Courtesy ofSiliconerawe bring you that picture above from (where else?) the Land of the Rising Sun.
Yes, it’s funny thatPokémonare so famous, and Piplupisadorable, but I think the real point here is how utterly ironic this whole thing is. Japan, in creating these ornamentations, has inadvertently begun celebrating a God forced upon them in days of yore by Caucasians by deitizing a brand that has become simply godlike in terms of its following and units sold, which they themselves have been pushing to our side of the globe for a decade or so. In a way it’s the ultimate expression of the triumph of capitalism over religion during the Christmas season, and an excellent example of the subtle Japanese manipulation of the world around them.
