Alien squid vs. giant robots in tourism videos

Ika robot vs. Tower robot --

The city of Hakodate, Japan has been producing official tourism videos unlike any you’ve ever seen before — action-packed affairs starring famous landmarks as giant robots that battle a runaway mechanical squid hijacked by vengeful aliens.

The first video begins with an interesting factoid: According to a survey of 100 aliens, Hakodate is the number one city they would most like to invade.


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The invaders here are alien cephalopods from the planet Ikaaru, who seek revenge on the people of Hakodate for eating too much squid. The aliens hijack an enlarged version of Hakodate’s tourism mascot — a mechanical squid named “Ikabo,” which was built by Future University-Hakodate (FUN) in 2007 — and send it on a rampage through the city.

Angry alien squid from Ikaaru --
Angry alien squid from Ikaaru: “All they eat is squid!”

A pair of giant robots are called into action to protect Hakodate’s precious historical buildings from destruction. Hakodate’s Gory?kaku Tower transforms into a deadly fighting machine, while an enormous Ch?k? Dog? (a treasured 3,200-year-old hollow clay figurine unearthed in Hokkaid? in 1975) awakens from a deep slumber.

Chuku Dogu --
Giant Ch?k? Dog? wakes up

The city’s star-shaped Gory?kaku fortress also joins the fight. After coming under attack, the fortress rises up from the flames and takes off like a giant spaceship.


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In the second video, the battle between the hijacked Ikabo squid robot and the Gory?kaku Tower robot rages on into winter.


+ Video 3

In the final video, the fierce battle appears to end as the Gory?kaku ship delivers a deadly blow to the Ikaaru spacecraft. But the fight has really only just begun — another fleet of alien ships is fast approaching.

Hakodate appears to be under full-scale alien attack and its survival is in question. Visit Hakodate soon… before it’s too late.

21 Responses to “Alien squid vs. giant robots in tourism videos”

  1. gotta visit japan… is that creativity or crazyness? LOL!

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  2. Ya Japan is insane. Insanely awesome.

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  3. I wasn’t planning to visit Hakodate on my November trip to Japan, but now…

    I love the Atragoniness of the flying fortress!

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  4. freaking awesomeness

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  5. I’m not surprised they’d like to invade Hakodate, it was one of my favourite places in Japan. With a plethora of fantastic local beers, need I say more.

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  6. Love it. Who says working in tourism has to be boring?!?

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