Japan’s Ministry of Economics has drafted a few rules for robots to live by.

Japan’s ministry guidelines will require manufacturers to install a sufficient number of sensors to keep robots from running into people. Lighter or softer materials will be preferred, to further prevent injury.

Emergency shut-off buttons will also be required. Science fiction heroes in stories and movies have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find the shut-off button for various out-of-control machines, so I hope that these buttons will be prominently placed for easy access by concerned humans.

Well, if these rules are anything to go by, Japan won’t be making any mobile suits anytime soon . And really, if Japan isn’t going to make the first mobile suit, who is? That’s pretty much crushed my dreams of owning any Quebelys anytime soon. Oh well, I wouldn’t want something like what happened in Ideon to happen, anyway. I like my universe nice and safe…. and intact.

I must admit that I do not know that much about this artist. It doesn’t appear that he/she/it has worked on any anime/manga/etc. In addition, he/she/it hasn’t worked on any doujin.

It’s all quite a shame. For not being a doujin/anime artist/mangaka, this person has some really nice looking art. Maybe I will find more info once the actual site it finished (apparently, the webmaster is still working on the site, and has been for a very long time. Before I first visited the site in December of 2004.

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Some pics: