Dead Halloween
10-12-2005, 10:22 AM
TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese Internet whiz is tipped to become the world's fourth space tourist -- and he wants to orbit the earth dressed as an ace pilot from a hit Japanese animation series.
The candidate for the 20-million-dollar trip is Japanese investor Daisuke Enomoto, a 34-year-old former board director of the Livedoor Internet firm headed by flamboyant entrepreneur Takafumi Horie, local media said.
If he gets Russian approval, Enomoto said he wanted to dress up on the trip as "Char Aznable", a character in the popular "Gundam" hero robot series of animation whose name is inspired by French singer Charles Aznavour.
SOURCE (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051011/od_afp/russiajapanfrancespacepeopleoffbeat_051011104147)
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Char Aznable from "Mobile Suit Gundam".
The candidate for the 20-million-dollar trip is Japanese investor Daisuke Enomoto, a 34-year-old former board director of the Livedoor Internet firm headed by flamboyant entrepreneur Takafumi Horie, local media said.
If he gets Russian approval, Enomoto said he wanted to dress up on the trip as "Char Aznable", a character in the popular "Gundam" hero robot series of animation whose name is inspired by French singer Charles Aznavour.
SOURCE (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051011/od_afp/russiajapanfrancespacepeopleoffbeat_051011104147)
http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptionsanime/char.jpg
Char Aznable from "Mobile Suit Gundam".