In Japan, there one vehicle that if you see it rocking on the Tokyo streets, you should definitely not go a-knocking.
Run by a Japanese porn company, it’s called Magic Mirror Unit (マジックミラー号 or Majikku Miraa Gou).
Japanese television once explained what it was: a mobile porn studio with a one-way mirror.
People inside the vehicle can see out, but people outside cannot see in.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930961972245405696
(I believe current Japanese privacy laws would prevent the faces of any pedestrians from ending up in the movie.)
The infamous vehicle has become part of Japanese urban lore, with people snapping photos when they spot it—or think they have. The Magic Mirror Unit might be stopped for promotional events as well as other reasons
マジックミラー号@池袋某所です。ご査収下さい。 pic.twitter.com/jhsDzZW89I
— Balti (@balti_np) October 10, 2017
渋谷で見つけたんだけどこれマジックミラー号だよね？ pic.twitter.com/QcSgyPMor8
— ねこぜ (@nekozeTK) October 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1002731309075083264
https://twitter.com/embed/status/967625179294658560
https://twitter.com/embed/status/967596100356993024
https://twitter.com/embed/status/774961757819277313
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1019602180850868225
There is an official Magic Mirror Unit 1/12 scale model.
native様より1/12マジックミラー号のサンプルをいただきました！微力ながら開発に協力させていただいたものです。同スケールのテッドやタバコが豆粒みたいに見える巨大さで圧倒されますw 側面ミラー部の開閉ギミックが嬉しいw pic.twitter.com/Baib0v9yLd
— masa（gentei） (@gentei_T) November 3, 2017
And the inevitable Woody photo set
マジックミラー号で遊んでみた3 (ウッディ) pic.twitter.com/SzeRGIl6X1
— ビーロボカブト (@kabuto_w) November 1, 2017
Fans have brought the Magic Mirror to Animal Crossing
https://twitter.com/embed/status/932969188271910912
マジックミラー号
出演者募集してます pic.twitter.com/pzC73VDcMZ— エモキ (@ekimo_clinic) November 24, 2017
Today, a slew of cosplayers descended on Comic Market, Japan’s biggest self-published manga event. Putting in an appearance was the official Magic Mirror Unit cosplayer.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1027759144974004224
Wonder what’s happening on the other side of that mirror…
一般人「今度のマジックミラー号はバスなんや、ふーん」
バスファン「え？この屋根上のモジュールは…ハイブリッド？ということは新型ブルリハイブリッドのノンステで自家用登録なのか！？時期的に新車？これはアツい！！」
#一般人とバスファンの考え方の違い pic.twitter.com/YOH7VevEzp— ずみ (@_z_u_m_i_) November 17, 2016
That cosplayer is going to need a bigger outfit because the porn company is working on a magic mirror bus
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