Japanese Man Petitions to Marry Cartoon Character

§ October 31st, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Cartoon, Comic, Japan, Manga, Marriage, Wedding, Weird § 3 Comments

news.com.au reports that a Japanese man started a petition to enable him to get married to a Mangacharacter:

Taichi Takashita launched an online petition aiming for one million signatures to present to the government to establish a law on marriages with cartoon characters.

Within a week he has gathered more than 1000 signatures through.

“I am no longer interested in three dimensions. I would even like to become a resident of the two-dimensional world,” he wrote.

“However, that seems impossible with present-day technology. Therefore, at the very least, would it be possible to legally authorise marriage with a two-dimensional character?”

Reportedly, while it is not sure whether Takashita was serious, some of the people who signed the petition are.

Potty Training Followup

§ March 11th, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Anime, Cartoon, Education, Hygiene, Music, Toilet, TV, Video § No Comments

In October I posted a toilet training video I found on YouTube. That gem of Japanese entertainment tried to teach you and your kid how to take a dump; with a special guest appearance of Hanky-san. However, if you and/or your toddler need some further practice, they made this little toy to demonstrate the principle to your kid:

And of course it’s important to learn how to use public bathrooms, too - especially if you are stuck in Japan and get confronted by their weird domestic toilets.

Enjoy.

Japanese Toilet Training Video

§ October 23rd, 2007 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Anime, Cartoon, Education, Hygiene, Music, Toilet, TV, Video § 2 Comments

The following cartoon is designed to teach Japanese kids how to use the toilet. I think any further explanation would be a waste of bytes. Just… watch:

I can honestly not decide whether or not this is real… but I fear it is. Any brave souls who’d rip that tune and play it on their MP3 toilet?

Update: My Japanese friend says this is actually a commercial trying to sell the device at the very end. Kind of elaborate for that.

(Via Esquire.com.)