You might remember the action figure of muscular 80’s Porn Star Billy Herrington that was released in Japan due to a peculiar cult-like following he has developed there. He’s “big in Japan” but I just don’t understand – it must be a cultural thing. Anyway – this is even odder than the action figure. Its a fan-made video game parody called Ultimate Muscle Roller Legend where a jockstrap-clad Billy Herrington struggles to save his mystical forest by chasing a morphing steamroller-bot while riding another crouching musclestud in tighty whities. Plus you appear to shift gears by giving him the old reacharound, speed up by slapping his ass and have energy weapons in the form of a giant laser spitting baby head hidden in Billy’s cup. I kid you not.
SYNOPSIS: Deep in the forest lived Billy and his charming companions. They peacefully honed their bodies and listened to music there. But a wave of development came upon the forests. One who would turn all to road. Kagamine Rin had come. Billy must stop the construction before all is turned to road.
Affectionately called “Brother” (兄貴 aniki), Billy Herrington has become an internet meme among the Japanese video sharing community after a clip from one of his videos ‘Workout’ was posted on Nico Nico Douga, inspiring over 2000 very odd video parodies. Most of his videos are deliberately tagged with “Forest Fairy” (森の妖精 mori no yousei), “Philosophy”, or both.
If you’d like to catch him onscreen with odd anime characters floating over his genitals – check these out.
If there is some kind of award for the weirdest game ever, than Nintendo’s upcoming release Muscle Kōshinkyoku (Muscle March) is a definite shoe-in.
This downright surreal game consists of a single file mob of impossibly buffed musclestuds in thongs chasing maniacally after the football player who ran off with their ‘roids.
They crash through walls, stopping every now and then to strike a stylish pose. Oh, and one of them is wearing a bikini a la Jim Carrey’s disturbing In Living Color bodybuilder – Vera de Milo. Another one is a polar bear in a diaper.
UPDATE: Thanks to HnH reader Hiro for reading my request and taking the time to give us the following English translation of the voiceover hype!
0:08 – for all the people who love muscle…
0:12 – muscle, muscle, oh muscle go
0:21 – m, m, m, muscle march
0:24 – hey you, are you really OK? just watching this?
0:26 – let’s hustle with us by Wii ware!
0:30 – shall we muscle?
0:32 – oh no! protein is our adrenaline
0:35 – fuckin’ burglar, hey, hey, hey!
0:38 – come on, Wii remote and nunchaku
0:40 – strike a pose and go through the hole on the wall
0:45 – good job and nice bulk
0:48 – ouch, ouch, ouch!
0:52 – tears will become your muscle tomorrow
0:54 – believe your biceps and chase him more
0:58 – shake and flirt it, and take down
1:02 – but you have no time to coddle your muscle
1:04 – groan your muscle, yeaah!
1:07 – your lactic acid level will increase to the max in a outspread stage
1:12 – look! many buddies with sharp-edged muscle
1:15 – show your vaunty body
1:17 – in a game match, your buddies can join up to 4 people
1:23 – this game just fit you who are stoic
1:25 – let’s buff up your muscle to the full
1:30 – nice muscle
1:33 – muscle will pass through
1:36 – sharp-edged, edged, edged
1:40 – Wii ware “muscle march”
1:42 – will be released, 800 Wii points on 26th May
I’d also be interested in whatever cultural explanation someone can offer as to WHAT THE FUCK? What drugs were they on when they decided to produce this game and where do I get some? Who is this product designed to appeal to?
This has to be one of the oddest things I’ve heard about in all my years as a porn fan. Now action figures of pornstars are not that unusual. Many female straight porn starlets have been immortalized in plastic. And the gay porn world is no stranger to toys either, as supercock Jeff Stryker has his own action figure, and he was preceded by the anatomically gifted Billy Doll (no relation to Herrington).
What is unusual is why Billy Herrington is getting his own figure. Apparently some workout video of his got posted on a Japanese YouTube-like site and then took off from there as an internet meme that is so popular he warrants his own toy. I do not understand.
UPDATE: Links to a fairly complete filmography of the work of Billy Herrington can be found at bottom of post.
That body… that appearance… they truly are mystical. The well-known idol from NicoNico Douga, the "underwear wresting aniki", Billy Herrington has been made into his very own figma!
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Using the smooth yet poseable joints of figma, you can act out various wrestling scenes.
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A flexible plastic is used for his breast muscles and biceps, allowing the proportions of his beautiful body to be kept, without compromising the posability.
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The first figma to bare his naked body, allowing for even more thriving poses!
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Barbells and dumbbells are included so Billy can keep his body in perfect shape.
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His underwear is identical to that which appeared in his videos, and there are two variations to switch between, or worn together at the same time. A skin-colored pair is also included for an even more naked appearance.
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A shower head and shower room paper craft are also included, allowing you to produce even more situations.
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Comes with a poseable figma stand that makes it possible to recreate various scenes.
It DOES make me how many Japanese are sitting at home wishing they had action figures of Billy Herrington, and exactly what kind of thriving scenes and situations they are envisioning for him. Will there be a deluge of stop motion Herrington animations online after they come out? Will people buy a pair for twin scenes?
Billy Herrington has also become an internet meme among the Japanese community after a clip from one of his videos ‘Workout’ was posted on Nico Nico Douga, a Japanese video sharing website. Over 3000 parody videos of him have been made, many of which utilizes deliberate mishearings of his lines in the porn flick. He is affectionately called “Big Brother” among the Nico Nico Douga community, and most of his videos are deliberately tagged with “Forest Fairy”, “Philosophy” or both.
