About That Live-Action Gatchaman Commercial for NTT East

I first posted about the Gatchaman (aka "G-Force" aka "Battle of the Planets") live-action commercial for NTT East back in 2007, and now with the new-found excitement with the Imagi teaser trailer video posted yesterday (of a CG-animated film which in theory is in limbo as Imagi has closed down since February 2010), I'd thought to "relive" the glory days of old, when Japanese pop-group SMAP donned the uniforms of the Science Ninja Team! (Too bad Princess wasn't in it)

FYI: The video posted above shows both of the ads back-to-back (which in fact were produced in the year 2000 to promote NTT's ISDN service).