back to article Drunk Japanese warrior cuffed after NINJA STRIKE on shop robot

A 60-year-old man has been arrested in Japan following a violent encounter with a robot on Sunday, with the mechanoid coming off worse. Named as Kiichi Ishikawa of the city of Yokosuka by the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, the Butlerian jihadi was described as "drunken" by the Japan Times, who reported on the latest incident in …

  1. Graham Marsden
    Terminator

    Creepy...

    I just clicked on the link in that article and got an almost full page pic of an office full of those robots!

  2. Efros

    21st Century

    Equivalent of 'Man Bites Dog".

  3. TRT Silver badge

    It doesn't do much...

    It's weird, it's kind of... useless, it's just like this... great big pepper pot.

    1. Voland's right hand Silver badge

      Re: It doesn't do much...

      Perfect customer services rep then.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: It doesn't do much...

      Wait a minute, did you say pepper pot? Please keep it away from plungers and egg whisks, and for your own safety, we suggest you hide behind the sofa. However, stay calm and don't worry, UNIT is on it's way.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Lying low in Tokyo...

        Waiting for their chance. And now, with the Brigadier dead, our last hope is an irascible Japanese pensioner...

        (ideal 3rd Doctor plot: indoor locations, small cast, but slightly exotic just the same)

      2. John Brown (no body) Silver badge
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        Re: It doesn't do much...

        "don't worry, UNIT is on it's way."

        El Reg already implied that with the "hero" image being a still from the Dr Who story "Robot", the first four episodes of series 12 with the inestimable Tom Baker.

        1. Sporkinum

          Re: It doesn't do much...

          Unit couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. That being said, loved the cheesy robot from this episode with the terrible optical effects to "embiggen" it.

    3. Anonymous Blowhard

      Re: It doesn't do much...

      "it's just like this... great big pepper pot."

      Disabled Dalek?

      1. TRT Silver badge

        Re: It doesn't do much...

        "Disabled Dalek?"

        Adam's description of The Last Dalek.

  4. Sorry that handle is already taken. Silver badge

    ...What's on earth is going on here?

    I don't even understand it well enough to decide whether I should be frightened or not.

    And that scares me.

  5. ratfox
    Terminator

    Terrible aggression

    We should create new laws to punish this type of hateful behavior towards Basilis^Wour more advanced brothers.

  6. chivo243 Silver badge

    Frank Herbert Smiles

    gotta love the Dune reference. Kill all humans... ooops wrong catch phrase!

    1. Graham Cunningham

      Re: Frank Herbert Smiles

      Just having a read-through on my Kindle after not reading them for 20+ years. Have an uppy!

      1. Graham Marsden
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        @Graham Cunningham - Re: Frank Herbert Smiles

        Me too, although at the moment I'm reading God Awful of Dune...

        1. chivo243 Silver badge

          Re: @Graham Cunningham - Frank Herbert Smiles

          I have the audio books... some nice others seem to lack the voice I was hoping for...

        2. Michael Thibault

          Re: @Graham Cunningham - Frank Herbert Smiles

          "God Awful of Dune" would be everything in the series other than "Dune". Frank should have left well enough alone, really ... but ... ya gotta pay those bills.

  7. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Where's the perp now?

    Is he perchance sitting in a Japanese cop shop, being watched by a psychiatrist from behind 1-way glass? Is he trying to explain how a robot from the future has been sent back in time to kill him, but nobody believes him?

    If so, I wouldn't be so quick to proclaim this a victory for the meatbag. It might only be round one...

    1. Sureo

      Re: Where's the perp now?

      Ironically, he's being interrogated by a robo-cop.

  8. knarf

    See what happens when

    ...You do find the droids your looking for.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Luckily there's a happy ending at hand

      The wisdom of YouTube crowds in the comments on that video:

      "that guy is the perfect height to get sucked off by that thing"

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Luckily there's a happy ending at hand

        Accessory not installed error.

  9. Jimmy2Cows Silver badge
    Pint

    Pics or it didn't happen...

    Am I the only one who's disappointed there's no video showing this heroic ninja warrior in action? I wanted to see a 60 year old roundhousing the robot...

    I'd offer this beer to the guy, but it seems like he's had enough already...

  10. Captain DaFt

    I admire the old man...

    For his restraint. After watching that video, it was all I could do not to kick in the screen!

    Being accosted by one of those syrupy cute iDildos in person wouldn't just end in a kicking, it'd end with a lot of hi tech debris embedded in the walls!

  11. killakrust
    Facepalm

    Slow morning...

    All these comments and no one has said it...

    Iron Man is gonna be on the warpath!

  12. Identity
    Childcatcher

    Why

    can't he pick on someone his own size? Or did he?

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