An ancient Japanese tradition meets a modern Japanese obsession. The result — a scratchy voice over.

*whisper* Fried Shrimp!

If you go to robogeisha.com, you’ll see the movie is due out this Fall. I’m trembling in anticipation. The writer/director, Noboru Iguchi, has also given us such high-minded films as Entrails of a Larva and A Larva to Love. So the sky is the limit.

Here is a trailer for his masterpiece, Sukeban Boy. WARNING: Contains boobies and, er, male nipple torture.

One day, someone will explain the Japanese culture to me in a way that I’ll understand. When that day comes, God help me, I may start cross-dressing in a school girl uniform.