I’m sure that everyone wants to pay to smell Iron Man’s retro rockets when it debuts in Japan, right?
Iron Man 3 to Get Smell-Enhanced Screenings in Japan Wired.com | 04.17.13
…Iron Man 3 in smell-o-vision…the film will be shown in a theater in Nagoya in 4DX. This “fourth dimension” experience will offer wind, fog, tilting seats, and odor effects. It’s unclear exactly what the smells themselves will be… [but it] will cost an additional 1,300 yen (about $13) on top of the regular ticket price for 3-D films…more...
With the 3-D IMAX ticket price of 2,200 to 2,500 yen, plus the additional “4-D” fee of 1,300 yen, the total ticket cost here in Japan to see smell-o-vision Iron Man 3 will be 3,500 to 3,800 yen or about $36 to 39 USD!
PRIOR ART…“Pay to Smell Shit“… ..
Above is the original Scratch ‘n’ Sniff, ODORAMA Card
from the John Waters film classic, Polyester (1981).
Everyday, inexplicable Japanese pictures like this show up in my RSS reader as just a truncated message with a hinky picture…
Even seeing the front view of the above animated GIF did not help explain what the hell I was looking at…
Finally I was forced to go the source, Sankaku Complex (Not Safe For Work or your sanity) to learn that… …Once again Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT demonstrates the importance of personal hygiene to its cast with more bathing service, in addition to featuring saucy bondage and plenty of nuns for variety…more… –Sankaku Complex | 2013/02/23 (NSFW): Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT Sexy Bathing Anime.
Whether it’s The Atlantic magazine1 or the CBS News2, the Internet decided to explode with the silly meme-of the-moment, “The Harlem Shake.”
What few people in the West don’t realize is that The Harlem Shake video “originated” in Tokyo, ↓ created by a gaijin/alien no less, hahaha… ^_~
Also refer to the earlier Shakeseque assault on Japanese sensibilities…
1CBS News (February 8, 2013): “The Harlem Shake” is a ridiculous trend (and we love it) 2The Atlantic Wire: This ‘Harlem Shake’ Meme Is About to Make a Cult Music Genre a Very Big Deal
In Japan everything has to have a mascot.
And, Japan’s #1 mascot, “Kumamon,” a bear who represents Kumamoto prefecture* and all his yuru-kyara† butt-buddies set a Guinness world record for synchronized dork dancing.
Japan sets Guinness record for synchronized mascot dancing …This week, 141 “yuru-kyara” from 25 prefectures across the country gathered in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, to make their mark on history by becoming the largest group of mascots ever to do the same dance together…
… [slacker] Kumamon, the bear-like mascot for Kumamoto, was heard to say, “I’m a little tired, mon”…more…
And for fun, here is Kyodo News’ description of the above video thanks to goofy Google Translate… 141 Characters in loose body do the Beard Dance to challenge the Guinness Record — YouTube Kyodo News – Jan 27, 2013
One hundred and one “loose characters’ went for a Guinness record at the Huis Ten Bosch Resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan on January 27th. Attaining the record, these 141 mascot characters from across Japan continued to dance in perfect in unison for five minutes doing the “Beard Dance.” More…
The above Poké Brassiere is an off-shoot of the Pokémon game’s Poké Ball (AKA in Japanese: “Monster Ball”).
Pokémon Trainers use Poké Balls to capture wild Pokémon and store them when not active—sort of like the Japan’s thermonuclearly-resistant padded underwire bras are needed to harness the put-your-eye-out perkiness of Japanese ninja nipples (3Yen/2010-12-03—Pokébra ).
Such Poké Balls are ubiquitous in the Realm of Pokémon. (via Wikipedia)
The inspiring story of “Men” of salary—The men () here is the kanji that has come to mean noodles. It’s an “inspiring story” because the sad-sack salaryman…
KIMOI—sicko/creepy is the only way to describe the death throws of J-pop, AKB48 (3Yen / 2012-09-19) and their 40-something, otaku fanboys. More fun is AKB48’s management pedo-panders ways for the group’s unmarried, middle-aged, male fanbase to unJPop their cherries such as…
AKB48 Otaku ‘Still Getting Even Creepier’ Sankaku Complex | 2012/12/09 (Warning NSFW banner ads)
…an SKE48 fan who spent $12,000 on handshaking event tickets in order to secure several hours of “quality” time with his favourite maiden, and another maniac auction in which a single cookie made by AKB48′s Mariko Shinoda reached a similar sum at auction.
The fanatic in question reports buying enough copies of new SKE48 single “Eien Pressure” to obtain no less than 1019 handshaking event tickets, and shares proud pictures of his various stacks [see left] — which are estimated to have cost him 1,000,000 yen ...more…
A bunch of real Weenies, both Franken and Nipponese had a press conference a couple of days ago for the belated Japanese release on December 15th of the film, “Frankenweenie” (IMDb.com).
Who do you think is the bigger Weenie, the film’s director Tim Burton or the dorky Japanese TV comedienne Haruka Minowa?
This bizarre release date is so annoyingly typical for Japanese debuts —In this case in that it’s too late for the Halloween season that the whole movie was intended for, sheesh.
Breaking news: KAIJU/monster ATTACK!
Hack director Del Taco* is remaking the movie Cloverfield.
That is, to hype his upcoming movie “Pacific Rim (IMDb.com),” director Guillermo del Toro has released the following faux-CNN reports about a massive kaiju attack on San Francisco.
I’m sure that everyone wants to pay to smell Iron Man’s retro rockets when it debuts in Japan, right? 
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