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Cosplay (short for “costume play”) is quite the rage for Otaku everywhere, but it is usually limited to special events and places like Akihabara. Looks like a few people decided to take their cosplay on an excursion here to freak out the masses:  Most cosplay outfits I have seen do not involve masks – maybe this [...]

A past Engrish submitter also threw in this photo of a funky mannequin found in a Handan, China department store. It kinda creeps me out, so I knew I had to share it:  Does anyone have any idea what this design is all about? I’m sure it’ll grab your attention in the mall.

A past Engrish submitter just turned me on to his hilarious collection of photos on Flickr that show people sleeping in public places in Tokyo. This is actually not as uncommon as you would think. People pass out all the time after a night of drinking and missing the last train home:  You’ll often find people [...]

This iPhone game app came out in August from an Italian developer and it really put to hard tries your intelligence!  Nice to see the Italians stepping up.  The text was apparently translated using a computer program. After searching on iTunes I could only find Oxxo (not Oxxo Lite) and it has since been corrected. The users comments on [...]

A few years back, I heard what was considered to be an urban legend by foreigners in Japan:  that there was a sign in a Tokyo train station that asked you not to leave corpses in their lockers.The legend goes that there were dead bodies being left in lockers so the management felt the need [...]

In another Brog exclusive entry for Racist Week, I found this sign in my archives just the other day. Looks like they encourage whitey to get ahead… I considered posting this as an Engrish of the Day, but it contains no Engrish…

I received this pic as an Engrish submission back in 2005, but I was unsure what to do with it. It’s not really Engrish per se, but it is a very weird combo:  Pyramid Power + Toilet = ??? What could it possibly mean? The proponents of pyramid power claim that the energy created from the shape [...]

Here’s a real test of the Japanese event companion girl’s composure…  In a way, the Japanese event companion girl is like the British Buckingham Palace Guards – except that they stay smiling no matter what the circumstances.  I am guessing that the origins are a Japan car show, although the boy looks Chinese (and I [...]