AH, We all have come across those articles that make us pause and say “What!?” and questioned human society. Well in this edition of the bootleg I manage to gather up a few of those stories.
First up is the Placenta beverage…
YUM, that Placenta 10000 jelly drink, really does the body good!
Well food or beverages that promise beauty or health are always popular now days. Ignorant people feel that by ingesting those products, they are doing their body good. Well this product takes the cake…
FOSHU (Food for a Specific Health Use) foods and drinks are very popular in Japan right, especially when it has promise of enhancing beauty. One of the newest beverages to be released is zero-calorie Placenta 10000 jelly drink that has 10000 mg of pig placenta. Now if you don’t know what a placenta is, it is in a nutshell, the sack that a baby is in within a mother’s womb. It is removed at birth along with the umbilical cord. In some animals (such as dogs) they eat their placenta to start the mother to produce milk to feed their young. Here’s a picture of a human placenta http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Human_placenta_both_sides.jpg I don’t recommend seeing this if you’re squeamish.
Why a placenta? Well supposedly it has regenerative properties, especially concerning beauty, and can help with dieting as well.
The drink cost $8 for the Caprisun sized drink, that supposedly tastes like peaches (Due to the artificial flavorings) . There is also a Placenta 400,000 which is a bigger dose and bottle.
Why one would drink this is WAY beyond me. Come on people, Pig’s Placenta !? As John Stossel from 20/20 would say, “Give me a break!”
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/placenta-10000-jelly-drink-is-foshu-for-beauty/
Woman has to have her bottom surgically removed from a toilet seat
I’m sorry to say that this article no longer exists on the web, since the Mainichi Daily News site only keeps track of articles up to a few days. Here’s the original link I read it off of http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/news/20080313p2g00m0dm017000c.html. Since it is now gone, I am going by memory and lost some of the nitty-gritty details.
A young woman, who lived with her boyfriend, was physically stuck to her toilet seat, after she had been on it for two years straight. She ran into the bathroom two years prior and out of intense fear or really a phobia, would not leave the bathroom toilet seat. Her skin eventually grew over the seat and when she was taken out, surgeons had to operate to remove the seat.
PIka-A-Boo!
This was on a few sites, were there was some type festivity going on, that had giant inflatable pokemon, where inside was a jumper. Well the Pikachu jumper had an interesting entrance.
Why they put it there, I don’t know, but it is stupidly amusing. I could say more, but moving on to another mascot…
http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2008/03/peeking-into-pi.html
Sexy Kitty?
“Busty former swimsuit model turned TV personality Aki Hoshino, a well-known Hello Kitty devotee, has teamed up with Sanrio to produce this limited series of cheeky T-shirts that throws” Hello Kitty innocent appearance into questioned.
The picture is of Hello Kitty in a thong bathing suit while a fluffy puppy pulls on the thong strap (Kinda like the waterbabies sun block lotion), striking a pose with two apples in hands, that I think are suppose to symbolize breasts? The other t-shirt image is of the model in a bikini with her bikini bottom also being pulled by the puppy.
The first in the “Hoshino Akitty” line is available from this month for ¥5,800.
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/kitty-chan-gets-coquettish-courtesy-of-aki-hoshino/
Scan the dead
“Memorial stone maker Ishinokoe (Voice of the Stone) of Yamanashi Prefecture will soon begin producing grave stones with QR codes embedded in them. They are calling the concept Kuyou no Mado, roughly meaning “Memorial Service Window”, as visitors can scan the code with their mobiles and get information on the deceased.
Contents can include pictures, video, family information, and other items. While using a QR code for this may actually seem a bit outdated in a country of burgeoning RFID technology, they are simple and will likely be readable by generations of future devices. The sample QR code below is readable if you have a capable phone.”
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/qr-code-graves-give-a-memorial-window/
Rent-a-Cat
Don’t have the space or money to take care of a cat? Well rent a cat! That’s right, at the Calico Café, customers can rent a cat for 800 yen an hour (about $8), so they can play with them inside the store rooms along with buying other souvenir merchandise.
http://inventorspot.com/articles/calico_caf_caters_cat_owners_craving_kitty_companionship_11879
Gotta have toilet paper!
In an article featuring Tokyo Anime Center's Top 10 Bestsellers in March. With the number one selling item being the Princess Mononoke post card set, followed by Black Jack Toilet Paper, and more anime toilet paper products. Out selling Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 Reserved Tickets, the eva coffee and other products..
http://akibanana.com/?q=node/231
I have a few more news goodies, but do not pertain to this theme, so I’ll try to post them tomorrow, since it is extremely late and I got class later on today.
Man I’m boot! Goodnight or really good morning.
Thanks for stopping by and reading this world and thank you 2short, Nehszriah, and fallenangel8 for posting news today.
-TrigunCat4
The Bootleg News Reporter now has a link on the main page, under “Worlds” and then “Promoted”. 
Hazzzah Yay ^w^! I’m really jazzed about it right now:D!
Also The BNR has gotten over 1,000 views so far OwO !
Thanks everybody for all your hard work and dedication to put out the news!
-TrigunCat4
There's a new, shiny kid on the entertainment block. A new video streaming website, hulu.com, has recently popped up offering free online streams of television shows and films. There's no software to download, no bit to torrent and it's simple enough that my mother (and probably techno-prone-grandmother) can use it. I've looked though the site and found that there is a fairly decent collection of clips, episodes and films available for the inner geek in us all. These include (but are not limited to):
- Astro Boy
- Heroes
- clips from Ninja Warrior on G4
- Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
The only real problem: there's still commercials. Ew. Last night, as I was watching New Amsterdam, I had to watch the same Sudafed commercial five times. It was slightly frustrating, but worth it. Some television shows are completely on the archive, while others have only seasons and partial seasons. Some of the films are full-length features, while others are partially there. The films are also in a wide variety of genre and quality as well, from the incredible Some Like It Hot to the dreadful Eragon (I've watched both; don't judge me).
One of the television shows that I reccommend for a good, geeky giggle is Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot, which is corny, classic sixties dubbed silliness. Think Get Smart meets a child's version of Gundam that was built by a gaijin. (Hey, it impressed my source and me.) There's nine episodes so far, all almost equally eye-rolling.
The film I reccommend: October Sky, to fit in with the theme Johnny Sokko sets down. (If you've watched it too much in high school math/science classes, then watch Kagemusha... because it's Kuro, freakin', sawa, man.)
Even if you aren't into watching the nerdly shows, there's still a good selection of programs to pick from. There's shows like Cops, McHale's Navy and Arrested Development. I even found a couple of my beloved Detroit Red Wings games floating around, along with a few Bowl games and the ever-infamous SuperBowl XLII commercials.
Wanna know the best part though? It's still under development. All the shows and films that are up, are not all that will ever be. We're going to hopefully have many more television series and films pop up in the future. Yeah, there's going to be the annoying commericals, but that's when you go and refill the milk glass and get more Oreos. There's one anime, but give the site credit: it's only been public since the twelfth of this month. Plus, the screen's larger than YouTube, at much higher image quality.
Intense.
Sources
Entertainment Weekly, March 28, 2008 "A Site for Sore Eyes" by Tim Stack (additional reporting by Tanner Stransky and review sidebar by Ken Tucker)
hulu.com
Hi this is Fallenangel8 giving you the news on Japan and Anime all the news shown on this post was releases today March 26, 2008 I got some goodies for you too!!
Speed Racer Announced for Distribution on Crunchyroll
Big news today Crunchyroll the video-streaming website (which we all know Ichigo loves so very much
) has announced today that it will offer the Speed Racer animated series via ad-supported, subscription, and download-to-own video services. The press release states that the car-racing series will be available to watch starting today, but only three trailers for this year's live-action movie, the original opening theme, and an anime music video are on the website as of 6:00 p.m. ET. In addition to online streaming, the website plans to offer both individual episodes and digital "boxsets" with special extras through a download-to-own service. The downloads in this service will have no digital rights management (DRM).
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-26/speed-racer-announced-for-distribution-on-crunchyroll
Idol Singer Shoko Nakagawa to Perform at Anime Expo
Anime Expo has announced that otaku personality/singer/actress Shoko "Shokotan" Nakagawa will perform at the July 3-6 convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Nakagawa debuted as the grand prize winner of the Popolo Girl Audition in 2001, but her popularity among otaku took off when she launched her blog in 2004.She sang theme songs for the Eyeshield 21, Hakaba Kitarō, Yoshimune, and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann anime series.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-26/idol-singer-shoko-nakagawa-to-perform-at-anime-expo
In Yaoi News
Yaoi Jamboree Hosts Artists Eiki Eiki, Mikiyo Tsuda
The Yaoi Jamboree convention has announced that the boys-love manga artists Eiki Eiki and Mikiyo Tsuda will attend its inaugural June 20-22 event in Phoenix, Arizona. Eiki Eiki conceived and drew Dear Myself, The Art of Loving, World's End, and other manga titles. Tsuda created The Day of Revolution, Family Complex, and Princess Princess (pictured at right), which was televised as both an anime series and a live-action drama series. Tsuda also co-created Color and other manga with Eiki under her other pen name, Taishi Zaou. In fact the two creators share a website called Kozouya. Digital Manga Publishing, which has released or announced all the above titles except Color in North America, is sponsoring the two artists' appearance.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-25/yaoi-jamboree-hosts-artists-eiki-eiki-mikiyo-tsuda
-fallenangel8
I'm sorry for interrupting the news, but I'm trying out a new background for the Bootleg.
The picture I used for the side bar picture is this 
I'm still tinkering around with the header picture.
Please tell me what you think, so I can edit it or trash the idea all together.
Also if you have ideas about the BNR's design please let me know through a PM or comment here.
Thanks for hearing me out.
-TrigunCat4
