Post(s) tagged with "otaku"
I’m not really planning on getting Dragon Quest X since I haven’t played IX yet, but I would like to trade in my Mini Medals for some of the game’s accessories. I’ll probably pick up the neat-o thumbdrive, and if I’m feeling awfully silly I might grab this ridiculous keyboard. It will cost about $50 but the stares from my coworkers will be priceless.
Source: andriasang.com
A Little Bit On The Amazingly Weird Pikachu Cosplay Side: Spotted by Rin at Anime North 2012. This guy deserves all the high fives.
(Via Danny Choo)
A Little Bit On The Naruto Side: Naruto cupcakes by beckmakescakes. Needs more Rock Lee, but still awesome.
(Via That Girl’s Site, the-cupcakerie)
Each month, Kaiyodo puts out a new super-articulated toy for its Yamaguchi series, usually based on a giant robot. Hit the link to find out what’s available today and what’s coming out in the next few months.
Source: kaiyodo.co.jp
Holy crap, you guys! If you don’t know what Toonami is, go away. If you’re awesome, read ahead for the full programming schedule.
Kinda’ bummed that they’re doing old-ass shows instead of pumping out newer freshness we haven’t all seen a million times. I think Durarara!!’s the newest jumpoff, but hey! Toonami’s back!!!
(via Comics Alliance)
The North American version of Cave’s most recent 360 port will be available on May 16, courtesy of Rising Star Games and Aksys. Akai Katana is Cave’s only horizontal shooter other than Progear no Arashi. At $40, it’s a steal. But now I’ve got a dilemma. There’s no way I’m paying the $75+ for the original Japanese release. But on June 14, the “Cave the Best” budget version is being released for the same price. Do I pay $40 for an American version or do I pay $40 (plus shipping) for the Japanese budget version? Where’s my Magic 8 Ball?
A Little Bit On The Pikachu Gundam Side: A Japanese model builder fused two things of righteousness into one supreme artifact that future lifeforms from distant planets will discover millennia from now and realize how completely awesome the human race could be at times.
(via Modelers Gallery, Kotaku)
I’ve never heard of the award-winning Love Exposure before, but it seems to have a buttload of hype behind it. Four hours of upskirts and high-kicking schoolgirl martial arts with a creamy love story center set to a cool Japanese soundtrack? This speaks to my soul.
Official plot synopsis:
Tokyo teen Yu Honda (Takahiro Nishijima) is the traumatized son of a widower-cum-Catholic priest (Atsuro Watabe), who begins a sexual liaison with parishioner Kaori (Makiko Watanabe). When Dad’s affair comes to a halt, he begins admonishing his son to confess to so many sins that the 17-year-old takes up new ones to appease his father’s increased religious zeal. One “sin” – surreptitiously taking candid photographs of panties worn by female pedestrians – becomes a vocation. Unfortunately, a deal with a porn company comes undone when Yu turns down starring roles, because he admits he’s saving himself for a Virgin Mary-like ideal woman. On cue, the narrative introduces feisty schoolgirl Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima), who loathes men and enjoys beating them up for their moronic attitudes. Yu falls in love and tries to win her, fully aware that exposure of his superstar status will enrage her. Observing the development of this bizarre courtship is religious cult rep Aya Koike (Sakura Ando). Aya not only wants to claim Yoko for herself but aims to convert each of the protagonists to her own spiritual cause. Pointed (and pointless) violence ensues at various intervals, beginning with Aya’s castration of her comatose father.
(via /Film)
This is kinda’ cool, I guess, but when will companies wise up and realize their special styluses — no matter how cool looking — are useless. Seriously, does anyone even use these things? The 3DS has a built-in stylus holder for a reason: people hate carrying around extra shit.
That being said, I’m totally pre-ordering the game just so I can get one.
A Little Bit On The Oldtaku Side: This 89-year-old man is one of the oldest known fans of ultra-pervy anime Queen’s Blade. Here he is posing with his 17-year-old grandaughter’s enormous (and enormously busty) Cattleya statue.
I can’t wait to get old so I can blow all my pension and retirement money on ero figures and miscellaneous geek shit.
(via Sankaku Complex)
I spilt some Honey Bunches of Oats on my lap this morning while watching the news. No, I wasn’t shocked by the fact that this cop is strangling someone protesting an anti-LGBT Tea Party rally. That stuff’s common enough. What caught my eye was the dude’s shirt. Yep. He’s wearing an Evangelion / Nerv shirt.
I think this guy and the dude on the cover of Every Time I Die’s new CD (who was in a similar situation) should have a protest. To the death.
Photo by Paul Weiskel
Source: flickr.com
You know, I don’t think I’d mind hearing “recalculating” every 20 seconds if it was Misato Katsuragi saying it. This awesome NERV-themed GPS receiver has a very cool GUI that looks like it came straight from Tokyo-3. It even displays your car as an Eva unit.
Source: sankakucomplex.com
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