WTF Japan of the Day

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Great news if you happen to be an animated '70s businessman -- you can now eat your sticky rice in convenient tube form, exactly like your deodorant.

What more could you want? Try replacing the rice with cookie dough.

Just know that if people find this in your drawer, you'll have a lot of explaining to do.

[gizmodo]

This Is All Kinds Of Japan of the Day

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For a limited time only, a Tokyo cafe is selling ice cream inspired by the breasts of the Senran Kagura video game characters.

It's safe to say that this dessert is milk-based.

[technabob]

Rurouni Kenshin Trailer of the Day

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Remember when the trailer came out for the live-action Rurouni Kenshin movie, but you couldn't understand the Japanese?

Feast your eyes on this new two-minute trailer, complete with English subtitles and a whole lot of non-lethal swordplay.

Rurouni Kenshin arrives in Japan on August 25.

[toplessrobot]

Real-Life Mechas of the Day

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This is it, people. The beginning of Japan's world domination, vis a vis gigantic robots.

Look out for the smile-powered twin gatling gun, one of the most terrifying things that Japan has ever invented.

[geekologie]

The Wolverine News of the Day

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The Wolverine, the follow-up to 2009's critically-panned X-Men Origins: Wolverine is finally due to start shooting next week after several delays.

The film, directed by James Mangold (Knight and Day) and starring Hugh Jackman as Logan, will first shoot on location in Japan and then move to sound stage in Australia later this summer.

Word is that the film is based on the famous 1982 Wolverine limited series by Frank Miller and Chris Claremont, which took Wolvie to Japan for martial arts training and risky romance. Fox CEO Tim Rothman has promised that The Wolverine will take full advantage of local Japanese acting talent while on location.

The Wolverine slices into theaters July 26, 2013.

[collider.]

'Buttocks Humanoid Robot' of the Day

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Meet "Shiri," the robot buttocks that "expresses various human emotions with organic movement of artificial muscles."

According to its creator, Nobuhiro Takahashi of the University of Electro-Communications, the emotions Shiri can reproduce include "tense," "twitch," and the somewhat disturbing "protrusion."

I'm definitely feeling a little twitchy after watching this video, and I, for one, do not welcome our new emotional buttocks overlords.

[kotaku.]

Pika-Gundam of the Day

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Pika-Gundam of the Day
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Pikachu is evolving! Pikachu has evolved into ... a frickin' Gundam?

Okay, I forfeit this Pokémon fight. There's no way my Zubat can compete with that.

[nerdapproved.]