Youths arrested for 'otaku hunting' - MSN-Mainichi Daily News
Topic: Arts
12:02 pm EDT, Oct 12, 2006
Eight youths who engaged in what they called "otaku hunting" -- mugging geeks on the streets of Tokyo's Akihabara district -- have been arrested in three separate cases, police said Thursday.
The teens all targeted junior high school students they referred to as "Akiba-kei," or geeks who like the otaku culture found widely in retail outlets throughout Akihabara.
Police said there have been 25 reported incidents of "otaku hunting" since the start of the year, with victims losing a combined 350,000 yen between them.
"Otaku are weak and they've got money, so we went after them," one of the arrested youths told the police.
Police said one of the cases involved three boys waylaying a 14-year-old boy who was headed to Akihabara to buy an anime doll and demanding he pay them money or he would be bashed. The boy handed over 3,000 yen, the police said.
In two separate cases in July and September, two groups of boys threatened two other boys, cajoling them into handing over 1,500 yen in cash. (Mainichi)
haha! I wonder if this will spawn an Otaku civil rights movement.
Before you begin practicing kino mutai, you must learn the essential principles. First is how to bite. You should always be cognizant of how much flesh is in your mouth. Typically, the average person will try to use all his teeth and take too much "meat" in one bite. To avoid that pitfall, you must angle your face so the pressure is applied directly on the incisors. The actual motion of the bite is a repeated circular ripping of the flesh, resulting in numerous smaller bites which, when applied cumulatively, inflict considerable damage.
The art of biting and eye gouging. Someone needs to make a Karate-Kid-esque movie with a master of this style.
Inspired by marshmallow shooters, this air-powered tampon gun turns your feminine hygiene products into high-flying projectiles. Have a shootout between rival tampon brands, or use it as a fun alternative to paintball. The tampon shooter has a range of 10 to 20 feet depending on your ammo and lung capacity. The matching bandolier lets you carry a full “clip” (i.e., box) of 20 tampons, so you’ll never be caught short in the heat of battle.
CNN.com - Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett dies - Jul 11, 2006
Topic: Arts
12:44 pm EDT, Jul 11, 2006
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Syd Barrett, the eccentric guitarist who founded Pink Floyd but later left the music business to live quietly and somewhat reclusively, has died at the age of 60, according to a spokeswoman for the band.
