Those wacky Japanese designers always come up with the greatest gifts. Sega has now created a robot girlfriend that knows how to pucker up and smooch.
When she’s in “love mode,” her infrared sensors detect human heads and she immediately leans in for a kiss. She can also sing, dance and even help you network by handing out your business cards.
Fascinating. Too bad the robot girlfriend is only 15 inches high. How do you spoon that? I can’t imagine lying in bed, clutching a small, plastic toy. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’d just remind me too much of childhood. Desperately holding onto Voltron under the covers, while Mommy and Daddy make ugly noises in the next room over. If only Voltron could kiss and make it all better back then.
According to Sega reps, “She’s very lovable and though she’s not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend.”
Oh great. So, I have to miss my football games, attend her parties and pretend to like her friends. Four words: hell to the no.
The above commercial stars Miyuki Kanbe. Not quite sure the product or message. I was going to guess mental hospital. Or a very warped hostage video. Whatever the case, we all realize that an immense talent will be missed. Miyuki died June 18th of heart failure. It took me a couple of weeks to process this information and only now am I able to express my thoughts. As with all of you readers, I wonder the same question. Why must God take the pretty ones?
One of Kanbe’s best known roles was as Usagi Tsukino in the “Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon” musicals from 2000 to 2001. She was the third actress to play that part. Her other works include “Battle Royale II” and the “Kamen Rider Hibiki” series. Aside from acting, Kanbe was also active in variety shows, commercials, and photobooks.
Tokyograph says her heart just up and quit on her. So sad. At least Miyuki was surrounded by family and friends. Deathbed conversations are tough and no doubt, Miyuki’s weren’t any different. “Papa, I’m scared…”
“Don’t worry dear Miyuki. You will reunite with God and He will watch over you for eternity.”
“But..but..I’m Buddhist!!”
Oh snap! No, he din’t!
Anyway, video of Miyuki in Sailor Moon musical after the cut. Ask yourself why Dracula is in the musical.
Hey, I’m not a big comic fan, so when I saw news from Angry Asian Man that Iron Man 2 may have Mandarin, I was puzzled. They’ll speak Mandarin? Is this newsworthy? Come to find out it’s the Mandarin, an evil villain in the old Iron Man comics. He’s also a racist caricature with a Fu Manchu, stereotyped as having great talent in science and is a horrible driver of his teleportation device. Thankfully, things have improved and director Jon Favreau wishes for the Mandarin to be less racist-y:
“There is a lot that is very relevant about that character, in the pool of the landscape that we find ourselves in, but there is something off-putting and distasteful about the way that the Mandarin had been presented back in the ’60s. I don’t think that is relevant anymore. How do you maintain the core spirit of what makes that villain so formidable without having something that either seemed out of our reality, as far as what his abilities are, or the way he is depicted?”
Yes, how does one “maintain the core spirit” of a villain AND make it relevant. Read between the lines. Don’t be surprised if Iron Man fights a new villain called the Arabic.
Dizon is a singer, actress and celebrity in Japan. She’s part Chinese, Filipino, French and 100% sexy. Unfortunately, what God gave her in looks, He took away in vocal talent. Dizon just released her newest single, “Vanilla”. In her video, she dances around and sings in a light, fluffy, emotionless voice. Advice: if you are a pretty celebrity, it does not automatically mean you can do other things in life. Like sing, dance or act.
Every celebrity uses their website to “talk” to fans. Usually, they get some poor intern to make up some message and pass it off as the celebrities’. From Leah’s website:
My Japanese is pretty rough. From what I gather, she’s obviously hyping the new single. She goes onto say that “I prance around in tight shorts, but none of you can get this booty. Stop looping my ass shakes in Windows Media Player, you perv”. And if you all see are circles and squares above, you need to become a little more worldly and install Asian fonts.
Pics of Leah after the jump because that’s what we really wanna see (NSFW)
In the 80s movie, Tootsie, Dustin Hoffman starred as a man who dressed as a woman to win an acting role. In these pics, Suh In Young appears to take the same approach. Yet, his motive is unclear. Fetish? Increased acceptance of cross-dressing? I applaud his bravery in winning support for his cause. You go boy!
His stylist needs to be smacked though. That haircut makes Suh In Young look like a transgender comedian. Have you heard the one about the pre-op and the horse walking into the bar? No? Well, then, Suh can fill you in.
Also, those shorts are a tad too…short. There’s no protection from Suh’s willy flopping out. Wait, I think they tuck them between their legs. Never mind.
Question: This actress was among the first generation of Asian entertainers to gain entry into the American collective consciousness. Answer: Who is Michelle Yeoh? Glad you asked. Michelle Yeoh can be seen “acting” in upcoming movies with Brendan Fraser and Vin Diesel. The term “acting” is used quite liberally when your movies involve the lead from Encino Man and the lead from The Pacifier. Both men have the superhero-like effect of reducing your IQ just by their mere presence.
Her two roles are in action movies, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Bablyon A.D. Michelle plays a vindictive sorceress in The Mummy. Judging by the movie still, her secret power involves sharpening knives with her hands. Ouch!
Babylon A.D. sounds like a winner also. The plot, as taken from imdb.com:
Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop [Vin Diesel] takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman [Michelle Yeoh] from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
Sounds like Species. Michelle was quite the martial artist and looking at the above photo, she kicks more butt in Bablyon A.D. However, I prefer my own plot wherein Michelle stars as Robofist. Robofist has the unique power of a thousand shakings of the fist per second. Sadly, Robofist cannot control when and where these take place. This handicap has led to her dismissals from many jobs, including bartender, tattoo artist and fluffer.
Those wacky Japanese designers always come up with the greatest gifts. Sega has now created a robot girlfriend that knows how to pucker up and smooch.
