All Posts Tagged With: "Japanese"
The Strange, Sad Tale of Nasubi, the Real Life Japanese Truman Show
The Japanese have some crazy ass TV shows. I stumbled on the story of Nasubi the other day and couldn’t believe what I was reading.
Back in the pre-Y2K days of 1998 Japanese TV producers held an audition for a new show. A comedian named Nasubi (Japanese for eggplant) “won” the audition and was blindfolded and [...]
Japanese Robot Roundup: The Coolest, Strangest, and Wackiest Robot Action from the Land of the Rising Sun
Besides eating with sticks and watching huge dudes try to bump each other out of a ring, the Japanese are known for their love of robots. Walking robots, talking robots, fighting robots, even sexy robots. If it’s metal, has servo motors, and follows Asimov’s Three Laws, the chances are it’s hot in Japan.
Here’s a round [...]
