What was once a dubious internet meme is now so ubiquitous that it’s being marketed to children by online stores like pedobearstore.com & pedobearplush.com. Now I like child molesting anthropomorphic bears as much as the next guy, but putting Pedobear on an infant creeper is just wrong, although you gotta admit the Pedobear plush is adorable (in a grisly kind of way). Now that kids have become sufficiently comfortable around

In the land of Godzilla and contorted ghost girls, perhaps the scariest thing in Japan is its new First Lady. Miyuki is outshining her newly elected husband Prime Minister Yukioi Hatoyama with the revelation that she likes to “eat the Sun.” She demonstrated this ability on a Japanese talk show by grasping at the air and tearing pieces off the sun that only she can apparently see. So how does

Leave it to the Japanese to take something as simple as a smile and turn it upside down with technology. Everyday before punching in for work, employees of the Keihin Express Railway get in line to have their smiles analyzed by a computer. Smile Scan measures the curve of the mouth and gives a score ranging from 0% to 100%. Sourpusses get feedback like “you still look too serious.” There’s

Humanity just got a little closer to Judgment Day thanks to the Japanese. Researchers at Waseda University recently unveiled Kobian, a emotional robot that’s more man than machine. Kobian uses 48 actuators to express up to 7 different emotions, including: happiness, surprise, sadness, disgust, and anger (read: bloodlust). It’s also got a double-jointed neck to give it more expressive postures (read: sass). Kobian’s creators say its expressiveness will help it

Whenever I need to find old/rare anime (unlicensed of course)  I head over to Boxtorrents.com, but last weekend I was shocked to find the website was gone! Not just down for maintenance but completely vanished with only a placeholder declaring the domain was for sale by owner. Even if you weren’t a member, this affects you! If you’ve ever downloaded manga, anime, j-pop, or any live action Asian show from

If you’ve ever watch any school-related anime, then you’re undoubtedly familiar with skirt-flipping (the after-school activity where you flip a girl’s skirt to get a peek at her panties). Well now you too can unleash your inner perv with Mekuri Master AKA Skirt-Flip King. This free flash game by Nigoro.jp challenges players to perfect their skills while being careful not to get caught. Unfortunately that means no stopping to admire

Don’t worry the ban is just for video games, after all those schoolgirls ain’t gonna rape themselves. Ethics Organization of Computer Software, to which 90% of adult-games belong, says it wants to control content that “deviates extremely from social norms.” The ban, which is self-imposed, is in response to a virtual witch-hunt by equalitynow.org over a game called Rapelay. I’m dumbfounded as to why they chose to single out Rapelay

“It is a fantasy on earth but can humans fly in space?” ponders the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). We’ll soon have an answer. Astronaut Koichi Wakata will attempt to ride a “flying” carpet inside the Japanese laboratory Kibo at the International Space Station (ISS). And while that will no doubt provide invaluable data, it’s just 1 of 16 important tasks Wakata will be carrying out like “shoot liquid out

For years programmers having been trying to teach robots to be more human. Now ironically the robots are teaching us. As part of Japan’s ‘robot in every home by 2015′ agenda (AKA enslave humanity), Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi has created Saya, a robot that can speak multiple languages, take roll call, and never goes on strike. Of course we all know kids go crazy when they get a substitute teacher, can

There’s a van that goes from town to town harvesting organs. It sounds like the newest J-horror movie, but it’s real. Chinese police are deploying the vans, which carry out executions by lethal injection, as a more humane alternative to the traditional death by firing squad. But Amnesty International says they’ve “gathered strong evidence suggesting the involvement of (Chinese) police, courts and hospitals in the organ trade.” Although it’s difficult

What’s black, 12 inches long, and fits in the palm of your hand? That’s right, the new 1/6 scale Barack Obama Action Figure from DiD corp. This isn’t some cheesy bobblehead knockoff. It’s a fully posable work of art. There are 3 sets of hands (grasping, finger pointing, and posable), 2 heads (mouth open/closed), and accessories like a stool for sitting down & talking to terrorists (zing). And while there

For just 50 bucks you can poke some Asian box (legally). Tuttuki Bako, or poking box, is the newest curiosity out of Japan. Similar to Cube World, Poking Box features spunky stick figures but it’s much more hands on. Players can stick their finger, or any other appendage (wink wink), inside the game and interact with the characters via a pixelated representation (clean video left / dirty video right)

Meet Aiko she’s the world’s first woman with BRAINS, that’s Biometric Robot Artificial Intelligence Neural System. “Aiko doesn’t need holidays, food or rest, and will work almost 24 hours a day. She is the perfect woman,” brags creator Le Trung. But despite having touch sensors everywhere on her body (and I do mean everywhere), Trung insists “Aiko is still a virgin, AND NO I do not sleep with her.” In

While Americans reel from the prospect of a $700 billion bailout, things are lookin’ up in Japan. The Japanese plan on building a space elevator for the relative bargain price of $9.5 billion. The carbon nanotubes needed to tether an orbiting satellite would have to be 4x as strong as currently available but given Japan’s financial commitment I have no doubt they’ll succeed. NASA on the other hand coughed up

Two words: Drill Bra (picture left), that’s all you need to know about this movie. If murderous mammaries sounds titillating to you, give Machine Girl a whirl. If not, close your eyes cause it only gets weirder. The uninspired story (what little there is) employs the overused ‘begin at the end’ technique. The titular character uses a machine gun prosthesis to kill the bullies that murdered her brother. Rewind 6