Otaku Shoot Japanese Girls Giving Low Blows to Evil Genius

Upon entering an amusement park in Tokyo we saw a large crowd waiting with a row of photographers in back.

What motivates photographers to line up and stand for hours with tens of thousands of dollars worth of cameras and sophisticated lenses mounted on tripods?

Ahhh...obviously evil genius. This character walked out on the stage and started scheming wickedly. The cameras started clicking...

And then the heroes appeared! Super hero school girls with falsetto voices. (when I was a kid super heroes were earnest men in tights....) So naturally the evil villain sent his twisted sidekick to break their young minds by spinning brain mulching music with the record player mounted on his chest. Very retro!

It worked so well that he went for the kill by forcing the hapless heroines to hula dance. Their minds began to liquify to the savage ukelele; the crowd leaned forward with tension. Brutal!

But the girls RESPONDED with Kung Fu kicks to the groin!

Even the evil genius could not withstand their low blows. And all was well again.

But the row of photographers must not have taken enough photos, or blinked at the perfect moment, or something, because they all stayed for the rest of the afternoon watching show after show. Under the rollercoaster, which had a pretty good loop in it.

Just FYI - These are manga characters from a popular cartoon. Actually they're ordinary people in costumes miming to a pre-recorded soundtrack. But such things go a long way with kids, families and otaku with cameras who stalk live manga costumed character shows. I've been reading how manga is gaining a following in the USA. Well...