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Check out Kani the Goalkeeper and Calamari Wrestler below and I dare you to tell me they don't have Oscar written all over them!
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Kani and Calamari: Why I Love Japan
Category: Books/Media • Cephalopods! • Critters • TGIF: Pictures & Movies
Posted on: June 22, 2008 1:30 PM, by Kevin Zelnio
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I love "The Calamari Wrestler"! Actually, I own the action figure (he's on a shelf above my computer and gazing, in true ceph fashion, stoically into the distance pondering life's intricacies).
Posted by: Mary | June 22, 2008 8:01 PM
OMG! There's a Calamari Wrestler Action Figure!! WANT!!
Posted by: kevin z | June 23, 2008 6:30 AM
Is the bad guy they show at the end of the Calamari Wrestler a mantis shrimp? I cant get a good look at it.
Truly an epic climactic battle if it is.
Posted by: mikebok | June 23, 2008 8:10 PM
Yes, The Calamari Wrestler fights an octopus, and then when you think the movie is over, suddenly a mantis shrimp man appears and it all starts over again! My girlfriend and I watched this on one of our first dates and it set the tone for a wonderful relationship. I recommend.
Posted by: Toren Atkinson | June 26, 2008 6:48 PM