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Kamehameha-ing Is The New Planking In Japan
(And just FYI, baguetting is the new planking in the US.) When Japanese teenagers aren’t busy making their foreheads look like bagels, they’re apparently being really awesome. Schoolgirls in Japan are posting photos of themselves doing Kamehameha attacks and other moves from the popular manga and anime series Dragon Ball. And these aren’t just pictures of people standing around pretending to shoot energy blasts. The students are staging entire anime battles, with one person posing as the attacker while everyone else jumps backward at precisely the right moment. Snap the picture, and suddenly it looks like the whole group has been blasted through the air by some invisible superpower. AMAZING. The photo craze took off in Japan in March 2013, with the most famous version becoming known as Makankosappo, a reference to Piccolo’s Special Beam Cannon attack from Dragon Ball. On March 25, a Japanese student posted a group photo on Twitter showing her classmates apparently being sent flying by a powerful energy blast. The picture spread rapidly, inspiring other students to create their own gravity-defying scenes. (And just FYI, baguetting is the new planking in the US.) When Japanese teenagers aren’t busy making their foreheads look like bagels, they’re apparently being really awesome. Schoolgirls in Japan are posting photos of themselves doing Kamehameha attacks and other moves from the popular manga and anime series Dragon Ball. And these aren’t just pictures of people standing around pretending to shoot energy blasts. The students are staging entire anime battles, with one person posing as the attacker while everyone else jumps backward at precisely the right moment. Snap the picture, and suddenly it looks like the whole group has been blasted through the air by some invisible superpower. AMAZING. The photo craze took off in Japan in March 2013, with the most famous version becoming known as Makankosappo, a reference to Piccolo’s Special Beam Cannon attack from Dragon Ball. On March 25, a Japanese student posted a group photo on Twitter showing her classmates apparently being sent flying by a powerful energy blast. The picture spread rapidly, inspiring other students to create their own gravity-defying scenes. j-cast.com+1 The trend became so popular that Capcom USA, the company behind Street Fighter, even launched a Hadouken photo contest in April 2013. That’s right. Pretending to blast your friends across a schoolyard became an actual competition. What a time to be alive. The trend became so popular that Capcom USA, the company behind Street Fighter, even launched a Hadouken photo contest in April 2013. That’s right. Pretending to blast your friends across a schoolyard became an actual competition. What a time to be alive.
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Stay at the Cake Hotel for the Sweetest Dreams
Most hotels leave a chocolate on your pillow. London’s Cake Hotel took that gesture a little further: what if the pillow was dessert too?…
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Disney Word Created A Flying Fire-Breathing Dragon
In the latest “HOLY CRAP IS THAT A FREAKING DRAGON?” news, Disney has built a freaking dragon to celebrate the new Fantasyland expansion. Earlier…
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Sprite’s Giant Soda Machine Shower
You know what I would do if I won the lottery? Swimming pool full of chicken nuggets that I could dive into Scrooge McDuck…
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Make Camping Fun With A Trampoline Tent
I have a hard time getting excited about camping. There’s no electricity which means no AC, you sleep on the ground while bugs crawl…
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Senegal’s Naturally Pink Lake: The Story of Lake Retba
Senegal has a lake that looks as though somebody got carried away with the strawberry syrup. Lake Retba, also known as Lac Rose, is…
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Happy Baby, Happy Flight
I’ve flown with my baby and I only had one solution for keeping her peacefully quiet. Money can’t buy this magic solution, because it…
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World’s First Hello Kitty Beauty Spa
The world’s first Hello Kitty beauty spa has just opened in Dubai. Get pampered with a Kitty-cure mani, Toe-Tally Perfect pedi, Kitty Glam facial,…
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Aw Hell No: Flying Table
You wanna know the fastest way to make me lose my lunch? That’s a weird thing for you to want to know, but I’ll…
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Totally Furreal: Hello Kitty Airlines
Hello Kitty Airlines (aka The Cutest Airline in Existence) is the result of a collaboration between EVA Air of Taiwan and Sanrio, the company behind Hello Kitty. Sure, you could always take a smelly ol’ regular plane whose flight attendants offer little more than a bag of stale, broken pretzels and a heaping side of attitude. OR you could enjoy the Hello Kitty Airline experience, complete with Hello Kitty-branded EVERYTHING from the in-flight noms and check-in counters to flight attendants donning themed aprons. And Hello Kitty herself piloting the plane! JJk jk about the last part. Everyone knows Hello Kitty is just five apples tall. She wouldn’t be able to reach the pedals! This wasn’t EVA Air’s first trip down the pink-and-white runway, either. The airline introduced its first Hello Kitty-themed jet in 2005 and followed it with another in 2006. After those original aircraft were retired, EVA Air teamed up with Sanrio again in 2011 for a new generation of flying cuteness. And they weren’t messing around with the decorations. We’re talking Hello Kitty boarding passes, baggage stickers, headrest covers, paper cups, utensils, snacks, meals, and even ice cream. Flight attendants wore themed aprons, too. Apparently, there’s no such thing as too much Hello Kitty! The 2011 relaunch began with the Magic Star aircraft flying between Taipei and Sapporo, followed by Loves Apples and Around the World designs serving additional destinations in Japan and Asia. EVA Air eventually expanded the collection to five themed Airbus A330 jets, each with its own Hello Kitty design. That’s a whole lot of feline flying. And this wasn’t just an elaborate publicity stunt that disappeared after a few flights. EVA Air continued its partnership with Sanrio, introducing additional themed aircraft in subsequent years. Even in 2026, the airline maintains special Hello Kitty and Sanrio-themed jets on selected routes, although aircraft assignments and services can change. But seriously, if you’re still not convinced that Hello Kitty Airlines is the way to fly, then I just don’t know what to tell you. They had me at “in-flight noms.”
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That’s Just Nasty: Portable Bidet
This is a portable bidet. It’s tiny enough to carry around in a pocket or handbag and fits onto a water bottle so you…
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Get A Tour of the Louvre On Your Nintendo DS
What’s really great about the fact that the Louvre put out an audio-visual tour of the museum on the Nintendo DS (aside from it…
