Category: News
Posting some news and commenting on them.
Yawara-chan runs for office!
Yawara-chan, aka Tani Ryōko, formally Tamura Ryōko, a former world champion of -48kg joshi-jūdo, is running for a seat in the House of Councillers, which…
Bridging The Gap Special: Carl Macek (1951-2010)
Hard to explain, but I never imagined myself ever writing about this in my lifetime. And right now, it is as if an ever reliable…
Wintermuted’s a “Filthy, Shameful Spring!” Peek
Okay, so its time to spend a few moments out of my usual musings about anime’s past, and take a peek at some of this…
American politician says nuke Japan
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…
Objects in Japanese Pop Culture
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…
First they came for the lolis
The whole principle is wrong; it’s like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can’t eat steak. – Robert Heinlein (commonly…