From Weregeek's Alina Pete comes a link to this important warning from the world of pest control. Those caltrops she found on her stairs might be a sign of a ninja infestation: Pest Control

I have been tempted lately to learn crochet or knitting for one simple reason. Amigurumi Look at that critter, it's cute! Oh look, another cute fox! Cute sleepy fox! Or a fox guarding cookies

Yeah, I like cute critters. Yeah, I'm a guy. Your point?

Cute burns away the cynicism. Enough said.

spastichick's recent post reminded me why I like checking the Mainichi Daily News. In US police officer takes aim to save skunk with head in jar we learn about how an officer in Michigan cautiously set out to free a skunk from the tyranny of salad dressing jars.

US man ... swigs beer, gives police middle finger lets us know that beer and obscene gestures ( Read more... )

This one's fun, it's Machinegun v.s. Katana. Pay close attention during the high speed camera slow-motion replay. Looks like it was filmed in the US, subtitled for Japan, and resubtitled for Korea ( Read more... )

Snerk. Giggle. Oh my, hilarious! Two versions of an ad for a Japanese pet magazine.

Ad for PAFE

Ad for PAFE without subtitles

And a lady in a bird costume sells a tea drink.

And a cat puts up with dogs after being taken to a dog cafe where the dogs like cats.

I have no clue how to describe this other than weird.

Weird cosplay gameshow I ( Read more... )

Nifty. While I may only be posting now, I ran across Manglish, manga in English before the Slashdot posting. (I was trying to look up info about the thankfully false Miyazaki rumor ( Read more... )

Found via BoingBoing, a clip from a Japanese program that covers what would happen if the Earth were struck by a really big rock. How big? Bigger than Japan big. Make the atmosphere splash like it was water big. Really, really big.

And today on Youtube I run across strange television ads from Japan. Sorry, no links to NSFW clips here.

First up we find an ad involving Cute bats giving a vollyball safety demo. Or maybe a paper. Either way the bats are cute.

Second we find the governator in one of his many ad spots. Can you guess what the ad is for before it is revealed ( Read more... )

Thanks to an RPG.net photoshop thread (make covers of games that should not be!) I discovered something new. Apparently there is a series of capsule toys called Mecha Musume that has figurines of girls cosplaying as WWII mecha. Better still, many of them cosplaying as catgirls cosplaying as WWII mecha.

Here's the Konami Mecha Musume page. Just one ( Read more... )