Japan Capitulates, Begins Disassembling Giant Robot of Mass Destruction
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Good news, everybody! We won’t be dragged into a war with Japan, as the nation has bowed to international pressure and begun disassembling the giant, 60-foot-tall Gundam statue in Odaiba. It would have been a war we couldn’t possible win, given Japan’s… you know, GIANT 6O-FOOT-TALL GUNDAM, but also its endless supply of overemotional, insecure teenagers to pilot it.
In all honesty, I’m sad they’re taking it down. Given how popular it was there and on the nettertubes of the entire world, it seems everybody would have preferred it remain. Surely Bandai, owners of all things Gundam, would love to have a permanent display of Gundam’s popularity on show like that. I wonder who made who take it down? Alas. (Via Alt Japan)
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