There is no way my post title is so long. Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, or OreImo as it is commonly abbreviated, is an interesting twist of the quintessential tsundere anime genre popularized by titles such as Shakugan no Shana and Zero no Tsukaima. And beyond that, it, like Genshiken, [...]
I am so tired… I want to just drop dead and die, but here are some pictures. I think I walked about 6km in total today. A fire engine just drove by. I wonder where it’s heading to. But anyway, read on for photos from Kaminarimon, Nakano Broadway, Shinjuku and nighttime Akihabara.
I’m now lying in my bunk bed at K’s House Tokyo in Asakusa. We just reached Tokyo this morning after an overnight transit flight via Bangkok. After leaving our luggage at the hostel, the group of us proceeded to take a long walk (longer than it should be due to various detours) to Akihabara. Pictures [...]
A bunch of 2ch’ers made offline to dance Hare Hare Yukai in the middle of the main road at Akihabara on Sunday. In case you are concerned, the main road is close to traffic on Sundays so no otaku was harmed in the making of the following YouTube videos… First performance:
I have been featured as the 42th (ooo, lucky number!) “Overseas Otaku” in the April issue of Windows 100%, a Japanese IT magazine that also features otaku and internet pop culture related articles. Every month, the magazine asks 100 questions to a foreign otaku. Tsubaki (who is currently incommunicado in the world of Granada Espada) [...]
Danny appeared on Technorati’s BlogTV again! It seems like he’s hosting a section called “Danny Choo Akiba Report” now. Mirai-chan, dannychoo.com’s new mascot Illustration by Yuuko Azami I want one too… You can view the episode on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 I translated the portions of the show that feature him. You [...]
妄想ボイスCD第二弾「おしかりCD」 Mousou Voice CD Vol.2 “Oshikari CD” Do you love tsundere girls? Especially when they go tsuntsun? Well, here’s the perfect CD for you then!
History is always written by the victors and Kyo-Ani has certainly been a winner. Here’s a picture from Akiba-blog. Taken from Akiba-blog Yay!! The first anime adaptation of Kanon!… right? - Asobit City R.I.P Toei. You are not dead but you have been forgotten. So anyway, the first Kanon DVD is out! Well, it’s not [...]
As you may or may not have noticed, there are two new banners in the random rotation. Don’t try refreshing this page because I’m using WP-Cache so the banner changes only after the cache expires. Instead you can view the new banners (rei.gif and zettai.jpg) using the direct link. I’m sure everyone knows and loves [...]
Were you rubbing your eyes in disbelief at episode 3 of Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na? Or were you stabbing them with blunt pencils to relieve them of their agony like I was? Does it bring you merciless flashbacks of those recurring Soul Link nightmares that took many days of psychological therapy to suppress? If [...]
American cosplayers: Akiba hates you! Okay, maybe not all of you. Especially not the hawt girls (pics pls, kthx). But you know who you are! Just take a look at these posters that have been found stuck to lamp posts along Akihabara. (Original post by Akiba-blog) They all depict a cosplaying gaijin with the words [...]
The moé self-help books just don’t stop coming. It has been scientifically proven that anything with the word “moé” or “tsundere” in its title will sell like hotcakes. Image from Akiba-blog From Akiba-blog: Enter 「ツンデレ☆りなっくす」 or “Tsundere Linux”, a book that supposedly teaches you about the famous open source operating system in a totally moélicious [...]
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