Yoshikazu Ebisu was a familiar everyman on Japanese drama, talk shows and commercials. He's also a noted gambler. And he's an alt manga luminary that Frederik L. Schodt's Dreamland Japan called "one of Japan's most eccentric and intelligent manga artists, a 'prince of ultra-nonsense'," featured in pioneering avant-garde magazine Garo and the English collection Comics Underground Japan.
So, who better to become Walter White for spots promoting the Japanese home video release of Breaking Bad.
The complete series is split between releases today, September 3rd and October 3rd.
Walter Ebisu offers his thoughts on Walter White here.
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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