I think this parody of Death Note pretty much is a signal that this show has made it into the mainstream of Japanese pop culture, not just the otaku niche. (The same applies to any musician who gets parodied by Weird Al.) Not to mention that it’s awfully funny…in a Super Size way, if you [...]
Archive for March 2007
Do you remember that episode early on in Welcome to the NHK where Satou and Yamazaki are sitting in a cafe in Akibhabara, trying to come up with a main character for their eroge? Remember after being immersed in the Otaku Holy Land, Satou basically threw every single gal-game cliche at Yamazaki, who’s furiously sketching [...]
The rumors have been flying over the English anime blogosphere about the possibility of a live-action Haruhi Suzumiya J-drama starting soon. (See here and here, where the rumor originated.) According to one commenter elsewhere, however, someone from the infamous 2chan actually called the production companies to confirm and they have neither confirmed nor denied it, [...]
So I’ve been looking at the listings of what’s coming out this upcoming (or, actually, just already started) season in anime. The winter has been rather disappointing, after the astonishingly good run from spring to fall of last year (or maybe it was just filled with shows that I happened to like a lot, like [...]
In this episode, Ray, Jeremy, and I tackle the Seiyuu Oscars in Tokyo, the Death Note laptop, the manga artist who has released his own line of illustrated toilet paper, and some more comments on the Naruto Shippenden arc! I also give a full review of Soukou no Strain, which I finished watching recently. Leave [...]
Impressions Aww, Chiaki didn’t play the Rach 2 after all! Stresemann was apparently using it as a way to make him go away and let him take over the S Orchestra again. On the other hand, we did get to see Nodame actually playing Chopin. I love Chopin–I often listen to Chopin nocturnes and preludes [...]
+ = Well…after a long hiatus, and even though we’re not all that happy with some of the results, we’ve decided to release this anyway–the zeroth episode Laugh Track, a downloadable Mystery Science Theater 3000-style commentary track for a particular episode of anime. This is episode 0, not 1, because we learned a lot of [...]
In this episode, I do a totally inaccurate Charlie Rose impersonation (what would he ask about moe?), and talk about To Heart 2, the Haruhi Suzumiya broadcast order DVDs, Soukou no Strain first impressions, and what anime characters you’d like to be friends with! Jeremy couldn’t join us this week as he needed a break. [...]
I couldn’t pass this video up and just to had to share it everyone. This is very well made and very funny for everyone who knows what this show is REALLY about: It’s got everything: the first names of the girls scrolled under their action shots. The over synthesized J-pop soundtrack with an impossibly squeeky [...]
Again, I don’t know if this is news to anyone, but Koei is going to release a game that combines Dynasty Warrior characters and Samurai Warrior characters, in the same game (oh rejoice, rejoice for the world of supreme hacking and slashing has come forth to cure us of our stressful world)! There will be [...]
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