TV in Japan

This is how you expand your stand-up act. From doing jokes about tertris. To doing jokes about UFO Catchers/Crane Games. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you show your love of an anime series. By dressing up in spandex. As a woman. And letting you chest hair fly. On TV. In Japan.

Then he got some friends to do it with him in the 2.0 version (even better):

For reference, here’s the open to the Cat’s Eye anime:

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This is how you entertain the otaku. If they’re into dudes. Who dress like ladies. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you endear yourself to a nation. By removing your shirt and sticking snack foods to your pasty belly. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you milk the Otaku crowd. With real-life models. Dressed as classic anime characters. All to play some pachinko. On TV. In Japan.

Via Patrick’s always awesome blog.

This is how you sell an anime. About giant transforming robot jet planes. By channeling the mashed potato scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Except with a Japanese guy. And bread. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you sell a Mario game. That will, you know, pretty much sell itself. With awesomeness. On TV. In Japan.

This just never gets old. Danny Choo (he of the amazing blog) steps into the busiest intersection in the world and just destroys it with his amazing dance skills.
Seriously, this is performance art at its finest.
Someone please get Tokyo Dance Trooper on Super Chample ASAP.

This is how title a video about an American Oktaku visiting a Japanese Anime shrine. If you’re a Japanese viewer of said visit. And perhaps voice over artist as well. On TV. In Japan.

Thanks to YouTube user msworlds for the upload!

This is how you explain exactly what Otaku culture is all about. With a cute girl in a costume. Teaching an older lady who’s being held captive. And is being forced to learn. About Otaku. On TV. In Japan.
For those interested: There’s a lot more about this on 3Yen.

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This is how you send a message. On how to make great television. Using a man lacking both a sense of privacy and a decent haircut to do it. On TV. In Japan.

You know you’ve got a really high percentage of geek in your high culture when you can even conceive of creating something like this:

Standing just 13 centimeters tall, this Platinum Gundam figure feat. a .15 carat diamond is truly only for the discerning Otaku. Unfortunately, it’s not currently for sale but I’m sure if enough [...]

Now I know must of us played with Lego’s when we where small or we still play with Lego’s today. I remember playing with them when I was small and swallowing some of the smaller pieces. Yet I don’t think I actually was able to build something that resembled something real.
Well some of the [...]

First a word of warning: There will be discussions of sex toys in this post and in the video below.
A second word of warning: I was sent a link to this video from kanojotoys.com (the guys/girls who shot it). I don’t know them but they look like a blog that’s specialized in Japanese sex toys. [...]

Just when you thought the Japanese where running out of ideals of what to put on tv they find something totally way out there. Pen spinning is where you take your average ordinary pen and spin with your fingers.
I tired this and cause of my clumsy fingers i almost lodged the pen into my [...]