Canon’s “Super Soccer Kids” Ad Jumps On the Cute Child Commercial Fad

The video above is a commercial Canon is running over in Japan to promote its new Kiss X7/Rebel SL1, the world’s smallest and lightest DSLR. It shows how the camera is perfect for soccer moms who would like to capture action shots of their “super soccer kids.”

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The adorable kids in the commercial have soccer skills that don’t match their age… and heads that don’t match their bodies. It’s an ad that takes advantage of a major trend in advertising: marketers have discovered that babies are quite cute.

The formula works well: use computer tricky to create babies or place babies heads’ on adult bodies, make them do grown-up activities, and then watch your commercial go viral online.

Evian is setting new records with its latest “baby ad”. Since being uploaded to YouTube less than a week ago, the ad has gone viral and has amassed over 30 million views already:

It’s previous baby ad released in 2009 set a “most viewed commercial” record by racking up over 60 million views.

If you’re in the United States, you’ve probably seen E-Trade’s commercials that future CGI-ed babies as well:

It’s nice when camera companies take their marketing ideas beyond commercials showing celebrities taking pictures of women from afar. Canon generated quite a bit of buzz last year for its “Inspired” commercial, and Nikon hit a home run the year before that with its inspirational “I AM NIKON” ad.

(via Photography Bay)

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