Japan’s obsession with all things cute is certainly nothing new, with comical little characters created for practically every business or organisation out there – all the way from those concerned about the climate to coppers. However whilst big anime eyes always have a high cute count, somewhat surprisingly faeces it seems also fares fairly well.
For those fond of excrement flying about for example, this turd-related toy is ideal. Or alternatively, if simply waving the whiffy stuff around is preferred, then this shit on a stick offering is positively perfect.
And even that colossus of cute the mobile phone accessory isn’t immune to the magic of waste matter, as these toilet-related trinkets sell likes hot cakes apparently.
The unbelievable popularity of such poo-based pendants happily proclaimed by Japanese online mobile mogul Strapya.
Which says it all really.
And then some.
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Best advertisting I’ve ever seen.
Now I can understand what there are Poo monsters in the Blue Dragon game for Xbox360 console…
I wondered who the “von Traumer” who sold the poo-on-the-stick was, so I did a quick Google and found they also have a nice range of hats:
http://www.konamistyle.jp/ecitem/item31805.html