-
Killing Machine appears at Japanese baseball stadium, Dragon Quest fans thrilled【Video】
投稿日 2021年6月15日 12:00:34 (ニュース)
-
続・お知らせ。海外セレブゴシップ&ニュース
-
お知らせ
-
We spot the legendary dekotora Aki Kannon, dedicated to actress and singer Aki Yashiro
-
New Pokémon GU collaboration dresses all the family, including babies for the first time
-
How do European Cup Noodles taste to a Japanese palate?
-
We’ve been doing it wrong – Japanese genius shows us how we should all be making sandwiches【Pics】
-
The future is now with full face sunglasses
-
Natto-infused ramen is a thing — we tried it, we love it【Taste test】
-
Jellyfish and Halloween in perfect harmony at Sumida Aquarium event
-
Japanese toilet paper collection opens our minds as we open our butts
-
Aomori police on the lookout for man shouting unsolicited advice at kids about dating and ramen
-
Former Arashi members Sho Sakurai and Masaki Aiba get married… Wait, that didn’t come out right
-
Creator of Japan’s longest-running manga, Golgo 13, passes away, leaves fans one last gift
-
Crazy cheap cosplay at Daiso? How to transform into Dragon Ball’s Vegeta at the discount shop
-
7 Halloween-themed afternoon teas you won’t want to miss this year
-
Krispy Kreme Japan creates doughnut burgers that are a meal and two desserts all in one【Photos】
-
Get in the damn drift car, Shinji? Evangelion Tomika toy brings D1 machine home in miniature form
-
Demon Slayer Nichiren Blades ready for new duty: Slicing through your sweets as dessert knives
-
Man in Japan arrested for breaking into ex-girlfriend’s apartment to steal her Nintendo Switch
-
The Japanese Internet chooses the top too-sexy-for-their-own-good male voices in anime
-
First-ever Studio Ghibli x Russell Athletic range pays homage to My Neighbour Totoro
-
Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan announces first expansion with new Donkey Kong area
-
Cup Noodle pouch satisfies our never-ending need for instant ramen
-
Retro Japanese train is our new favourite office space
-
How do Japanese fans feel about Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop opening sequence?
-
We try Uniqlo coffee at first-ever cafe inside Ginza flagship store
-
The number of elderly people in Japan this year has yet again smashed multiple records
-
Mr. Sato broadens his home drinking horizons at Kaldi【Japan’s Best Home Senbero】
-
We try Japanese Twitter’s newest trend the Penguin Egg, end up hatching something very disturbing
-
Takoyaki makers surprisingly good at grilling meat for yakiniku too
Sponsored Link
Video game monster brings the heat with a sizzling fastball.
On Saturday, Japanese professional baseball’s Seibu Lions welcomed the visiting Chunichi Dragons to MetLife Dome in the town of Tokorozawa, just north of Tokyo. But regardless of which team fans were rooting for, it’s a safe bet that just about all of them were happy that a Killing Machine also made its way to the stadium that day.
Ordinarily, potentially fatal contraptions aren’t the sort of things you want running around any space where a crowd of people has gathered. However, this wasn’t just a killing machine, but a capitalized Killing Machine, as in the name of the recurring monster from the Dragon Quest video game series. It was also a particularly well-behaved one that apparently follows the “when in Rome, do as the Romans do” philosophy, because instead of being there to kill, it was there to play baseball, and threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
After introducing itself as “Killer Pitching Machine” via a text message on the stadium’s scoreboard, the monster from Dragon Quest showed it can by a monster on the mound too by hurling a 199-kilometer-per-hour (123.7-mile-per-hour) fastball to Lions catcher Komei Fujisawa.
The Killing Machine’s appearance was part of a cross-promotion between the Seibu Lions and mobile game Dragon Quest Walk. And just like pro ballplayers’ friends and family come out to the stadium en masse to cheer them on, a group of sports-loving Slimes took over a part of the stands.
Sponsored Link
【 ドラクエ・キラーマシン 始球式 】#ドラゴンクエスト #キラーマシン pic.twitter.com/Ze1J0IWjZg
— GODZILLA55 (@Victory_Cyclone) June 12, 2021
As for the men in black surrounding the Killing Machine, they’re not doing Dragon Quest cosplay. They’re a team of kuroko, a sort of stagehand involved in traditional kabuki performances whose all-black outfits are taken as a sort of “pay them no mind” instruction, which theater-goers are generally happy to comply with. It is pretty unusual to see them in a sports setting, but Killing Machine made its first appearance in Dragon Quest II, back when the games’ enemies still didn’t have any animation in battle scenes, so it staying still while the kuroko help load up its ball is actually, in its own way, extremely loyal to the source material.
By the way, the Lions went on to win the game by a score of 7-3 and got off to an explosive start with six runs scored in the first inning, so maybe we’ll see more professional sports teams in Japan bringing out video game monsters to try and create a home-field advantage.
Source: YouTube/埼玉西武ライオンズ via IT Media
Images: YouTube/埼玉西武ライオンズ
● Want to hear about SoraNews24’s latest articles as soon as they’re published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Source: SORA NEWS24
Sponsored Link
最新情報