# Robogeisha! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695 "2009-07-11T19:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/1 "2009-07-11T19:18:09Z")
Throw away all your books and DVDs, because this movie is the only art you’ll ever need: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wo-gGes6qig/hqdefault.jpg "[Trailer] Robogeisha") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-gGes6qig) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/2 "2009-07-11T20:50:22Z")
I like how when the temple giant robot attacks other buildings, the buildings bleed. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/3 "2009-07-11T21:05:06Z")
I love the voice over. ‘Fried shrimp.’ Gwahahaha. I just want to state for the record that I do not have corrosive milk. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/4 "2009-07-11T21:16:20Z")
Geisha Transform! Shall be my new username. I found this about a week ago or so and can’t stop watching it. It’s too amusing. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/5 "2009-07-21T05:32:11Z")
Giant Temple Robot reminds me of a Terry Gilliam thing. I want one. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/6 "2009-07-21T05:48:33Z")
I have little idea what you are talking about, but as this thread has more people in it I’m siding with the winner and will wait for my anime-freak daughters to explain what I’m supporting. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/7 "2009-07-21T11:56:08Z")
_wipes tears from eyes_ GD can now close several threads. God’s existence has been proven. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/8 "2009-07-21T12:09:34Z")
I love its whacked-out, cheesy, ninja-vixen-fu - but, I mean, what is it? 😃 Is it a joke or is there really a movie - forgive me if I am being whooshed in either direction. 😕 I am willing to believe that there is a sub-genre of goofy Japanese grinder movies - is this an example by one of the masters of the genre? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/9 "2009-07-21T17:21:16Z")
I’m not sure, but there is an IMDB listing. I’m hoping it’s a real movie. ---
**Author:** ![otorophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@otorophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otorophile)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/10 "2009-07-21T18:14:24Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I am willing to believe that there is a sub-genre of goofy Japanese grinder movies - is this an example by one of the masters of the genre? :dubious: Yes this is pretty much it. The director is Noboru Iguchi, whose made The Machine Girl a year ago. ([trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gBOnTmotOo&feature=related)) That one is available on Netflix, but all the best scenes are in the trailer, so it’s not really worth watching fully. I don’t think the directors, actors, or anyone are taking themselves very seriously. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/11 "2009-07-21T18:20:02Z")
> [@otorophile](#): > > Yes this is pretty much it. The director is Noboru Iguchi, whose made The Machine Girl a year ago. ([trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gBOnTmotOo&feature=related)) That one is available on Netflix, but all the best scenes are in the trailer, so it’s not really worth watching fully. I don’t think the directors, actors, or anyone are taking themselves very seriously. I dunno about that - when you are shooting a woman with an arrow in the butt through her white cotton panties, you want to make sure the blood spurts **just so** …😉 I really don’t understand folks who truly dig this type of stuff vs. finding the cheesy appeal worth 3 minutes of snicker time in a thread like this… ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/12 "2009-07-21T18:25:18Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Is it a joke or is there really a movie - forgive me if I am being whooshed in either direction. 😕 I am willing to believe that there is a sub-genre of goofy Japanese grinder movies - is this an example by one of the masters of the genre? :dubious: I imagine it’s a real movie, but unlike what you expect from the trailer, it’s almost a given that it will be long, boring and pointless. The scenes which seem all amazing and hyperactive when cut into 1 second clips for the trailer will be drawn out and annoying. Japanese film is supremely different from Japanese animation. They have the ability to suck the energy right out of every cool idea, 99 times out of 100. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/13 "2009-07-21T19:38:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Japanese film is supremely different from Japanese animation. They have the ability to suck the energy right out of every cool idea, 99 times out of 100. If that’s the case, then just think what they can do with a really, really bad idea! ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/14 "2009-07-21T19:57:04Z")
Is the voice-over in the trailer in the OP for real? Or did someone add that in just for youtube posting? It’s almost unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robogeisha/502695/15 "2009-07-22T20:03:17Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Is the voice-over in the trailer in the OP for real? Or did someone add that in just for youtube posting? It’s almost unbelievable. I thought it was nice of the producers to keep the voice-over guy after he had his stroke.