…WTF Japan? Part II: Attack of The A-Ts

Those who are well versed in the lore of the anime fan may know what that acronym means, both in its original and extended contexts, but the for the rest of you, it may be helpful to read this. If you want those few minutes of your life back, or your innocence, well, I’d apologize but I’m pretty sure I’d be lying.
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Misery, even a diabolically laughing one, deserves company. Read more

…WTF Japan? Part I: The Butler Complex

Some days I like to think I’m a sane and normal guy. Most days I get up, think vaguely philosophical thoughts on what it would take to actually build a functional Macross Valkyrie and just give up.

Given that one of my hobbies is on the nerdiest side of nerdy, and that most of the output on both ends of the ocean for stated hobby tends to pander to perverts and teenagers, it’s not surprising that to find the good stuff you have to wade through an ocean of crap and near porn. Please note that whoever tells you that “moe” is an innocent concept made of bunnies and light is lying through their teeth, as the only “bunnies” in moe are hot women in bunny suits (probably not fursuits, but that shouldn’t be ruled out either).

The subject of today’s column is the anime Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de, which loosely translates to something like They Are My Masters. Important words in the title would be Aruji and Shitsuji, which are Master and Servant/Butler [usually tl’ed as butler] respectively, so we’re looking at a butler show, if the post title didn’t give that away already… Read more

A Look at Late Winter Anime ‘08

…or early spring, if you will, although I don’t quite understand the temptation to call things released in January/February “Spring” releases.

I’ll only be chatting about a few here, but I’ll cover the ones I have some experience with anyway. Onwards after the break! Read more