Eminent anime studio Gainax, responsible for revered series such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and FLCL, replaced its site's welcome screen yesterday with a surprising image -- a strange character clad in Famicom gear wielding a Super Scope as all three current generation home consoles represented as burned buildings in the background.

That odd figure is actually Professor Sakamoto, a chiptune artist known for performing with a cape gracing his shoulders and a Famicom system strapped to his head. His Youtube profile reads, "Hello everyone. I'm Prof. Sakamoto, [a] Japanese musician playing game music with the Nintendo Entertainment System. Please insert your ROM into my head."

He composed a wonderful song, "8bit shower", which Gainax briefly featured on its site accompanied with the art that you see below, painted by the studio's Daisuke Kikuchi. I'm unsure why they decided to torch the contemporary consoles -- perhaps Sakamoto reviles any system that's too heavy/large to fit on his head?

The music track and art are no longer on Gainax's welcome screen, but you can still see/hear them here (click the music note).