Barack Obama is a Ninja with a Lightsaber

Japan-based blogger Matt Alt has made an extraordinary discovery about America's new president. Why isn't the MSM covering this? Yet another example of citizen journalists breaking news that cowards like CNN are afraid to report, blogging truth to power. Snip:

This shot of our new Commander in Chief kickin' it under a kotatsu is only matched by the one where he's wielding a pair of gleaming katana blades. Check out the full photo set on the (Japanese language) Gamu Toys site. The doll is a 1/6 scale (roughly 12") figure produced by the Japanese Hong Kong based DID Corporation.

Link to Matt's blog post, and here's the source in Japanese. Really, that photo set is not to be missed.

Previously on Boing Boing:
* Japanese monsters, and how to survive their wrath: YOKAI ATTACK
* Hunting for the Kappa Monster in Tokyo, part 1
* Hunting for the Kappa Monster in Tokyo, part 2

[#1 posted by angusm , January 21, 2009 9:24 AM]

Nothing we hadn't already guessed.

[#2 posted by Anonymous , January 21, 2009 9:24 AM]

Surely it's not two katana. It's bound to be a katana and a wakizashi as that would comprise the traditional daishō.

[#3 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 9:30 AM]

sloppy right index finger.

[#4 posted by Brainspore , January 21, 2009 9:56 AM]

I knew Obama had some difficult issues with his father, but I never realized that it was because Barack Sr. was a Sith Lord.

[#5 posted by dfbecker , January 21, 2009 10:14 AM]

This looks tailor made for Robot Chicken! Pls Pls Pls Pls PLZ make this happen, Seth Green!

[#6 posted by Falcon_Seven , January 21, 2009 10:17 AM]

It's not that CNN are cowards, they are just clueless. This will show up in some segment in about two weeks or so. I wonder if Obama-san is ronin...

[#7 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 10:25 AM]

watching live address by Obama to his staff - if he actually keeps/enforces ten percent of this, he is a ninja.

[#8 posted by Carl Rigney , January 21, 2009 10:45 AM]

Conveniently for fighting Darth Vader, the Obama figure has pop-off hands.

The downside to US homes having decent insulation is the lack of Kotatsu over here. Mmmmm, Kotatsu.

[#9 posted by Clay , January 21, 2009 10:46 AM]

Wow, the URL for this post is right out of Blazing Saddles!!!

[#10 posted by Lord Xenu , January 21, 2009 10:50 AM]

His battle cry should be, "Feel the POWER OF EXECUTIVE!"

[#11 posted by Bill , January 21, 2009 10:53 AM]

Barack is left-handed. The light saber is in the wrong hand.

[#12 posted by Destin , January 21, 2009 10:54 AM]

It's nice and all, but there's something wrong with the figure's face.

Here's what it says to me:
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h70/destinb/baraiiiins.jpg

[#13 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 10:56 AM]

kotatsu should be required by law since they save vast amounts of energy.

[#14 posted by CharlieCoats , January 21, 2009 10:59 AM]

WOW! Scrolling down that photo set was ridiculous. The pictures just get exponentially more crazy, the gun was the first bit of weird, but it just keeps getting better the further you scroll.... damn

[#15 posted by Captain Maybe , January 21, 2009 11:31 AM]

He's already been spotted making friends with Jedi:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/on-day-of-service-obama-visits--shelter/?scp=1&sq=jedi%20scott&st=Search

Not surprised at all.

[#16 posted by W. James Au , January 21, 2009 1:02 PM]

Somehow the weirdest one is Obama chilling with a blanket and a plate of oranges.

[#17 posted by MisterEd , January 21, 2009 1:40 PM]

Yeah! Obama does the Ranka Lee singing pose! (The shot between the lightsabers and the kotatsu). Obama Star!

[#18 posted by Bonnie , January 21, 2009 2:40 PM]

And then there's Barack Obacca!
http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2009/01/20/barack-obacca/

[#19 posted by MisterEd , January 21, 2009 3:31 PM]

@W. James Au: That's not a blanket - that's the kotatsu wikilinked in the OP.

[#20 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 3:39 PM]

gamu-toys boinged

[#21 posted by coldspell , January 21, 2009 4:07 PM]

Who is Barack Obama?

[#22 posted by Antinous / Moderator , January 21, 2009 4:15 PM]

He's a viral meme that got popular enough to cross over into meatspace.

[#23 posted by Anonymous , January 21, 2009 4:19 PM]

Use the change!

[#24 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 4:41 PM]

"Spare change!?"

[#25 posted by franko , January 21, 2009 5:00 PM]

he needs a better tailor. my president would never be caught in baggy attire like that -- he's MUCH too fly.

[#26 posted by Barack Obama , January 21, 2009 5:06 PM]

忍法 Jedi 4 eva!!

[#27 posted by Antinous / Moderator , January 21, 2009 5:11 PM]

my president would never be caught in baggy attire like that

His inaugural suit was way too big for him. It looked like he borrowed the jacket from Ted Kennedy. Since he's built like a clothes hanger, he should work it. Hopefully he'll take his clothing advice from Mrs. O instead of his handlers.

[#28 posted by wolfiesma , January 21, 2009 5:24 PM]

Antinous,
So you were okay with the green gloves? I'm willing to say she's just way ahead of the curve and I need to catch up. But the gloves definitely caught me off guard.

[#29 posted by Antinous / Moderator , January 21, 2009 5:30 PM]

She's the only first lady in living memory who could convincingly play Lieutenant Ripley. She can wear whatever she likes. I just hope that she doesn't go beige after a few weeks.

[#30 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 5:43 PM]

his inaugural suit was "bullet resistant".

[#31 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 5:45 PM]

http://i.gizmodo.com/5136183/barack-obamas-bulletproof-inaugural-suit

[#32 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 5:56 PM]

http://www.mrs-o.org/

[#33 posted by Noelegy , January 21, 2009 6:09 PM]

Someone, anyone, please say something to me that will make the blanket-and-oranges photo make sense.

[#34 posted by robulus , January 21, 2009 6:13 PM]

Hey Clay, thanks for finding a delicate way to point that out. I almost sprayed my coffee when I saw the topic abreviation in the right column...

[#35 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 6:17 PM]

yeesh: Hokay, I splain, ya gotta lissen now:
O-man is kicking back with his legs toasty warm under the kotasu, seasonal happy fruit of mikans before him, video game control beside showing his ability to have normal fun, single other zabuton cushion showing girlfriend interest. Jeez, not obvious?

[#36 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 6:23 PM]

"the new sheriff is a NINJA!"

don't fuck with the new sheriff.

[#37 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 6:27 PM]

Oh Gawds! I am So. Damned. Relieved. I won't see that ignorant, vile, little, smirking chimp ever again!

We should have a poll: lethal injection, noose, firing squad or beheading? Cheney by acid bath of course.

[#38 posted by Xeni Jardin , January 21, 2009 6:29 PM]

Henceforth, let "HNIC" forevermore stand for the phrase "HEAD NINJA IN CHARGE."

[#39 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 6:58 PM]

NOTHUS?

[#40 posted by eustace , January 21, 2009 7:18 PM]

Pirates beware! The Ninja have a new leader!

[#41 posted by Takuan , January 21, 2009 8:02 PM]

att lasstt..
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=nyU3Rqo3CNQ&feature=related

[#42 posted by Anonymous , January 21, 2009 8:46 PM]

Ninja, please!

[#43 posted by Anonymous , January 21, 2009 10:36 PM]

Obama has mastered Miyamoto Musashi's niten'ichi technique.

[#44 posted by Takuan , January 22, 2009 4:57 AM]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/20/barack-obama-inauguration-us-speech

[#45 posted by Takuan , January 22, 2009 12:47 PM]

if there is a benchmark for kitsch;
http://www.franklinmint.com/product1.aspx?SID=2&Product_ID=9816
Obama has arrived.

[#46 posted by josh42042 , January 23, 2009 3:47 PM]

hey, you can buy it here in english

http://www.toywiz.com/barackobama.html

this toy is a foot tall!

[#47 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 6:23 AM]

I managed to grab a PDF of the Gamu Toys site collapsed under the traffic. Hopefully that won't happen to MY site, but here's the PDF:

Obama Action Figure