CHEEZMO™;34123460 said:
What is it with Orangina and anthro animals?
From what I've gathered, zoomorphical anthropomorphism has a slightly different cultural
je ne sais quoi for Parisians.
Orangina has a history of using bizarre advertisements to drum up controversy and free publicity.
However, the use of an anthro character was also a good way for them to do a gay-friendly ad without outright showing two dudes. The gay cougar thing was them following in McDonald's footsteps, I believe, trying to capture some of France's thus untapped gay market.
Personally, I think this Coke ad was way more bizzare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNXUtk79QwE
What "furry" works do you think deserve a signal boost?
Off-hand, I'd go with "Erma Felna: EDF", a "hard sci-fi war and political drama focusing on the personal and professional crises of the eponymous character, an anthropomorphic female cat and a Tactical Aerospace Commander in the the Extraplanetary Defense Force, or EDF."
Erma Felna: EDF, was featured in the comic book anthology "Albedo Anthropomorphics", which was first published in 1983 and ran until 2005.
To quote this excellent piece (
http://idesignyoureyes.com/tag/erma-felna-edf/ ) on it, "Erma Felna EDF was a serious science fiction drama. As “hard” sci-fi, its space travel science and military technology were very well worked-out and explained by Gallacci, a former technical illustrator for the US Air Force."
More on Steve Gallacci:
http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Steve_Gallacci
Albedo also contained other series, like Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo and Matt Howarth's Konny and Czu.
Okay, going to bring attention away from those iffy commercials for a moment. I saw someone posted work by Pollo-Chan earlier on this page so I thought I'd share a little more. This character is one of the best and most unusual I've seen in a long time.
Looks heavily inspired by Ivalice moogles.