Tondemo-bon

Tondemo means "outrageous" or "preposterous" + bon "book" in Japanese. Recently the word has gained another meaning thanks to the activity of which annually award Nihon Tondemo-bon Taisho, which is similar to the Golden Raspberry Award or the Ig Nobel Prize. Tondemo-bon is defined by the academy as "something amusing from a perspective that differs from what the author intends". The award covers not just conspiracy theory or pseudoscience but also includes historical revisionism as well as atheists or scientific sceptics who make rather biased attacks toward the former. The members of Togakkai included religious figures as well as scientists and other academics. In Japan, this genre has superseded similar activities of scientific sceptics.

Togakai tondemobon taisho winners

Here is a list of winners of the Nihon Tondemo-bon Taisho :

Ninja, Its Origin and Technique by Amano Jin, an ostensibly scholarly exploration of the history of ninja techniques, including the secret magical hand gestures
Winner in 2001 was,Amazing Science Fiction Weapons by Kei yoshio, a notoriously poorly researched book detailing the weapons and plots of science fiction series
Winner in 2000 was A Final Warning from Mother Earth by Hiromichi Yamashita, a guide to the future based on the knowledge of the ancients of Atlantis and other civilizations