Japanese Ad Features Cannon That Cooks Shrimp In Three Seconds Flat

When Japanese telecom company DoCoMo set out to make a metaphoric advertisement about the speed of their bandwidth using high-speed "shrimp cannons," they didn't take into account that we'd all end up really, really wanting a shrimp cannon. In the commercial, two Japanese women pour the ingredients for tempura-fried shrimp into a device, and then launch several shrimp out of a cannon, effectively cooking the shrimp in three seconds.

Of course the amazing spectacle is just that: spectacle. The shrimp, through somewhat-realistic CGI effects, fly through exploding batter, egg, and fire (which, of course, perfectly cooks the small shellfish), and then hit their target: the bowls of seriously hungry consumers. Honestly, throughout the entire thing, we weren't even thinking about lightning-fast smartphone speed, though the ad itself is supposed to pump up declining sales for DoCoMo.

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Joanna Fantozzi is an Associate Editor with The Daily Meal. Follow her on Twitter @JoannaFantozzi