quote: You can't take the voluptuous, bikini-clad vixens from Tecmo's Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball to bed with you -- but if you buy an Xbox in Japan this March, Microsoft will give you the next best thing.
...to celebrate the Japanese release of Dead or Alive Online next month, Microsoft is rolling out a special edition Xbox set with an extra-special bonus -- a dakimakura, or "hugging pillow," that features a life-size, front-and-back print of teenage character Kasumi in a skimpy bikini.
...Hugging pillows are printed with life-size artwork of popular animé characters, and are basically life-size teddy bears for adult males, but otaku's relationships with their dakimakura can get a little more personal.
"I guess they're supposed to be used ... as pillows to hug, of course ... and for other obscene purposes that I would rather not mention."
What can you say? Sex sells.
[ February 10, 2004, 12:45 AM: Message edited by: Liquor and Fireworks ]
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Isn't this kind of like giving out inflateable women as a bonus? Of course, in Japan that sort of thing is probably acceptable, which I really don't understand.
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You know, I don't have a problem with the idea of them handing out inflatable doll substitutes. My huge problem is the fact that they are handing out inflatable doll substitutes of teenagers!
[ February 10, 2004, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: jack ]
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The thing with cartoon porn in Japan comes largly from their ban of photographic porn. They cannot show pubic hair in print, so their magazines of questionable intent show people supposedly getting it on while wearing underpants and stuff. Or so a friend of ours who is Japanese told Ron.
In any case, it has sort of backfired, in a way. I mean, you can get way kinkier with drawinga than with real life people.
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