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Shokotan’s Hero Comes to Life via Earthworm Jim’s Creator

Two forces I never expected to combine are Shokotan, eccentric voice actress/cat-bum-sniffer and Doug TenNapel, surprisingly conservative creator of Earthworm Jim. But here we have their twisted baby in the form of Go Sukashi! Sukashi is a very special hero, but not appreciated by his girlfriend, Youtube’s Brookers. Yeah, I guess she makes for yet another odd addition to this creative group.

In any case, the effects are good, and the humor isn’t bad either. Have a look.

News of all this came my way via ANN, who reports on the popularity of the character back home:

In 2007, Nakagawa created an illustration of Sukashi Kashipanman based on her interest in sand dollars (sukashikashipan) and sweet buns (kashi pan). After showcasing the design on her blog and television appearances, Nakagawa turned the character in a mini-franchise with anime on mobile phone websites, a Nintendo DS game, a manga by Arima Honda in Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine, and even an official sweet bun in LAWSON convenience stores. A DVD titled Sukashi Kashipan Man the Movie was released last year.

The live-action adaptation of Go Sukashi! has an official home page here.

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2 comments - What do you think? Posted by Claytonian - November 26, 2009 at 5:04 pm

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Comment by James

2009-11-26 22:39:24

That was great! “Are you done fighting invisible people now?” I lol’d

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Comment by Nova

2009-11-27 02:31:59

ha ha ha. poor guy. I liked the way he made the sword appears.

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