and film production and VFX

@Devnul 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I agree, I started off trying to make a simple video about Pepsiman and the more I discovered, the more I realized that this project has to be the ultimate Pepsiman documentary. I figured, If I’m not gonna do it, I don’t know who else will 🤷🏻‍♀️

@PsychedelicPenne 2 жыл бұрын

King grindset

@dphirschler1 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video. And thanks for the great quality footage!

@kittyterula 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this was awesome!

@robotortoise 22 күн бұрын

Hi Devnul! Just wanted to thank you for this excellent documentary and deep dive into Pepsiman. I made a short game jam game featuring Pepsiman as a character, and this documentary was unironically super helpful in nailing the character. Without it, I wouldn't have been able to write him nearly as well. It was just a short engine test, but I figured I'd thank you in the comments here, too. Also - I made sure to add this documentary and your channel to the "Special Thanks" part of the credits, too - I cannot understate how wonderful this was! Have a lovely weekend!

@isa300100 Жыл бұрын

I do remember Pepsiman from my childhood, it was one of those pirated games that came in other languages that as a we didn't knew. In LATAM is a complete hit that everyone that had a PSX knew about.

@The_Hydration_Police 3 жыл бұрын

This is really good stuff here. Thanks for making this!

@jcjc592 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you uploaded this I'm a big fan of Pepsiman and was curious to know his origins, background etc. He's such a unique product mascot with so much personality! I really enjoyed the commercials. I really hope to get one of the bottle caps one day, they look so awesome! Props to everyone who worked and helped with this video and the creator of Pepsiman Takuya Onuki for giving us this awesome Superhero!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this thoughtful comment! I appreciate it!! If you’re in the market for Pepsiman bottle caps, I’d recommend checking out Sendico. I’m pretty sure I saw a few on there while I was researching this video!

@TheGameOre 3 жыл бұрын

This deserves wayyyyyyy more attention.

@thevoiceofnick 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this incredible investigative piece. 100% knew I was subscribing on Patreon as soon as I heard you mention you had one. Can’t wait to dive into the Book of Pepsi translation and other goodies 😀

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much!! I really appreciate it ☺️ I have plans for a lot of fun bonus content on Patreon, so I hope you enjoy!

@karenfield3665 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic documentary! Here from Quinton Reviews, and I really hope you get the bump you deserve!

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much! I sure hope so too 😅 thanks for the kind words!

@magnetikl 3 жыл бұрын

The dancing baby (Baby Cha Cha) was actually a tech demo for Character Studio, a character rigging and animation module inside 3Ds Max R2.0 back in the 90´s. Search for 3Ds max Baby cha cha. There you can see better rendering and motion capture tests too.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s bizarre that they would use footage from a tech demo in a television show lol thanks for this info!

@magnetikl 3 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul Yeah, and they not even bothered to LookDev it to match the real backplate. Also, if you wanna to see an ogre, a couple of velociraptors and more doing the same dance search for "3D Studio Max Character Studio Demo". Great Pepsiman documentary there. Best.

@Raijinald 3 жыл бұрын

20 years ago. I beat the Pepsiman game for the first time after I drink Pepsi.

@SamuelG2000 3 жыл бұрын

If they made more Pepsiman characters here's how I think they'd do them. If they made one for Pepsi MAX (or "Pepsi Zero Sugar" now), I think it would look like normal Pepsiman but to represent the MAX can which is black, he would wear cool guy sunglasses and a black leather jacket. For cherry flavored Pepsi, I'd imagine it look like Pepsiwoman (thickness and all) only instead of the yellow mask she and Pepsiman Twist wore, she'd wear some red clothing to represent the cherry flavoring. Anyway, these are just a few examples of how I think some other characters would look. What do you guys think, and what other Pepsiman related characters would you come up with?

@FRANZTENDO64Philippines 2 жыл бұрын

I could imagine a Crystal Pepsi Man/Woman (for Diet ones) for Crystal Pepsi

@jetaboysplayz1332 2 жыл бұрын

DUUUDE!! I HAD THAT IDEA A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO!!

@BradyTheAlien 2 жыл бұрын

What about a villain for him to fight?

@leviathan3508 2 жыл бұрын

@@BradyTheAlien pepsi man could fight "Other drink" man

@erickp9980 2 жыл бұрын

Or how about Mr. Coffee?

@ChoosenOneStudios Жыл бұрын

How does someone who worked on such a great video have such few subs? I came from Quinton Reviews :)

@xenofalcon 3 жыл бұрын

ILM alwyas shows up where you least expect it. fascinating company, with such a rich history. Awesome video man.

@TheSeanUhTron 2 жыл бұрын

Such a detailed documentary on such an obscure topic... This is what makes the internet so great.

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Really appreciate the kind words and support

@DenBed 2 жыл бұрын

I swear to god i want to start a petition in order to bring Pepsiman Back

@DolenzFan5 Жыл бұрын

I would really love for Pepsiman to make a return. It was a very fun character and I do enjoy these type of things. And it's cool seeing these other games with him. Great video man and keep up the amazing,awesome and beautiful work man!

@joniivee 3 жыл бұрын

This is insanely high level work and it was super interesting. I ended up learning quite a bit. Very eager to see more from you!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jonii!! Glad you enjoyed it, I have plenty more content coming your way in the future :)

@BradyTheAlien 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jonii!

@ghoulgirl99 3 жыл бұрын

This needs some more views. Great video man!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kimi!! I appreciate the kind feedback ☺️

@AL2009man 3 жыл бұрын

I hope ya upload those high quality Pepsiman HQ Video files to KZfaq separately!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

I’m planning on it!

@paulgriffin2310 3 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul That would be amazing!

@nvrndingsmmr Жыл бұрын

Wow, that was incredible! Thank you for all that amazing insight!

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching!!

@concours14sp1000gtr 2 жыл бұрын

I still remember the Pepsiman commercials in Japan.The commercials were very funny with pretty strong impact. In the late 1990s I was entering the 20s.Thanks for showing up the history of Pepsiman.

@Devnul 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I’m glad Pepsiman’s origins have finally been discovered

@privatetrans-girl790 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen these commercials ever since they played on American broadcast tv some of them have there own version for Japanese broadcast television and some for American broadcast television, and from I remembered Pepsi women has been exclusive to Japan, and some of the merchandise also made it way to American too.

@PhantomFelix211164 2 жыл бұрын

Really great content! I went from thinking that Pepsiman was just some weird ad from Japan to really seeing what Onukisan saw in him, but I learnt so much about not just Pepsiman, but advertising as well. Awesome video!

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching! I’m glad you could really get something from it

@Lonewolf360gaming 3 жыл бұрын

This was pretty great to know about. awesome work m8

@CookieAJA Жыл бұрын

Came here from the Quinton Reviews Longbois playlist! Looking forward to checking out more of your videos ❤

@Pepsiminator 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this awesome video, really bringing me new knowledge about myself. Quite surprise you didnt bring mike butters (TV guy in pepsiman game) but i really appreciate that you brought these awesome people who help creating the advertisement for their insight which is very interesting and cool. Been a fan since a kid for the character that i come up with this name, though unfortunately they didnt extend pepsi contract in my country, so no pepsi here. Also, thank you for uploading Pepsiman ads in HD, been looking for them.

@Devnul 2 жыл бұрын

I actually asked Mike Butters for an interview, but he wanted to get paid a stipend and I did not have much money at all to make this. Cant blame the man though, he’s a professional who wanted to be compensated for his time. Everyone else who appears in this doc volunteered.

@bewsket 3 жыл бұрын

What an awesome documentary! Thanks for so much effort in contacting people involved in creating those commercials. I seem to have missed the bit on how exactly you got the high quality versions of the commercials, or you forgot to mention it in your documentary? Thanks again! Also some trivia. The American guy from the FMV's of Pepsiman game recently appeared in the AVGN episode where he reviews the Pepsiman game. I was quite surprised!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

I cannot disclose my source exactly, but in the documentary you might be able to figure out where they came from anyways haha

@JacksonKillroy 7 ай бұрын

The interview with Paul is fantastic. I only learned about pepsiman recently, but those commercials are amazing works of absurd pop art. Onuki is kindof a genius.

@aydenmarietta4906 3 жыл бұрын

Just watched this after rewatching the HD commercials you uploaded recently. This history is very good. I didn’t know about the arcade game until I watched this.

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

I learned so much about Pepsiman while I was researching this documentary! It’s amazing how hidden and obscure some of this info was

@aydenmarietta4906 3 жыл бұрын

@@Devnul Yeah. I had to do some heavy digging too. After I watched the AVGN Pepsiman episode, I wanted to learn more about it. I also thought it was cool to see Mike Butters reprise his role in that video

@localcr0w963 3 жыл бұрын

great video chris :D!!!,keep up the work big c :]

@alexb.nichols4138 3 жыл бұрын

I was not prepared for how wholesome this was

@bananerz2731 2 жыл бұрын

Right up until the scrapped commercial storyboards.

@ptrd4111 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great video, answered a lot of questions about my favorite 90s icon.

@Devnul 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly! Pepsiman deserves to have his story known

@prplhrs Жыл бұрын

Nice video! I'm from Peru and while I was growing up in the early 2000s, pirated PS1 games were easy to find in local markets, and the pepsiman game was pretty common there.

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

That’s super interesting, thanks for the insight!

@reinmeiker9024 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely underrated. We need more people to learn more about our lord and savior.

@ramawm 3 жыл бұрын

why am I smiling seeing this legendary cult of Pepsiman thank you for this, you have quenched my thirst!! Swahhhhhhhhhh

@damitosodapop 3 жыл бұрын

Pepsiman, Segata Sanshiro and Mac Tonight Will be renembered as the best era of their brands. This vídeo is so good! You managed to find every single piece of Lost media about this rare but funny mascot! And You got My subscription for that. I'm looking foward to ser your next vídeos!

@Devnul 3 жыл бұрын

I may do a video on every one of those topics someday - I got a whole list I’m working through, so stay tuned! :)

@load-bearingcoconut5586 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Pepsiman had a short-lived crossover with none other than Takara's "The Transformers", which resulted in an Optimus Prime repaint known as Pepsi Convoy, whose bio reveals a interesting detail about Pepsiman: he's made of a sentient metal produced by NASA. TFWiki has a bit about this crossover, and the associated Transformers fiction. tfwiki.net/wiki/Pepsi_Convoy

@Devnul 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is some awesome info! Thank you for that!

@erickp9980 2 жыл бұрын

I do not know how to respond to this information other than say thank you and I now need one.

@LeonFourstar Жыл бұрын

im glad you addressed the quality. you litterally had me thinking that i just experienced the mandela affect looking at how high quality the videos were coming out. you gotta give a warning before you break to timeloop man

@Devnul Жыл бұрын

Hahaha my apologies, I didn’t want to make you question your memory. But yeah, it was super awesome discovering those vids in high quality!