Impending Twin Peaks Revival In Japan With Launch Of Hulu.jp

Two decades ago, Japan was one of those countries that completely succumbed to Twin Peaks. According to this 1992 New York Time article describing the mania, “several thousand fans attended mock funerals for Laura Palmer in Tokyo and two other cities“. Another telltale sign of the early 90s, Japanese Twin Peaks craze  were the (awful) Georgia coffee commercials starring many of cast members, including Kyle Maclachlan.

Now that Hulu has launched its Netflix-like subscription service in Japan (for ¥1,480 or about $19.19 per month), the show is available for instant streaming to millions of fans from the heyday, as well as a whole new audience. Will the hype start all over again? Watch and see…

Random fact: the scene in which Maddy Ferguson freaks out over a stain appearing on the carpet, was shown in Japan with a ripple overlay of Bob. I don’t know about you, but the cheesy effect kills it for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGJZDR418_s

Finally, and I know you didn’t ask for them, here are the two other Twin Peaks-themed George Coffee commercials:

Pic	Title	Details
	Twin Peaks (1989) / Movie Ticket Stub Japan / David Lynch	Current Price: $12.99 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 20 days 8 hrs 50 mins
	Twin Peaks Visual Soundtrack Laserdisc Japan WPLP-9083 David Lynch	Current Price: $179.0 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 3 days 12 hrs 4 mins
	Twin Peaks Complete NTSC Laserdisc 3 Box Sets Japan Release	Current Price: $100.0 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 5 days 16 hrs 8 mins
	Twin Peaks: Pilot (European Cut) (1989) [NJL-35205] Japan Laserdisc	Current Price: $39.99 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 4 days 19 hrs 7 mins
	David Lynch TWIN PEAKS 16-disc LDBOX with CD JAPAN movie Laser Disc LD japanese	Current Price: $143.99 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 20 days 5 hrs 16 mins
	Twin Peaks Card Game From Japan	Current Price: $113.46 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 28 days 17 hrs 10 mins