Earphones integrated into fuzzy cat ear headband

Thanko, the Japanese gadget company best known for its quirky USB products, has these earphones connected to a fuzzy cat ear hairband. This is great for Akiba types and other cat ear fetishists who need an excuse to wear cat ears in public, or for those who want to wear both cat ears and earphones but only carry one accessory at a time.

Product page (Japanese)

16 Comments

fataltourist

#1 – 1:44 PM August 7, 2009

Finally! Looks like someone's been reading my blog.

Anonymous Anonymous

#2 – 2:01 PM August 7, 2009

In my experience Japanese girls don't need any more of an excuse to wear cat ears. Nor need much of an excuse to do other things that are fun.

And American girls wonder why guys like going to Japan.

David Carroll

#3 – 3:17 PM August 7, 2009

Fantastic, but I think I'll stick with my noise cancelling headphones.

Do they come in blue or black? How about Mickey Mouse style?

dculberson

#4 – 9:32 PM August 7, 2009

Is she giving the black panther salute?

Mr_Voodoo

#5 – 11:33 PM August 7, 2009

I can haz invizible...
Okay, nevermind.

Robert Vinson

#6 – 11:47 PM August 7, 2009

Ever have this happen: You've just put your earbuds in. Noise reduction, of course. Three seconds after you've put your media player in your pocket and are in danger of enjoying what you're listening to, someone comes up to you and appears to be saying something interesting and vital to you. You either take your earbuds out or dig in your pocket to pause and then take your earbuds out. They will invariably act pissed off when you ask them to repeat themselves.

This brilliant invention puts an end to all that. Because who is going to talk to a 280-lb white guy wearing cat ears?

Pantograph

#7 – 4:31 AM August 8, 2009

#3 those are supposed to be cat paws...

...or so my -ahem- distant aquaintance tells me.

HiddenGarments

#8 – 6:07 AM August 8, 2009

Very funny and nice.
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Hiddengarments Team

athingcalledcat

#9 – 9:19 AM August 8, 2009

thanks for more inspiration!! :D totally making a version for my earbud travel pair.
finally a great way to get people to leave me alone, since earphones are never a clear enough sign, at least so far in my experience.

Mike Harris

#10 – 10:31 AM August 8, 2009

There were "cat-ear earphones" in the "Josie and the Pussycats" movie.

*looks around at everyone staring at him*

What? It was a very metasatiric movie ... :)

Buster37405

#11 – 12:55 AM August 10, 2009

Dude... she's wearing too much clothes. She should have one of those cat tails with the buttplug up her asshole and nothing else.

Diasis

#12 – 3:33 AM August 10, 2009

INVISIBLE ROPE LADDER
Also, kawaiiii.

David Carroll

#13 – 5:56 AM August 10, 2009

Robert Vinson #6

No. I stopped wearing ear-buds about two years ago, and switched to active noise cancelling headphones. Now when people come up to me and ask a question I can actually hear what they say.

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