Loony Toons
“I now pronounce you man and wife.
You may now kiss the two-dimensional cartoon character.”
A Japanese man has enlisted hundreds of people in a campaign to allow marriages between humans and cartoon characters, saying he feels more at ease in the “two-dimensional world”.
Comic books are immensely popular in Japan, with some fictional characters becoming celebrities or even sex symbols.
Marriage is meanwhile on the decline as many young Japanese find it difficult to find life partners.
Taichi Takashita launched an online petition aiming for one million signatures to present to the government to establish a law on marriages with cartoon characters.
Within a week he has gathered more than 1000 signatures through.
“I am no longer interested in three dimensions. I would even like to become a resident of the two-dimensional world,” he wrote.
“However, that seems impossible with present-day technology. Therefore, at the very least, would it be possible to legally authorise marriage with a two-dimensional character?”
Befitting his desire to be two-dimensional, he listed no contact details, making it impossible to reach him for comment to explain if his campaign is serious or tongue-in-cheek.
But some people signing the petition are true believers.
“For a long time I have only been able to fall in love with two-dimensional people and currently I have someone I really love,” one person wrote.
“Even if she is fictional, it is still loving someone. I would like to have legal approval for this system at any cost,” the person wrote.
It could be worse, I guess. Like marrying a dolphin.
Update: And now for…
The Top 5 Things You Might Hear During a Marital Argument
5. “You’ve become way too bookish for me.”
4. “My, you’re animated today.”
3. “I want to turn a new page in this marriage.”
2. “I’m sure I have a rubber in here somewhere.”
1. “You anime!”
Update: If you could marry a cartoon character, who would it be, and why?
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
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That last question has answers ranging from the quasi-practical to the pornographic. For one, how many people are going to want to marry the same 'sex symbols' anyway? Can they be considered 'sex symbols' if they're married? Would the creators of the story lines for the cartoon characters have to then include the unluckily born 3D into subsequent works? And, besides, it seems like the only way to make sure that someone else isn't writing just to screw up your marriage would be to either halt new stories (creating boredom) or have it be a cartoon that you've written yourself. In which case, why should anyone bother with the additional stress put on their hands through drawing? Just asking…
Farfur the Jew murdering mouse. …..but I heard he was martyred
Between this and the wife-swapping post I'm getting a brand-new perception of what goes on at those comic-book conventions.
Bugs Bunny is too cool. I think life with him might not be bad… if i had to marry a cartoon character
I was kind of thinking of Goku (from Dragonball Z),because he's both strong and funny, but there are a couple of obstacles to that. A. He'd eat me out of house and home, and B. we're both already married.
Obviously, I would have to choose Rosie, the Jetson's maid: http://www.jeffbots.com/rosie.html ” target=”_blank”>http://www.jeffbots.com/rosie.html Because, then my flying car would be ready and waiting.
What, no Jessica Rabbit?
I was going to say Jessica Rabbit before seeing your post… Although would she be able to cook a nice Shabat dinner …