A 10m tall rubber duck has been sighted on the waterways of Osaka.
The prosaically named Suito Osaka Rubber Duck Project, designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, has seen a 9.5m tall by 11m long rubber duck statue floated on the city’s waterways, for no particular reason. The duck has previously menaced other cities, but this is its first appearance in Japan.
The rubber duck in comparison:
The raising of the duck:
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is that you, Penguin?
It's feet are happy.
Heh... XD Now we need a Giantess... Now where's my Clan Klan??
It's Duckzilla!
winrar comment...
No, it's a Trojan.
Its rubberduckzilla from the oasis advert you fools!
This Is Awe~some XD
Best News Ever!
I guess at 2012 we will be eaten by Cute Yellow ducks...
yes and osaka needs batman now lols
Where's pirate ninja zombie jesus?
No Wheres Jebus!!!
What's that huge red robot?
Ideon.
its mega-pepek
lol....seriosly just lol
Where were the other locations that the duck was found?
someone answer the question because i want to know too.
His website lists:
Hasselt, Belgium
Nantes, France
São Paulo, Brazil
Elst, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Nuremberg, Germany
The Dutch seem to have a problem with giant rubber duck overpopulation.
xD Apparently so.
I dare him to float that in the Philippines' Pasig river
Heaven's no. He'll get dirty.
More an issue of that country being the place where it respawns after having been killed. That throws off the numbers. :P
Quack.
Quack
Derp :V
Quack >_>
Pika-pi? Pi-pika-chu!
RUBBER DUCK ZILLA!!!!
Exactly what I was going to say. What countries did those ads run in anyway?
For everyone else:
http://www.rubberduckzilla.com/
Click "Watch Rubber Duckzilla destroy Tokyo" to see the ad.
The Rubberduckzilla Oasis ad ran regularly in the U.K.
Where's the giant loli bathing that's supposed to come with it?
I'd liek to see this too.
I seconded that~! :3
3rded!
Quatraeded
Cinco'd
sexed
Look Vegeta! It's a pokemon!
I have a Masterball with its name written on it!
You have to weaken it first in order ot catch it Nappa.
I hope I get a critical.
The balls are inert.
fucking awesome prank ever
size comparison chart is hilarious.
is it motorized at all or junk a bunch of rubber/plastic?
The 'fine art' tag made me laugh.. ^^..
This is old. It's been around for a long time. Cool duck tho.
"This is old. It's been around for a long time. Cool duck tho."
"The duck has previously menaced other cities, but this is its first appearance in Japan."
Awesome Duck! I love it!
I'd like to see a giant Etopen myself as long as it has a giant Nodocchi with it . . .
2nded ^^
3rd ed
duck hunting season.
Wabbit season!
rabbit hunting season
duck hunting season
rabbit season!
Duck Season!
Duck like a rabbit season!
what's up doc
I love that advert, mainly because it aired here in the EU. RUBBER DUCK-SAMA, DRINK OASIS, NOT WATER. The girls in that advert i might add are hot.
rubber ducky your the one........you make bath time lots of fun!
Ah, giant Ernie!
Its proportion is all wrong!
But the world doesn't have enough of such things. There is something sublime about it sailing through the waterway on a sunny afternoon. :D
I wish it can set sail.
Imagine if all the giant ducks they had just all randomly drifted into the ocean together.
I wanna hug and squish it
Me too
Please RTFA >:3
Psyco Gundam looks tiny in comparison with the other giant robots :O
Giant Enemy Duck!
You have to attack it weak point, for massive damage.
those giant robots all seem big, sure, but they're the size of one of tengen toppa gurren laggann's molecules.
Demonbane and Getter Emperor are bigger.
Surely Demonbane is huge but..as huge as TPGL? Better be kidding me..
I'm not that much a mecha fanatic, so I'm not sure which is the biggest mecha in anime. The biggest I've seen so far is Gunbuster (from the first movie). How do those mechas you've mentioned stack up against it?
TTGL is the size of a galaxy apparently.
The TTGL is confirmed to be 10 million light years tall.
Ernie! You forgot your duck in Japan!
I want to see tengen toppa gurren lagann on the comparison chart
hes there.. theyre all sitting in his palm
Yeah, tengen toppa gurren lagann is the background. Cause 10 million light years on the scale would probably mean the other mecha can't be seen at all :s
if i was here i would have popped a hole in it
Ducky!! Come to Pittsburgh!! XD That would be bodacious! lmao!!
Yeah, but if it did we would have to paint all over it with Steelers and Penguins logos and stuff.
lol... by the freaky-deaky Dutch... they're evil.. lol...
Th-this is so awesome that I have been driven to tears. I love it.
Gundam wanted to take a bath is my guess
LOL
moar like a zenthran duck ._.
I'm seeing something little, tiny and dwarfy thing in the comparison at the right side of the "0m" what is it?, and...I prefer a giant spongebob.
its a human!!! The evil mastermind behind all those giant mecha AND the duck!
Lol, that's a big duck, is it for sale?
STOP LOOKING AT ME SWAN!
I've gotta say, it's delightful to have a silly story like this now and then, to lighten up the mood after all the stories of murder, rape, murder AND rape, and flat-chested girls.
Oh so lolzy
omg so kawaiii
>_<
Rubber Ducky, you're the one!
words cannot describe the happiness this duck has brought me.
I love the shot of the duck looking up at the moon.
hail to the king
never thought Daitan 3 would be that reAL HARD huge.
So cute, I wanna take it home!
The next thing we know, it's a robot in disguise. Autobot or Decepticon?
*transformers sound*
...and start blasting the buildings nearby.. with a Hydro Pump.
Don't you mean Maximal or Predacon considering its form? Or are you hearkening back to Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ravage, Ratbat, Ramhorn and Steeljaw?
I wouldn't mind seeing a giant, yellow duck floating along the waterways...
Rubber Ducky, you're the one..~
You make bathtime lots of fun..~
that's right, pump all that right up the duck's ass
Duckroll
it seems, the Gundam in Odaiba has found a new pet
oh the menace
The day has finnaly come i told you everyone tought i was crazy but i was right the giant ducks shall inherit the earth.
Awsm :3
I am sure every loli that saw him owns a rubber ducky now.
wtf is-- O_O
LMAO, i first thought its a joke made by Hideo :D
Why don't I see the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann on that graph?
Why don't I see the mecha from Bokurano on that graph?
Maybe because it's too big?
HOLY SHIT, it's a GIANT RUBBER DUCK, get in the fucking car!
so cute LOL.
It's easy to imagine Japan taking well to the sudden appearance of a giant rubber duck coasting along the waterways.
"The duck has previously menaced other cities, but this is its first appearance in Japan."
I wonder what the artist has learned about how different cultures react to the sight?
Oh shit, we doomed
FINALLY something that shows we Dutch are just as crazy as the rest of the countries.
Let's see... translation of the interview:
"It's important that that bathing duck brings a smile everywhere. It's the fourth in the world, after Brazil, France, the Netherlands, now Belgium. Soon a fifth in Japan."
In other words, this youtube was the fourth in Belgium, and Japan is the fifth duck. The rest of the interview is all philosophical and artistic jibber jabber.
I find the lack of the 500m tall Zearth to be disturbing, commander.
Man, I must be on SC too much. When I read the title, I thought it said Giant Rubber Dick Menaces Osaka.
I need to go see this thing called the sun and breathe "Fresh Air" (@.@)
Awesome!
Great XD
we need Ultraman to fight this monstrosity!!!
could we at least get those barely dressed lolis...
...The Power puff Girls Z, they have fighted this monster before
cool chart.
RABBADUCKUZILLA
i heard that if you turn it over itz anatomically correct.
That chart is missing Tengen Toppa: Gurren Lagann. Though that one is on a whole other dimension of big.
I knew they were building that Gundam for a reason. They foresaw the GRD invasion!
Nandeyanen?
That duck is stuck there! Unless he can fly he doesn't fit under the two bridges.He's trapped!
Nice duck
Eee, I did not see it, even if I am in Osala >_<
This is why Japan has the Gundam.
LAUNCH IT NOW!!!
Where's Godzilla when you need him? LOL
Gundam will save us. Gundam is our only hope.
Where's Amuro when you need him?
This quack me up!
thats one big ass fucking duck
As for the text written under the pictures:
...for no particular reason....
THIS IS NOT CORRECT, PLEASE READ:
The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn't discriminate people and doesn't have a political connotation. The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them. The rubber duck is soft, friendly and suitable for all ages!