I’ve always heard that Wal-Mart sells everything; apparently in additon to guns and butter, they’re also selling tentacle porn:
The Consumerist may not be porn, but Walmart is now in the business of selling it, in comic book form.
We checked over at Target.com and they sell it as well, but are served by Amazon.com and the title can not be returned to Target stores. Walmart seems to have an open 90-day policy for website returns instore.
Yes, we’re surprised as well. Not that we’re prudes or anything. It’s just, you know, Walmart. Are congratulations in order? Golden tentacles? Target, meh, we knew they’re sluts anyway. —MEGHANN MARCO and BEN POPKEN
Both Target and Wal-Mart have pulled the entries from their virtual shelves. The Consumerist later posts Wal-Mart’s apology:
“These titles erroneously appeared on Walmart.com due to an isolated system filtering issue. We’re taking this matter very seriously, and are working to remove these titles immediately from our website. We apologize to our customers for this occurrence.”
Johanna at Comics Worth Reading points out that despite the headline, it’s actually original English language manga, or OEL, porn, rather than anime. The book in question is published by Yaoi Press.
January 24th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
it’s actually original English language, or OEL, porn, rather than anime
Ignoring the OEL thing for a moment, shouldn’t it have said manga rather than anime? These are comic books not animation, I assume?
January 24th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Yes, that was Johanna’s point … the Consumerist called it anime, or animation, rather than manga, OEL or a comic book.
Of course, it helps if I include the word “manga” after OEL …
January 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am
There were some pretty ridiculous offerings there. I don’t know if all were manga rather than anime (heck, there was a gay cowboy porn item that had a photocover to it, so it might not have just been an explicit trashy romance novel). Whether it was manga or anime is really besides the point. Only comic geeks (which I am one) could be bothered to correct such bits in a story like this.
December 17th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Tentacle sex? In MY Wal*Mart? It’s more likely than you think.
(Late, I know, but someone had to say it.)