The Fuccons, known as Oh! Mikey in Japan, is a Japanese sketch comedy series created by Yoshimasa Ishibashi. It features the Fuccons, a family of American expatriates living in Japan, with characters played by mannequins filmed at various locations in real-time.
Left to right: Barbara Fuccon, Blueberry King, Mikey Fuccon, James Fuccon from the episode "Rags to Riches."
The yellow Daihatsu Naked is used as the Fuccons' family car. The characters were also used as promotional models for Daihatsu.
Yoshimasa Ishibashi is a Japanese video, experimental film and performance artist based in Kyoto, Japan and the leader of the Kyupi Kyupi artist collective, founded in 1996. He has directed work for both art museums, including Kyupi Kyupi performances at the Palais de Tokyo and Tate Modern in 2003, and commercial television and film, his most famous creation being the Fuccons, a family of mannequins who first appeared in Vermilion Pleasure Night in 2000 and since in their own program Oh! Mikey and its spin-offs.
Ishibashi at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival