Amazon is also aiming for nostalgia, and they have recently announced that in the next year 2023 we will have a return Takeshi's castle, the mythical contest that we knew in Spain as yellow mood. The news is accompanied by new programs that are mainly focused on the Japanese audience, which means that Prime Video wants to strive to be more relevant in that market over the next year.
Takeshi's castle will have a modern version on Prime Video
Amazon has managed to sign an agreement with Takeshi Kitano, the Japanese film director who in his youth gave life to 'Takeshi's Castle', an entertainment program in which one hundred contestants had to pass various elimination tests until they won a loot of one million yen.
the original program aired in Japan between 1986 and 1989 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) channel. Subsequently, the program went through practically all the televisions in the world in the 90s, reaching more than 150 countries. In Spain, the rights were bought by Telecinco, and was released under the name of yellow mood. It aired from the summer of 1990 until mid-1995. Yellow Humor became quite a social phenomenon, especially due to its ability to Juan Herrera and Miguel Angel Coll to not limit himself to dubbing the original program, but to invent practically all the dialogues, as well as to decorate the contest with his own expressions, and jokes, creating a lore that lasted in Spain for a long time. The two managed to create mythical characters, such as Chino Cuideiro, who died in every episode in the pure Kenny style of South Park. The dubbers always selected the contestant who gave the biggest blow in the entire program and gave him this seal, making the viewer wait for this moment throughout the broadcast.
Later, after the arrival of Four, Sogecable acquired the rights to the same program in 2006. On this occasion, the dubbing was carried out by Fernando Costilla and Paco Bravo, who respected many elements of the previous stage while adding their modern touch, creating characters like the Pinky-Winky (the Pirate Duo) or the legendary reporter Pepe Livingstone, who rather than interviewing, what he did was recruit potential candidates to accompany you to your caravan.
Can or can't it be done yellow mood Today?
Much has been said in recent years that Yellow Humor would be impossible to do today. Or rather, not the program, but the dubbing that we liked so much in Spain. That politically incorrect humor, added to the thin skin that many current generations have, could end the highly canceled program from day one.
However, after successes like The Squid Game, video games like Fall Guys, clearly inspired by Takeshi's Castle, or the pressure that many are putting on Ramón García to resurrect him The Grand Prix, another great program inspired by the same Kitano production, what is clear is that there are still people who want to see this type of contest with enthusiasm. What we do not know is if Amazon will allow the humorous dubbing and thug that caught on so much in Spain or if we will see a slightly more serious production. In any case, this reboot it is expected to reach all 240 countries where Amazon Prime Video is available at the moment.