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Uncle Martha aka Ben Fitzpatrick is a 36.75 year old boy, has been a member since May 18, 2005, has scored 6108 submissions, giving an average score of 1.54.

Aug 02 '05 by Uncle Martha

10 Comments

Watch this

Kaonashi ga suki da yo!

about Sweet Creep

Who wouldn't like to wear such a darling shirt? I know it's not really a Kaonashi, but it looks sufficiently like one that that's what I'm calling it. If only cash were no object...

Gothnoo on Aug 02 '05 at 8:13pm

i dont understand your crazy moon man language

xiv on Aug 02 '05 at 8:15pm

all i understood out of that was, yo.

KatieTheMofo on Aug 02 '05 at 8:16pm

Google to the rescue!
http://www.icarusfalls.com/gallery/images/sketch/oe_kaonashi.gif

xiv on Aug 02 '05 at 8:18pm

Google should have a superhero.

KatieTheMofo on Aug 02 '05 at 8:18pm

These kids look scared of it, maybe because he isn't handing out ice cream--
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/city/lights/kaonashi4.JPG

T_T on Aug 02 '05 at 8:19pm

theyre from the miyazaki anime masterpiece Spirited Away (or Princess Mononoke, it slips my mind at the moment).

little_hobbit_feet on Aug 02 '05 at 8:21pm

I believe it's Spirited Away. He's the thing that comes in to the bath-house and tricks the frog with gold.
(I remember very little about this movie because my niece decided half-way through to start vomiting a mostly-clear liquid all over my sister in law. Three times. And then we went to the hospital to find out why. So most of the movie is vague in my head...)

dekTC11 on Aug 02 '05 at 8:40pm

thx for the juicy detai ls little_hobbit_feet....jk
aww that must be a bad day
the movie is pretty nice
things are kinda loosely connected (just like mostof the later work of miyazaki)
but it's surely a pleasure to watch

30 days later

Uncle Martha on Sep 02 '05 at 11:03am

Long after the fact, here's what Kaonashi means:

"No face" (or "Faceless", if you like)

I love Miyazaki films too, by the way. My personal favorites are Castle of Caliostro, Nausicaä, Totoro and Spirited Away. The only reason there aren't more faves is that some of them I've only seen once, so they could very well be faves-in-waiting.

I don't know if this shirt was inspired by the Kaonashi (which seems to have been inspired by Noh masks, but I could be wrong), but it's a great design and I'm anxiously awaiting a reprint on another color shirt (PLEASE NOT RED! I don't wear red well).

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