Our sharp-eyed reader, “ECM”-san writes: This seems a bit much to believe and Suda sorta a bit of an oddball, but…
Bringing together Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, No More Heroes director Goichi Suda, and Love Plus all into one story.
Here’s something everybody needs…
….a Swarovski CRYSTALLIZED®, Hello Kitty, MP3 music player.
This encrusted, Hello Kitty Pod has a 2GB memory capacity, a pink Audiotechnica earphone set, and the reasonable price of 13,800 yen or about $149.91USD.
Find more details on the Japanese Rakuten site (mega-funky machine translation).
The always informative PinkTentacle.com posted today this human ASIMO dance music video of “I Will Be Here,” using the backdrop of the Blade-Runner-Hell of Tokyo. The human ASIMO was created/directed by Masashi Muto with a confusing international musical combination of DJ Tiësto (Netherlands) and Sneaky Sound System. D (Australia).
Tiësto and Sneaky Sound System – I Will Be Here
Tiësto | MySpaceミュージックビデオ
. . . The odd walking gate of ASIMO, Honda’s humanoid robot, is distinctively but flawlessly captured by the Japanese dancer in the video.
Previously the 3Yen covered ASIMO in:
—Robot dancing — transcendentally Tokyo
—Asimo does stairs (and doesn’t)
and of course the all time favorite for Japanese robot lovers..
—ASIMO buttsecks
There’s a reason why you never see see Japanese appliances outside Japan—They are the WORST IN THE WORLD.
Via engadget.com
With the exception of microwave ovens, Japanese white goods/major appliances are always non-functional, too small and too expensive. Japan only makes counter-top dishwashers, which are the worst of the worst of Japanese appliances. They don’t have ground-fault breakers or a drain.
But never fear…Panasonic is demonstrating their zillion yen robot dishwasher!
Rob Pongi, master of all things Japanese (except his ex-girlfriend) offers this iPhone app for Japanese sexual harassment writing to us:
“Here is a WONDAFURU video of the all-new Japanese Up-Skirt iPhone application.”
Nothing says Yokoso/Welcome to Japan more than a squid…and better yet, a ROBOT SQUID!
Pink Tentacle…Hakodate showcased a pair of squid robots designed to attract attention to their area…. some entertaining tourism promotion videos...more...
And of course, here is 3Yen.com’s all-time favorite squid news:
—The Kraken attacks Japanese parking lot!
–TASTES LIKE CHICKEN or squid
–The Kraken attacks Japanese parking lot!
–Japanese drinks with ‘tempting aroma of squid’
Poor little HRP-4C-chan—she just can’t keep a job. First she was a receptionist, then ‘fashion model robot, and now she’s pretending to be the Vocaloid J-pop singer, Hatsune Miku, at the Ceatec electronics trade show in Chiba, Japan.
For more details…
Robo-pop
2009 Oct 6 — The Sun |News
THIS Robot's Got Talent.
The amazing humanoid can sing songs by using brilliant new electronic voice technology ...more…
You can read more info about Vocaloid Jpop singer, Hatsune Miku, on Wikipedia.
The phone giant, NTT-DoCoMo, plans to utilize the ’surplus wood’ of Japan with mobile phone named “TOUCH WOOD.”
To quoth the Immortals, Beavis and Butthead:
“Whoa dude. Did they just say touching their wood?”
–Cue the the sound of Beavis and Butthead sniggering…DOCOMO Develops Mobile Phone Prototype Using Surplus Wood
Tokyo, Sept 24, 2009 – (press release) – NTT DOCOMO announced today it has developed the mobile phone prototype made with the surplus wood …The authentic cypress wood body of the prototype, which is named TOUCH WOOD….more…
PRIOR ART
Fair use – Parody
Refer to UrbanDictionary.com :Wood.
From the always informative PinkTentacle.com, is word of a Japanese eyeball bot for gamer furries.
If you remember, last March the 3Yen had photos of the Giant Torayan fire-breathing assault on the sleazy nightclubs of Tokyo’s Roppongi.
Now, Giant Torayan has a roboboner for the Osaka City Hall because according to the Washington Post it, “stimulates people to reconsider a waterfront life style in Japan’s second biggest city.”
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