Groovisions — a Tokyo-based design firm known for some pretty fantastic artsy graphics — put together a video for the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that showcases that country's dependence on foreign food imports. Seems dry, doesn't it? Until, of course, you catch the bouncy technified soundtrack and watch little Sims farmers and families bouncing to the rhythm.
It also happens to be one of the best illustrations of how the Western diet is transforming nations across the world into fat, poor slobs like us. Catch it after the break —
This article appears in Nov 12-18, 2008.