Soraoto Pantsu Fest

-Something interesting I wanted to share with you:
This last Saturday's Sora Fest! An event inspired by the anime "Sora no Otoshimono" where 160 paying attendees, alongside Hisashi Saito (the anime's director) science-fiction author Housuke Nojiri, and Kazuhiko Hachiya (the artist best known for developing OpenSky's life-size jet-assisted glider inspired by Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind), and TBS television announcer Jun Suzuki appeared at the event to launch over 100 rubber-band-powered flying-panties models.

-This event actually has a website.

-And here's the description the site gives to explain their shenanigans:
"NKH, an amateur group of aspiring web-livecasters, and Nicotech, an open Internet community of Sunday engineers, co-host Sora-Fes!, an event for all flying-gadget lovers.Sora-Fes, literary meaning "Sky-Festival" in Japanese, welcomes anyone who wants to share their love for sky and flying toys. The admission includes an rubberband-powered ornithopter or "Flying Panty," which all participants make and test-flight together.This event holds a talk session of three prominent figures: SciFi author Housuke Nojiri, TV announcer Jun Suzuki and media artist Kazuhiko Hachiya. Flying crafts of Nicotech members will be displayed at the event, and participants are welcome to bring their own and test-flight at the open space.
Sora-fes is held on Saturday, March 6th at 3331 ARTS CYD, Akihabara, Tokyo
For more information, contact NKH at sorafes@enjoynicolive.com"

-Now, if you're reading this and you're confused because you have absolutely no idea in this world, why the heck people would wish to gather together fly pantsu- then that's because you probably haven't seen Sora no Otoshimono- an anime which provides a unique ending sequence that shows many pairs of pantsu flying peacefully around the world.

Sora no Otoshimono is actually a really entertaining anime, and wasn't released too long ago. It is within Kazu's recommendation that you watch. :3 To tell you the honest truth- I think what they're doing is really cool, and if I could be there- I'd be doing it with them!

Here's some images below from the event thanks to Gigazine, who made a great article covering the event:

If you'd like to visit the whole article at Run Around Kazu, click here: http://www.runaroundkazu.com/2010/03/soraoto-pantsu-fest.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RunAroundKazu+(Run+Around+Kazu) or check the sources below for further information.

credit and sources:
http://enjoynicolive.com/event/sorafes/#english
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/
http://gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20100308_sorafes_flying_session/

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