Post by rowler on Sept 20, 2021 14:22:58 GMT
What I am searching for might be too obscure and sort of sounds really ridiculous. But I swear this is real.
HISTORY:
For those who do not know, Barbapapa is a pink blobby creature who first appeared in a French children's book in 1970. In 1974 he was featured in a show that consisted of very short episodes with the later ones featuring his family. The show and books, while being very obscure in the US, became popular internationally especially in Japan. This later lead to an anime in 1999 which had longer episodes featuring the family going on adventures.
In 2015, Intel decides to use the Barbapapa characters to help advertise their products.
Source:
weekly.ascii.jp/elem/000/002/630/2630871/
pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/691777.html
LOST MEDIA:
The short animated adverts
I remember that they used to be featured on a Youtube channel which has since been deleted.
The only evidence that these shorts even existed was from a Tumblr post I made back in 2015 and screen shots from one of the articles I linked.
Images from the article
From my Tumblr post (2015)
My screenshot is from an advert which was used to advertise an Intel product called the 3dMe.
In my original post I wrote
The creepy lady was probably a live action segment that appeared before the short. In the short, a tv (or very large computer screen) with a camera on the top, scans Barbapapa and creates an avatar of him (similar to what the actual product does). Snowboarder is one of the main avatars that was featured in other adverts for the 3dMe. He chooses it and uses a 3D printer (another Intel product, pictured below) to print it.
My screen shot is when Barbapapa holds up the final product to show his son (Barbabright). My memory is fuzzy how it ended, I think maybe Barbabright gets sucked into the program (I could be wrong).
There were other shorts too, it's just the 3DMe one just stuck in my memory the most. The short were animated with Flash and used a very soft color pallet.
MY THEORIES TO WHY THEY WERE DELETED
I would really like to find these adverts, especially the 3DMe one.
HISTORY:
For those who do not know, Barbapapa is a pink blobby creature who first appeared in a French children's book in 1970. In 1974 he was featured in a show that consisted of very short episodes with the later ones featuring his family. The show and books, while being very obscure in the US, became popular internationally especially in Japan. This later lead to an anime in 1999 which had longer episodes featuring the family going on adventures.
In 2015, Intel decides to use the Barbapapa characters to help advertise their products.
Source:
weekly.ascii.jp/elem/000/002/630/2630871/
pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/691777.html
LOST MEDIA:
The short animated adverts
I remember that they used to be featured on a Youtube channel which has since been deleted.
The only evidence that these shorts even existed was from a Tumblr post I made back in 2015 and screen shots from one of the articles I linked.
Images from the article
From my Tumblr post (2015)
My screenshot is from an advert which was used to advertise an Intel product called the 3dMe.
In my original post I wrote
What the hell did I just watch?
It’s the Barbapapas selling Intel products with a creepy white lady and the product scans your face so that you can make virtual avatars and then you can 3D print said avatars.
It’s the Barbapapas selling Intel products with a creepy white lady and the product scans your face so that you can make virtual avatars and then you can 3D print said avatars.
My screen shot is when Barbapapa holds up the final product to show his son (Barbabright). My memory is fuzzy how it ended, I think maybe Barbabright gets sucked into the program (I could be wrong).
There were other shorts too, it's just the 3DMe one just stuck in my memory the most. The short were animated with Flash and used a very soft color pallet.
MY THEORIES TO WHY THEY WERE DELETED
- It could be that these shorts were mostly used for the event in Japan in 2015.
- 3DMe never took off, so maybe this was them trying to cover that up
- A French company got the rights to make an animated show which eventually released in 2019. The show is targeted at a PreK audience and also features a Flash animated style. If anything, the show looks a lot like the style used in the ads but I am not sure if they are at all connected.
I would really like to find these adverts, especially the 3DMe one.
