Thursday, January 10, 2008

Anpanman

What the heck is Anpanman?

He is one of the most popular Japanese anime cartoon series.

Anpanman is the main character and here is his description from Wikipedia:

He is the main character of the anime, whose head is a bun made by Jam Ojisan. His name comes from the fact that he is a man with a head made of bread that is filled with bean jam called an anpan. His weakness is water or anything that makes his head dirty. He regains his health and strength when Jam Ojisan bakes him a new head and it is placed on his shoulders. Anpanman's damaged head, with Xs in his eyes, flies off his shoulders once a new baked head lands. He was created when a shooting star landed in Jam Ojisan's oven while he was baking.

So what does this have to do with anything? Good question - well Kyle got a flying Anpanman for Christmas from my sister-in-law's parents (they live in Japan). He loves this thing and always wants to see him fly....yes I said he flies...around our kitchen...attached to a string...which is attached to my ceiling now. Oh yeah and he has a crazy propeller attached to the back of him and if you get too close he may take a portion of your face out. It really is hilarious to just watch this thing go around and around - and like I said Kyle loves it.

Here he is just hanging around in my kitchen:


Please note scary propeller on the back - currently not spinning:


This is Anpanman in action (kinda scary huh?):

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