Category: Fun

Dog Prayer Before Going To Bed – Seriously!

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Dog Prayer Before Going To Bed – Seriously!

I might have introduced this video before. The following comment is so splendid that I am convinced by it despite myself.

Masatoshi Takeshita
August 9, 2015


Excerpt from a Japanese article: Cat videos nekowan! – January 26, 2015 –

Dog Prayed Before Going To Bed – Seriously!


1.     Nameless catlover@nekowan!            January 25, 2015 14:22          id:LPzUL8gU0

Terrific!

2.     Nameless catlover@nekowan!            January 25, 2015 14:51          id:Ktn3K25K0

There must be the old man inside it. Mustn’t it?


Comic Trio with Doggy as Leader

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Comic Trio with Doggy as Leader
This trio seems to be quite famous.

Masatoshi Takeshita
April 29, 2015


Except from a Japanese article: Hiroiro – April 28, 2015 –


This doggy talks a lot.
I don’t understand what he is saying but I vaguely get it. It makes me laugh.

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Say something (Cover) sung by Emanuel and his dog Junior !

You Tube – October 12, 2014 –




I thought it was a well-made stuffed kitten because of outlandish movement. Seeing the last scene, I got the reason of such movement.

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I thought it was a well-made stuffed kitten because of outlandish movement. Seeing the last scene, I got the reason of such movement.

I thought it was a well-made stuffed kitten because of outlandish movement. Seeing the last scene, I got the reason of such movement.

Masatoshi Takeshita
March 24, 2015


Video YouTube – April 15, 2014 –

Too Cute! I thought it must be a stuffed kitten. Now I see how it is.


Funeral also for AIBO – Joint funeral for 19 dead AIBOs in Chiba Prefecture

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Funeral also for AIBO – Joint funeral for 19 dead AIBOs in Chiba Prefecture

How shall I describe? Is it sad, funny or ridiculous? This article gives me an impression that robotic dogs were treated much better than husbands.
There is a stunning fact in the article: it sounds like organ trafficking. Israel must get involved in it. (I’m kidding.)

Masatoshi Takeshita
March 2, 2014


Reprint from a Japanese article: Livedoornews – February 27, 2015 –

Japan Is Holding Actual Funerals For Sony’s Robotic AIBO Dogs

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With completion of support services, sad farewells are increasing.

When a decades old toy breaks down and stops working with no hope of repair, you usually just toss it or find some way to recycle the parts. But what if you’re as attached to that toy as you were a pet? In Japan, people are giving Sony’s robot AIBO dog actual funerals to say goodbye to their faithful, electronic companions.
Originally introduced way back in 1999, Sony’s AIBO — or Artificial Intelligence roBOt — went on to sell well over 150,000 units, despite a price tag well worth of $US2,000. And up until March of last year, Sony provided repair services for the robots that were packed full of electronics like sensors, cameras and servos that made them behave remarkably lifelike. Smaller companies have since popped up offering to continue to repair broken AIBOs, but replacement parts are getting scarce and the robot dogs are starting to break down in greater numbers. In other words, the artificial breed is starting to die off.



So when it’s determined that a broken AIBO is beyond repair, it’s scavenged for parts to help revive another AIBO who might still have a few years of companionship left in it. But not before the robot dog’s owner gives it a proper send off. Last month, at a 450-year-old Buddhist temple in Isumi, outside Toyko, a small collection of dead AIBO’s were given a proper Japanese-style funeral, complete with tags showing where the pets came from and who they belonged to.
It might seem silly, but anyone who’s ever dealt with the loss of a pet will understand how difficult it can be, and a proper send-off makes it a little easier to say goodbye. On another level, it’s a testament to how successful Sony’s engineers were at creating an artificial companion that consumers got so incredibly attached to. It’s doubtful that anyone over the age of five will shed a tear when a Tickle Me Elmo stops giggling one day. [Phys.org via Neatorama]
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Source: Phys.org via Neatorama

Andres Liszewski – Gizmodo TOYLANS


Untold story behind production of movie ‘Shaun the Sheep’ “The idea of giving him his own film was “almost too easy”, but ….

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Untold story behind production of movie ‘Shaun the Sheep’ “The idea of giving him his own film was “almost too easy”, but ….

Our family has enjoyed seeing this movie series since our child was a junior high school student. I find this animation interesting in that no words are used. This animation is made in a way that we can understand the story and the meaning just by seeing pictures.
This means that we do not always need to use words to understand something. When seeing this animation, we laugh or enjoy it. In other words, it turns out that words are not always indispensable for sensation or feelings.
All I want to say is that animals such as dogs or cats that can’t speak human language have heart and feelings, above all, sensation.
Some people in this world seem to mistakenly perceive language activity as consciousness. According to the article I picked up in the past, it has finally been accepted in France that animals have sensation. I wonder when humans will accept that animals have feelings and heart.

Masatoshi Takeshita
February 12, 2015


Excerpt from an article: THE HUFFPOST – February 11, 2015 –

Untold Story behind production of movie ‘Shaun the Sheep’ “The idea of giving him his own film was “almost too easy”, but ….

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Aardman Animations have done it again, with ‘Shaun the Sheep’ garnering universal praise and chuckles for its simple tale of a little sheep getting lost in the big smoke. How DO they do it?
“Precisely, that,” explains Peter Lord, creator of Morph and uber-meister of Aardman in Bristol, where the magic still takes place.
“Before we invent anything, we say to ourselves, ‘Sheep in the city’? Yes, that works.

All Shaun wanted was a day off - how difficult could it be?

 “We just do what amuses us,” he ponders, when pressed. “We really don’t try to guess, only very occasionally we wonder if it’s understandable, translatable, or just us laughing to ourselves. But Shaun, his story was pretty straightforward.
“It’s about a creature, who could be any one of us, deciding he just wants a day off, and from that tiny decision, everything goes haywire. That, to me, is a pretty universal concept. It’s certainly happened to me a few times,” he adds.
Simple and splendid, it is, as Shaun’s big screen outing finds him waking up on the farm, at the start of a very normal day, which sees him variously stowing away on a bus, breaking out of an animal pound, eating French delicacies in a restaurant, hanging out in a new-wave barber’s salon, and… oh, you’ll just have to see the film to count the numerable scrapes, near-misses and sweet encounters that Shaun and his fellow sheep, plus the tireless Bitzer get themselves into, in their mission to rescue the farmer they have unwittingly put into deepest urban peril.
Best-laid plans of sheep, Bitzer and men...

 It’s another masterpiece from the Bristol-based studio that is already clunking heavily under the weight of Oscars and other awards for their painstaking but timeless work. Shaun has been hanging around the studio since he first appeared in ‘A Close Shave’, before his agent secured him his own TV series. But for Peter and co, the idea of giving him his own film was “almost too easy”.
“We were very cautious,” he reflects now. “But Golly (that's director and writer Richard Starzak in IMDB, Golly to everyone else) sold it to us. He’s extremely funny, and he understands Shaun very well.”
The decision has obviously paid off, and there are plenty more adventures already planned for Shaun, which will make a busy time for Peter Lord, already busy creating web-based adventures for his original creation, one Morph. So, at risk of stirring up trouble, I ask Peter who his favourite is at at the moment…
“Oh dear, you’ve done it now,” he admits. “Well, this week, because of all the fanfare, I’d have to say Shaun. Yep, just as I feared. Morph’s over there in the corner, and he’s giving me one of his looks. I can’t forget about him. He wouldn’t let me.”
'Shaun the Sheep: The Movie' is in cinemas now (to be released on July 4 in Japan). Watch the trailer below...

Homepage for the movie in Japan
“The movie Shaun the Sheep – Back to the home –“


“I am a damselfly!” Photo of damselfly having utmost level of effect like fairy tale or fantasy world

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“I am a damselfly!” Photo of damselfly having utmost level of effect like fairy tale
 or fantasy world

This video is another thing I recommend for you.

Masatoshi Takeshita
January 24, 2015


English translation of the excerpt from a Japanese article: Karapaia – January 24, 2014 –


An amateur photographer in Rumania, Lemus Typria (phonetic spelling) is skilled at eliciting beauty peculiar to living creatures. He chose damselflies as the subject this time.

Damselflies are smaller and thinner than ordinary dragonflies. Small-sized damselflies really look like “short yarn waste.” With his skillfulness, they look like so lovable and shy creatures








Incidentally, the body of damselfly is so thin that it looks like lint.


Just watch this cat video. It will give you good luck. – “*Kagami-mochi Cat”

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Just watch this cat video. It will give you good luck. – “*Kagami-mochi Cat”

Maru is still in good shape.

Masatoshi Takeshita
January 3, 2014
   
Note: *Kagami-mochi is a special traditional Japanese decoration for the New Year, usually displayed inside the house in the kamidana, for Toshigami, the god of the new year, to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year.
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English translation of the excerpt from a Japanese article: Karapaia – January 3, 2015 –

Just watch this cat video. It will give you good luck. –“Kagami-mochi Cat”

Round rice cake and Maru

Maru as an idol cat on the Internet has a lot of fans across the world. According to Maru’s owner, Maru seemed to love so much a box in which a Kagami-mochi (round rice cake) had been put. He put the whole body inside the box. The owner put a plastic mochi and orange cover on his head. He seemed to be devoted to become a Kagami-mochi cat, caring nothing about the cover.



“I’ll train you to improve your piano skill!” Cat intrudes during enthusiastic performance of owner.

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“I’ll train you to improve your piano skill!” Cat intrudes during enthusiastic performance of owner.

This video shows the world that NWO (*Neko Word Order) will lead to.

(Note) *Neko means a cat in Japanese.
Masatoshi Takeshita
December 9, 2014


English translation of the excerpt of a Japanese article Zaiga – December 9, 2014 –





A female owner is playing the piano with heart and soul. A cat desperately clings to her left arm and gives her a relentless training. The cat enjoys her hand-arm vibration like an electric massager. The cat is the very ruler of the world.

[Shiba-chan] Mascot dog at tobacco stand gives “Omotenashi” (hospitality) to a foreign woman. “Oh, my dog!”

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[Shiba-chan] Mascot dog at tobacco stand gives “Omotenashi” (hospitality) to a foreign woman. “Oh, my dog!”

“Shiba-chan” has enjoyed such great popularity that sales of the stand might have increased ten times. I suppose that Shiba-chan has a chance of becoming not a shrine dog but a deity enshrined in Shiba-chan Shrine some day in the future.”

Masatoshi Takeshita
November 20, 2014


English translation of the excerpt from a Japanese article: THE HUFFINGTON POST – November 19, 2014 –

[Shiba-chan] Mascot dog at tobacco stand gives “Omotenashi” (hospitality) to a foreign woman. “Oh, my dog!”


There is a mascot dog, Shiba Inu “Shiba-chan” at “Suzuki” tobacco stand in Musashi-koganei, Tokyo.

Friendly Shiba-chan welcomes customers in the full lush of life.

In August, a foreign woman posted the image of Shiba-chan on YouTube. It has been in the spotlight since then. As of November 19, the video has been replayed more than 300,000 times.

Shiba-chan loves cucumbers.


Recently, more and more people have learned about the tobacco stand by word of mouth and they are visiting the stand. Reportedly, Shiba-chan sometimes gets slightly tired. In that case, there is a poster saying “We’d like to ask you to just look quietly at him.”