Collected Engrish
[Last updated 8.23.2003]

The Japanese have a strange infatuation with english, but they're not very good at it from a technical standpoint. For those not in the know, "Engrish" is a term for Japanese that has either been very poorly translated into english or is just pure nonsense. The most famous example is undoubtedly the intro to Zero Wing, a Sega Genesis game. There are several websites dedicated to the collection of engrish, but they fucking suck (I'm looking in your direction, engrish.com) because they never posted the pics I sent of Chuck's awesome Fist of the North Star "action violence" figures. So I'm going indy and compiling my own set of engrish treats. Enjoy.

At long last, the U.S. military, gays, and Nazis have joined forces!

Some use pheremones to find a mate. Others buy this shirt.

Who the hell is Mr. Pitch? I don't know, but he looks like a pretty sweet guy. Kind of like King Midas, but with grass. The back of the pillow featured Pitch-san's vital statistics (including his blood type - J, of course). I don't know why I failed to document that. I'll try to remember when we go to the dome again tomorrow.

If the user testimonials are to be believed, this is one hell of a cable. I suppose it'd better be for freaking 2000 yen.

My bedding came in a bag labelled with this. I've been laughing myself to sleep (rather than crying - it's a nice change of pace).