Japan is known far and wide for their game shows. Their game shows are strange, off-the-wall, and at times a bit brutal, but always hilarious and entertaining. The cult of Japanese game shows has come to our shores as well as many other countries. Such shows like Silent Library and Hole In The Wall are basically English ports of the same exact Japanese game. Japanese game shows have also been spoofed by The Simpsons. Not to mention that ABC also has a television show anchored entirely around “surviving” a Japanese game show.

Regularly the contestants on these game shows in Japan are what we would call “B-list celebrities” commonly dressed up in gag costumes and forced to do something horribly embarrassing. Get ready to get weird.