Picture Perfect Paranoia

I for one will never be able to understand why they did what they did. Nevertheless, today is another anniversary for the Anime Nano Podcast, dead or alive. XP

From JapanProbe:

The crime rate is dropping in Japan, but media coverage of scary crimes seems to be at an all-time high. Today Asahi TV’s national news reported on a supermarket in Yamanashi Prefecture discovering knife slashes on 16 melons that had been on display in front of the store:

I don’t know what to make of this. Are these people suddenly getting stabby?{def}

Seriously? What seems to be the problem, I have no idea.

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Another Japanese Import - Maids Who Take Orders in Restaurants - NYTimes

“The concept started off as a club for the loneliest guys in the world,” said Patrick Macias, editor in chief of Otaku USA magazine. “Here at last was a place where single young otaku men could go and interact with kind women, and also get lukewarm hamburgers and lousy cake.”

Tout a fait.

Royal/T has less to do with fantasy play than with paying homage to certain eccentricities of modern Japanese culture. One wall of the cafe is stacked with anime DVD’s and manga comics, and most of the space is given over to the impressive Japanese art collected by Susan Hancock, who owns Royal/T. Works by contemporary artists including Takashi Murakami, Yoshimoto Nara and Hideaki Kawashima are displayed behind Plexiglas walls intended to recall figurine cases at shops in Akihabara. A boutique near the entrance sells prints by top Japanese artists and toys that are nothing if not “moe.”

Tout au contraire.

There’s the incomparable resemblance to those found in Akihabara, and in the motion to dilute the concept of moe for the American population unfamiliar or show disdain for the moe factor in such maid cafes, well, let’s just say it’s like setting up Hooters here in the Philippines, where you see none of the big-breasted women with captivating facades.



Also, it’s a Japanese version of Anna Miller’s. Make no mistake about it. It’s more “for the waitresses, rather than the food”.

On the heels of what has transpired about two weeks ago, the online community has spoken.

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I’m sure everyone is well aware of what has transpired at Akihabara. If you’ve been living under a veil of selfishness, you should reconsider your indifference and empathize with the rest of the world. Everybody else has done so, why don’t you?

I’m not going to delve more into this tragic happening, as every one else has already been talking about it.

Again, condolences to those who have been brutally assaulted by this false example of what makes us otaku. He may be one of us, but at this moment, by his unjustified action, he is now not one of us. He has gone into his world.

Even so, is this the way we want the transformation of the image of the Mecca to be?

Wow, did I miss the party? It sure looks like I did.

Anyway, congrats to the winners of their respective categories! Let’s just hope the anime blogging community flourishes, and all.

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Well, who wouldn’t have thought this wasn’t supposed to happen?

BTW, this is from the Mangaholix Manga Mania 2008 convention held Saturday (May 31) at SM Mall of Asia.

Remember this one? I one I made just below this?

Unfortunately, for reasons I have no control of, I wasn’t able to make it. Like what Zeroblade said, priorities comes first, and when I said it, we’re both referring to not only academic priorities, but to real life obligations as well. Such is the state of conventions attendance on my to-do list.

Damn, I hope what happened was as good as I was expecting it to be.

This just in: Mangaholix Manga Mania 2008 - Atma Xplorer

To past attendees, since Mangaholix will no longer be held in the Music Hall of Mall of Asia, entrance will no longer be free.

Tickets will be pre-sold on ALL Ticketnet outlets OR on the event itself.

Ticket pricing is at Php 100.

What: Mangaholix Manga Mania ‘08
When: May 31, 2008, Saturday
Where: SMX Convention Center, Seashell Drive, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City Philippines

Thanks to the obvious poster in front of our school poster (see bottom of linked post) I was forced to ponder on whether to attend or not and if this is such a good thing. I need a fresh baptismal experience and this just flew in my face.

So should I or should I not? This event falls on a Saturday so I have no conflicts with schedule as far as my academics are concerned.

Well, isn’t this an interesting development?

Free and Legal Anime on YouTube - JapanProbe.com

Starting in June, when Kadokawa finds its toons on YouTube, it will check to see if the person/company that posted the content is legit rather than immediately ordering YouTube to take it down.

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…to encourage legit uses of its toons, while spreading the international word about them on YouTube and reaping profits in the bargain.

Do you think this is a wise decision on the part of Kadokawa? I think so too, and it’s a welcoming development in the world of the anime industry, where they are engaged in a legal battle with distributors of illegal content.

Original content by FuckedGaijin.