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Category Archives: Otaku
Valkyria Chronicles 2
With the release date of Valkyria Chronicles 3 for PSP less than two weeks away, I figure this is the perfect time (by my usual standard of procrastination) for me to write up my thoughts on VC2, a game which … Continue reading
PS3 Completely Cracked
PS3 cracked wide open Lots of exciting things happened in the PS3 scene the past few days. The aftermath is that the entire PS3 encryption scheme has been irrevocably cracked and broken, with no possibility of a firmware fix, due … Continue reading
Posted in Tech
Tagged encryption, fail0verflow, geohot, jailbreak, piracy, playstation, ps3, sony
20 Comments
Incoming Haruhi-related Announcement
I’ve been following Kadokawa Shoten CEO Shinichirou Inoue’s Twitter feed for a while mainly due to Bill 156. Today, he posted a tweet saying that a huge announcement for Suzumiya Haruhi will be published in the next issue of Kadokawa’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anime
Tagged haruhi suzumiya, kadokawa, suzumiya haruhi no yuuutsu, the sneaker
15 Comments
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
This is what I watched 24 episodes for One a upon a time, in an oriental archipelago far far away, a wise sensei of the literary arts told his students, “Foreshadowing can be used to masterfully hint at the future … Continue reading
Posted in Anime
Tagged dango, densetsu no yuusha no densetsu, foreshadow, funimation, light novel, takaya kagami, zexcs
6 Comments
Predictions on the fallout from Tokyo’s anti-manga law
Gadget Tsuushin (getnews.jp) has made some tongue-in-cheek predictions about what will happen now that the Tokyo Metropolitan legislation restricting sales of certain targeted manga and anime has been passed.
Posted in Otaku
Tagged censorship, ecchi, getnews, hentai, humour, industry, japan, law, lolicon, shintarou ishihara, tokyo
7 Comments
Tokyo Government passed anti-manga bill into law
Sad panda is sad Today, 15 Dec 10, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly passed Bill 156 into law. As previously discussed, this law gives the Tokyo government additional powers to restrict the sales of manga, anime and video games based on … Continue reading
Posted in Otaku
Tagged censorship, ecchi, hentai, industry, japan, law, lolicon, shintarou ishihara, tokyo
4 Comments
Tokyo Government to pass tough ordinance against mature manga
The law doesn’t touch this The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is set to pass new legislation restricting the sales of manga depicting certain sexual acts to minors under eighteen. Contrary to what certain easily-excitable individuals may proclaim, this is not a … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Manga, Otaku, Rant
Tagged censorship, ecchi, hentai, industry, japan, law, lolicon, shintarou ishihara, tokyo
29 Comments
Windows Phone 7
How the mighty has fallen. Once upon a time, Microsoft could sell garbage and people would still buy them because it was the only garbage in town. Now it’s desperately playing catch-up to iOS and Android with its late-to-the-game abysmally-named … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Tech
Tagged lg, microsoft, mobile phone, optimus 7, windows phone 7, wp7
13 Comments
Virtual Idols and Hatsune Miku
Recently, renowned sci-fi writer William Gibson of Neuromancer fame annoyed a bunch of Miku fanboys when he tweeted, “Hatsune Miku doesn’t really rock me. I want higher rez, less anime.” This was immediately parsed by some to mean that he … Continue reading
AFA X
A very expensive piece of plastic Or the one where I got to see SCANDAL perform live but showed up too late to get an autograph. Alternatively, it is also acceptable to refer to it as the one where I … Continue reading
Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo Trailer
An extremely short trailer for Makoto Shinkai’s latest project “Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo” has been released on the official site. The length and amount of plot details contained are about the same as the Byousoku 5cm trailer. It looks like … Continue reading