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Category Archives: Otaku
Infinite Stratos
Clichés make a show boring. The more clichéd a story is, the less interesting and enjoyable it becomes. But my theory is that this relationship only holds true until you hit a certain magical event horizon where the laws of … Continue reading
Posted in Anime
Tagged comedy, harem, infinite stratos, osananajimi, quad drill, romance, sci-fi, tsundere, twin tail
13 Comments
Space Battleship Yamato (Live Action)
Hollywood has its flaws. Cookie-cutter scripts and commodification of art can often ruin beautiful things. But at least Hollywood gets the cinematography right and doesn’t usually suffer from the pandemic of awkward overacting rampant in Japanese mainstream cinema. 2011’s Space … Continue reading
Posted in Otaku, Reviews
Tagged meisa kuroki, movie, sci-fi, space, space battleship yamato, takuya kimura
11 Comments
Catherine
So I have been clocking a few hours into Atlus’ horror puzzler Catherine on my PS3 because Rie Tanaka was tweeting about it and I am easily influenced by Twitter. Surprisingly, it is actually not a bad game, but it … Continue reading
Evangelion Manga Revived
Unrelated picture, but twin-tail Rei looks cool So, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, renowned for his awesome and unique illustration style closely associated to the Evangelion franchise and notorious for his inability to keep to a monthly serialization schedule, is bringing back Evangelion … Continue reading
Moteki
Moteki is a short manga series by Mitsurou Kubo about a girlfriend-less guy, Yukiyo Fujimoto, who suddenly finds himself catching the attention of three different girls from his past just as he is about to turn 30. He decides that … Continue reading
Ducky Mechanical Keyboard
DK9008 with black-on-black ABS key caps So, I got rid of my 20-dollar Logitech keyboard and bought my self a DK9008 mechanical keyboard from Taiwanese manufacturer Ducky Keyboard. Lame brand name aside, this is probably the best hardware investment I’ve … Continue reading
Anonymous vs. HBGary
Aaron Barr, an employee at security firm HBGary Federal, made a bold claim a week ago in the Financial Times that he had uncovered the identities of the top leaders of the Anonymous movement and was going to meet the … Continue reading
Level E — Episode 5
Level E is an amazing underhyped show. It’s Men in Black with Japanese comedy and self parody. You have to wonder why it took them 15 years to adapt the original into anime.
Eight Tsundere Lines to Win a Man’s Heart
The classic tsundere hair flick Following my recent review of the so-wrong-yet-so-right tsuncest (yes I just made that up) PSP game OreImo, this article from Otome Sugoren seems timely. Of course, I do not personally read what appears to be … Continue reading
Posted in Otaku
Tagged asuka soryu, haruhi suzumiya, houki, humour, jesus, kirino kousaka, lol, louise, naru narusegawa, otome sugoren, rin tohsaka, tsundere
32 Comments
Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Portable
So I finished the new Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai game for PSP. Well, I didn’t 100% it but I saw all the “true” endings except for Manami’s and that’s good enough. It’s not a … Continue reading
Posted in Games
Tagged ayase-tan, bandai namco, galge, kirino kousaka, kyousuke kousaka, oreimo, psp, review, tsundere
66 Comments
Next Generation PlayStation Portable
Sony just announced PSP2. Dubbed the Next Generation PlayStation Portable (NGP), it looks like a slightly-tweaked version of the original PSP design. The most obvious change is the inclusion of two analogue sticks — actual analogue sticks similar to the … Continue reading
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
If anime were a religion, magical girls would be one of its Five Pillars, along with shounen battle, love comedy, mecha and sports. Friendship, courage and cuteness are the fundamentals of the classic mahou shoujo. Implied yuri and teenage angst … Continue reading
Posted in Anime
Tagged akiyuki shinbo, first impression, mahou shoujo, puella magi madoka magica, shaft, wtf
17 Comments