Well ok, maybe a little bit faked.
Here at RocketNews24, there’s only one thing we like better than badly photoshopped pictures, and that’s brilliantly edited photos that make the President of the United States look like a massive otaku.
The Photoshopping really kicked off, according to Kotaku, with Twitter user @neontaster and this stunning Madoka Magica photo:
https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/411278121791283200Next up, noted anime historian and commentator Mike Toole jumped in with this stellar offering:
President Obama stuns congressional leaders; "Actually, Madoka is my favorite," he declares. pic.twitter.com/rBWK8z3KzL
— Mike Toole (@MichaelToole) December 15, 2013
And the floodgates were open. Let the photoshopping begin!
Obama jacks in to the anime relm pic.twitter.com/kFX4eoxTiT
— yaboybob (@bobbypadlock) February 17, 2015
▼ This Death Note ‘shop has been around even longer.
https://twitter.com/indriani_ks/status/312138483433107456Obama proves the importance of anime in western society pic.twitter.com/n7SW36JnUT
— Jamés Seto Kaiba (@jamessetokaiba) March 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/MaatMHI/status/449573409077592065 https://twitter.com/TobyToffy/status/566293006979190784@JustRiggz @brucegreene @adamkovic @HarmonyGrits Obama is coming to Japan. So, I tried to the collaboration of anime. pic.twitter.com/HBpYjtdcLI
— 狂い崎サンダーロード (@nan18twi) April 23, 2014
Yep. This is one meme that we hope never gets old.
Source: Kotaku
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