Jul 22, 2008

From Clast:

The hikikomori almost never socialize with other people and prefer to spend their time in their bedrooms, completely locked away from the world Avex is trying to reach these groups with a new DVD — part “corporate social responsibility,” part traditional content delivery, and part talent blog/model promotion. The DVD is called Miteiru dake (Just Looking), and it features various talent/models just staring straight ahead. That’s right, the models on the DVD do very little other than stare straight at the camera.

I can’t tell if the resulting video is creepy or hilarious, but the concept and its origin is fascinating. Thank God I’m anti-social instead of just shy.