R.I.P. Anpanman
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I was stunned to come across the scene of a crime involving a celebrity while jogging. This is a small fishing island. We don’t usually get such big stars around here. We certainly don’t usually get them dead on the rocky shores of a hard to access beach. I’m thinking professional hit job, my fellow island ALT Will, or a rough encounter with a devious pastry-like baked femme fatale. Any other speculation? My high school kids are going to be distraught when they see this on the news (or I tell them). Then again, maybe they’ll just laugh. You never know. Grief is sometimes expressed in strange ways.




on February 26th, 2008 at 9:43 am
why I think this case is on the Middle-aged Detective-woman show, which is on around 11:30 am weekdays here
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on February 26th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Too bad I’m doing nothing here at work. I could go watch the show and figure out why Anpanman lies dead at the bottom of a cliff wall on the back road near a scenic vista gazebo. I mean…I really want to know.
on February 26th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
he appears to have been suffocated with a bag. Sad. I guess his super power of letting people EAT HIS HEAD didn’t come in useful. Shocking that.
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on February 26th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Chuck - You kill me.
Ha ha ha. (
Kill…hmmm…where were you 2 nights ago?)
on February 26th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
[...] Deas has reported that one of the most popular cartoon characters in Japan, Anpanman, has been found at the foot of a cliff on the shore of Hakata island. The man with a head made of bread is known for one of his more [...]
on February 26th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
its so sad
on February 26th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
It is pretty sad, Aileen. Let’s hope it was his stunt double.