Sometimes, people hate what they don’t understand. Sometimes, politicians go so far as to demonstrate this hatred on the public record. State Representative Nickolas Levasseur (D-NH), pictured to the right above, posted to Facebook: Anime is a prime example of why two nukes just wasn’t enough. Leaving aside whether or not the Representative personally enjoys anime, this is an elected...
Archive for March 2010
A continuing feature, giving the podium to one of the anime medium’s truly unsung heroes, the character designers. Been picking the brain pan heavily lately on what it is that is truly missing in today’s anime sweepstakes. An oversimplified question to a much more complex issue to be true. And while I can also handpick a number of factors that have led us to a near barren wasteland of...
Yoroshiku-ne! This is a translation of M. LaMoe’s earlier Japanese article. –Mike Ah, Yumina-oneechan! Ah, how wonderful! How pure and beautiful, graceful, modest, gentle, refined, sweet, humble, with honest poverty, a saint with kindly words, smile, and full of affection! 和顔愛語(The proverb: Kind facial expression, kindly words), she is the embodiment of it. A holy girl of the ...
All your artwork are belong to us --Tite Kubo Anime Diet Radio 48 (AAC) [56:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1590) Anime Diet Radio 48 (MP3) [56:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (132) Uncut Random Conversation (Ray + Mike) [32:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (141) Full disclosure: Anime Diet Radio was inspired fir...
Here’s a Japanese to English translation of the article: Warning: broken English as crappy as Arnold.
And to the faithful, death the gate of life. - John Milton WARNING: This spiel contains potential spoilers for Superdimension Fortress Macross, as well as IDEON. Okay. Fess up time. I love brevity in storytelling. Some creations go on far too long for my taste, despite the public’s often endless rabble-rousing for more. There’s just something to me that speaks greater volumes by leav...
The recent theft of costumes and props from an AKB48 set highlights an interesting behavioral pattern. Viewed in a harsh light, it might be seen as a kind of voodoo, a ritual shamanism: obtaining relics of important people so as to be nearer to them and draw upon their power. Mainichi Japan concludes its article on the incident with a tell-tale quote: “We intended to sell the items after g...
Why am I talking about this game on this website? Well, as I wrote previously, Final Fantasy VII played a large role in getting me into the anime scene. The JRPG, especially the Final Fantasy series, is an integral part of otakudom. Plus, I’ve been waiting for this game for months and haven’t been excited to play something for a long time. So I felt it was appropriate to write about t...
Show notes: Losers of the week: Funimation putting out censored DVDs for Vampire Bund – they’re afraid of their corporate asses get hauled in jail. But in any event, a light loser rating from me because I can understand the cause of making money. College Students protesting about cutting in funding: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5445-Politics-in-Education-Examiner~y2010m3d4-Students-passi...
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