Wacky Japanese Stuff » Uncanny Valley http://wackyjapanese.pandemonium.de (And other parts of Asia.) Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:26:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Contact Lenses for Anime Eyes http://wackyjapanese.pandemonium.de/2008/08/17/contact-lenses-for-anime-eyes/ http://wackyjapanese.pandemonium.de/2008/08/17/contact-lenses-for-anime-eyes/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:56:47 +0000 Nils http://wackyjapanese.pandemonium.de/2008/08/17/contact-lenses-for-anime-eyes/ Continue reading →]]> Japanese are obsessed with “cuteness”. Part of that seems to be that the bigger a girl’s eyes, the better. Characters in anime usually have really huge eyes. Anyway, since surgery can only do so much for a woman’s eyes, there are now these contact lenses which give the impression of bigger eyes…

Anime Contact Lenses

Sounds scary? It certainly looks weird…

Anime Contact Lenses 2

Japanese beauty ideals nonewithstanding, I think these lenses catapult a woman right into the uncanny valley.

Anime Contact Lenses 3

If this doesn’t scare you, you can buy these things at this exceedingly professional web-shop here. I feel compelled to add that I am not affiliated with that website, nor do I know how reliable they are.

(Via InventorSpot.)

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