Gallery: Giant Fembots Dance With Dinosaurs in the Weirdest Show on Earth

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    The dancers and Fembots of Robot Restaurant.
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    Ken Shishido descends into the restaurant's subterranean theater.
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    A host greets guests at the theater's entrance, handing each a bento-box dinner.
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    The giant Fembots sit beside the show's catwalk, awaiting their grand entrance. The dancers climb atop these remote-controlled, cartoon-like creations, and the bots parade up and down the catwalk, spinning in circles as the dancers wave to the audience.
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    The opening of the show includes a dance that nods to traditional Japanese kabuki-style theatre.
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    In a raucous second act, dancers perform atop miniature remote-controlled stages that glide up and down the catwalk as others march and play instruments.
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    Between each act, stage hands help performers dismount from the stages and ready sets for the next part of the show.
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    In a skit set on a faraway planet, two performers dressed as cave-women ride atop a dinosaur as they battle robots invading from outer space.
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    Audience members are handed glow sticks, encouraged to wave them atop their heads and cheer during parts of the show.
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    At one point during the show, several performers -- all of whom are women -- dress as robots and ride Tron-like spinning "bikes."
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    Amidst pulsating electronic music and a matching laser light show, giant remote-controlled robots roll down the stage.
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    After a brief intermission, the show's final act unloads not only a phalanx of robots, but an LED airplane and a neon-lit motorcycle.
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    A restaurant employee drives a beverage cart in the restaurant's lounge, where guests can relax with a drink after the show.
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    The restaurant does three hour-long shows a night. During the half hour in-between, performers and stage hands clean up trash and tidy the theater.
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    The streets of Kabukicho, outside Robot Restaurant.
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