Alright, this is the last one I’m putting up for tonight. I honestly planned to call it a night after that last post but then I saw this and knew that there was no way I could walk away. Some of you may remember my very scathing early impressions of the flying pantsu anime Sora no Otoshimono last month. If you didn’t catch them, I’ll summarize: I hated this series. I even gave it a second chance and watched all the way up the fourth episode and still hated this series. Unfortunately, my opinion doesn’t really matter here because there are plenty of people who do love this series and have even become inspired by it.

One of the most memorable moments of the series so far has been the ED for episode two. You know exactly which one I’m talking about:

Fans marveled at the beauty of the majestic flying pantsu but lamented that it could never be a reality for them. But that was then and one man has stepped forward to create a brand new world for otaku everywhere. Creator of the sci-fi series Rocket Girls, Nojiri Housuke, has invented the flying pantsu launcher. Confirming his invention via Twitter, Housuke also posted a video onto NicoNico painting and launching his rubber band powered paper flying pantsu machine. And the damn thing actually works! The first 90 seconds of the video are of him painting his pantsu (he goes with a nice green and white stripe design, very classy) before letting them fly in a park.

He says that he can’t yet comment on the plans to commercialize the toy but he hopes to meet the expectations of the show’s fans. Dude, you have created a way for otaku everywhere to recreate what is becoming, creepy or not, one of the most popular ED animations of the year. I’m pretty sure you’re going to win an award for this somewhere down the line.

<Via MyAnimeList>

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