The Japanese are odd – Man marries digital wife. Gays around the world revolt.

Nene Anegasaki is a blushing new bride, the only problem is that her bright face is compossed of pixels.

Nene Anagasaki is a computer program from the game LovePlus and she was designed to give companionship to lonely and sad (and I stress sad) men.

The wedding took place during a Make: Japan meet-up held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In attendance were a live audience, an MC, the bride’s virtual video game girlfriend — who made a speech — and a real human priest.

As a gay man, who can not marry, I am a tad perplexed as to how this individual was able to marry a digital woman, even more so curious as to how God allowed such a thing to take place. The last time I checked, I was told God fancied marriages between a man and woman, not man and machine. My hypothesis?

Buddha has more sway in the East than God does and thus… well this. Either that or marriage really is something different to everyone. Eh, who am I to judge?

I mean… I am still judging this sad little man, but…ahh forget it.

I doubt the ceremony was real, but the odd nature of it is real enough. I have long known the Japanese to be an odd people as most of my childhood friends were Asian. Growing up I loved their culture and music, all the while understanding their bizarre take on sex and relationships. This often includes a group of people known as Otaku, who have been known to actively court and attempt to date and marry AI programs or inanimate objects. I still recall the man who was dating his body pillow… and she had a name.

Awkward.

I am pretty sure this is a sin. Someone should divert funding from the needy to stop this.

The groom, a skinny nerd who goes by the name of SAL 9000 (wtf? ), has admitted to having more than one digital girlfriend in his life.

Catch him now ladies… before he gets away.

When BoingBoing previously wrote of this, they asked an Otaku how him and his “girlfriend” interacted. He had this to say.

OK, this is pretty embarrassing. The DS has a mic and a touchscreen, so… one time, she asked me to say “I love you” a hundred times into the mic. I was on the airplane when she asked me that, so I was like, no way. There was also this part where you have to hold her hand on the touchscreen. If you touch her hand with the stylus, you get to hold her hand. And then there’s the part where you have to kiss her.

Seriously Japan… what the hell?