Thread: Giant 3-D calico cat prowls the Shinjuku skyline in front of station

For those with a bad case of felinophobia, don't look up when leaving the east exit of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo or your worst nightmare will come true.


A massive 3-D mikeneko (calico cat) has found a new lair on a screen set up on top of a building across from the station.


The feline, a moving image projected on a 120-square-meter advertising billboard, looks so real that many pedestrians freeze in mid-step and gaze up in wonder at the spectacle.


The display is curved so that the cat’s image appears even more 3-D than a usual flat screen.

Full-scale operation of the projection started on July 12, after a preliminary testing period.


It starts in the morning after the feline wakes up.


During the daytime, the cat appears in between advertisements and moves as if it is speaking to pedestrians down on the street and in the station square.


At night, the kitty yawns and goes to sleep.


Giant 3-D calico cat prowls the Shinjuku skyline in front of station | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

That's impressive.

They need one of Godzilla.

I can see why a surprise would be a bit freaky.

How many minor traffic accidents has that thing caused?

Originally Posted by pickel

They need one of Godzilla.

Appearing on a battlefield near you next week.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Appearing on a battlefield near you next week.

….. the Chinese are taking their edible exotic pets to war with them, supplementing dry rations with fresh meat?