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Posted by Jacob in Anime/Manga, Featured Articles, Japanese Culture on 10 13th, 2009 | View Comments

My Anime Fall (Fail) Lineup

My Anime Fall (Fail) Lineup
So fall is finally here, and that means the fall lineup has finally been introduced.  Well, after watching a good amount of first episodes, I have to say that my expectations for this season are fairly bleak. 
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Posted by Jacob in Anime/Manga, Japanese Culture on 10 1st, 2009 | View Comments

Wrap Ups: Spice and Wolf S2 and Phantom

Wrap Ups: Spice and Wolf S2 and Phantom
(Skip if you’ve already read the first paragraph of one of the other ones) So the summer of 2009 has come to an end last week on Tuesday.  Well, what that brings is also the end to all of the summer seasons of anime that I have been watching.  I’m not going to lie, I was pretty ambitious when...
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Posted by Jacob in Anime/Manga, Japanese Culture on 10 1st, 2009 | View Comments

Wrap Ups: Canaan and Saki

Wrap Ups: Canaan and Saki
(Skip if you’ve already read the first paragraph of one of the other ones) So the summer of 2009 has come to an end last week on Tuesday.  Well, what that brings is also the end to all of the summer seasons of anime that I have been watching.  I’m not going to lie, I was pretty ambitious when...
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Posted by Jacob in Anime/Manga, Japanese Culture on 10 1st, 2009 | View Comments

Wrap Ups: Bakemonogatari and Hayate no Gotoku S2

Wrap Ups: Bakemonogatari and Hayate no Gotoku S2
(Skip if you’ve read this paragraph already)  So the summer of 2009 has come to an end last week on Tuesday.  Well, what that brings is also the end to all of the summer seasons of anime that I have been watching.  I’m not going to lie, I was pretty ambitious when I started the season; investing...
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Posted by Jacob in Japanese Culture on 09 9th, 2009 | View Comments

It’s Cirno Day!

It’s Cirno Day!
So, if you’re from the Touhou community, today was Cirno Day!  I assume that if you know what Cirno Day is, you already know why.  Here is a brief explanation for those of you who don’t know though!
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Posted by Jacob in Anime/Manga, Japanese Culture on 09 6th, 2009 | View Comments

Cause we need boobs to jiggle in our anime

Cause we need boobs to jiggle in our anime
Haha, the other day Danny linked me to a user movie on GameTrailers.  Needless to say, I enjoyed it enough to share it with the rest of the world (if you haven’t already seen it).  It’s called the ‘Anime Boob Jiggle Montage.’ 
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Posted by Jacob in Anime/Manga, Japanese Culture on 09 3rd, 2009 | View Comments

Review: To-Love-Ru…

Review: To-Love-Ru…
So the manga series, To-Love-Ru (also pronounced, Trouble), has come to a close recently.  As it so happened, I was reading this series pretty faithfully, so I finished reading it soon after the last chapter was scanlated and released.  Now the big question though, why? 
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Posted by Jacob in Figures, Japanese Culture on 08 24th, 2009 | View Comments

Canaan Figure

Canaan Figure
So a little while ago I wrote my impressions of Canaan, an anime season that is currently ongoing.  Well it seems that Good Smile Company is currently making a Canaan figurine that is now available for pre-order.
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Posted by Danny in Apple, Japanese Culture, Technology on 08 18th, 2009 | View Comments

Japan loves iPhone 3GS – Best Selling Phone In July

Japan loves iPhone 3GS – Best Selling Phone In July
It seems like the iPhone 3GS 32GB model is at the moment the most popular cell phone in Japan.
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Posted by Jacob in Anime/Manga on 08 17th, 2009 | View Comments

Canaan Impressions

Canaan Impressions
So another series that I have been watching this summer season goes by the name of “Canaan.”  The plot of Canaan isn’t the most original, but it’s a pretty good “girls with guns” take.  There’s action and some kind of plot (which I haven’t quite figure out yet, but I’m working on...
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Posted by Jacob in Jacob, Japanese Culture on 08 17th, 2009 | View Comments

IchiUmi [一海]: Japanese Buffet

IchiUmi [一海]: Japanese Buffet
So Danny took me, Riceboy0019 (Sherman), and a few other of our friends to a Japanese Buffet near Menlo Park Mall in New Jersey last night called IchiUmi (or One Ocean if I’m right).  To be honest, I wasn’t expecting too much from a buffet, but was going to try to eat more than my share since...
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Posted by Jacob in Anime/Manga on 08 11th, 2009 | View Comments

Bakemonogatari

Bakemonogatari
So as always, I’ve been watching a ton of anime, but this particular one has perked my interest quite a bit.  Bakemonogatari, which is a play on the words ‘bakemono’ which means ‘monster’ and ‘monogatari’ which means ‘story’ is based off a bunch...
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