Denpa Shōnen (進ぬ！電波少年) is a Japanese reality television show which aired from January 11, 1998, to September 29, 2002, on the Nippon TV network, and online from October 2009.
To depict that the show had indeed moved onward, one of the characters of the title was changed from the "me" (め) to "nu" (ぬ), approximately meaning Do not proceed!.
It gained high ratings, spawned a sister show, Raiha Shōnen (雷波少年), and was controversial due to the sadistic challenges and rule changes made by the television producers if they felt the participants were doing too well.
The program's initial cancellation was related to a government crackdown on "torture"-themed shows,[3] but has seen a revival on the World Wide Web from October 2009 on the streaming website Number Two Nihon Television (第2日本テレビ).
Kunihiro Matsumura, Akiko Matsumoto, and other guests performers attempted to visit foreign celebrities to do challenges without appointments.