Category Archives: Otaku

Spiritual dwellers of Akihabara

Hatsune Miku Nendroid

Nendroid is a PVC figurine series from Good Smile Company that turns popular anime characters into awesome chibified caricatures with oversized heads. VOCALOID2’s Hatsune Miku recently received the Nendroid treatment and topped the Amazon preorders chart with over 10,000 preorders … Continue reading

Posted in Figures | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments

Gundam 00 — Episode 9

This episode is a pretty good one because we are finally seeing some semblance of actual combat tactics being employed. Also, it has some character development for Felt, which is good. (But maybe not. Refer to the last line of … Continue reading

Posted in Anime | Tagged , , | 55 Comments

iPod touch

Due to some strange twist of fate, I now have in my possession an 8GB iPod touch. (Basically a gimped iPhone without the Phone.) It’s a very, very awesome piece of technology, and yet it suffers from the same glaring … Continue reading

Posted in Reviews, Tech | Tagged , , , , | 51 Comments

Maid Café in Shanghai

Don777 recounts his trip to Shanghai where he visited a maid café run by a Japanese owner. The cafe name is @Niaohai (@ニャオハイ), which is the Mandarin reading for the owner’s surname Toriumi (鳥海). According to him, the staff generally … Continue reading

Posted in Otaku | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments

Haruhi Itasha Model

For some inexplicable reason, plamo maker Aoshima is releasing a series of itasha scaled models. I really don’t understand the logic behind this. This meta-merchandising is about as relevant as writing a blog about people blogging. But I guess some … Continue reading

Posted in Anime, Otaku | Tagged , , , | 12 Comments

Gundam 00 — Episode 8

I’ve been busy with various things since Saturday morning and only just managed to watch episode 8. Off topic, but everyone should watch Freedom. Jiyuu wo tsukame! Fanservice dissemination at maximum output I like this episode. It keeps everything I … Continue reading

Posted in Anime | Tagged , , | 49 Comments

Screencaps from Kira Star (SFW)

Hey guys, it’s time for some hilarious screencaps from yet another quality production from our good friends at TMA! In case you haven’t heard of them before, TMA is a company that likes to create live-action AV based on popular … Continue reading

Posted in Otaku, Reviews | Tagged , , , , | 30 Comments

Gundam 00 — Episode 7

This whole episode was bullshit. HD bullshit with pretty beam weapons and better animation than episode 6, but still bullshit. Anyway, the final line by Amuro Ray the narrator did manage to catch my attention for about five seconds. Which … Continue reading

Posted in Anime | Tagged , , | 47 Comments

The most awesome YouTube video ever

It’s official. This whole YouTube experiment is over, guys. The most awesome video ever has already been made. The rest of us can just pack up and find something better to do now. Excerpts from 33 songs sang by 14 … Continue reading

Posted in Otaku | Tagged , , | 50 Comments

Real Yakitate! Ja-pan

Some delivery guy just visited my house to bring me a mysterious package. I was not expecting any parcels since none of my preorders are due for release yet, so it was quite a surprise. What I found inside was … Continue reading

Posted in Anime, Otaku | Tagged , , , | 23 Comments

Gundam 00 — Episode 6

I have EJU tomorrow morning so I’m going to make this quick, hopefully. Gah, curse man’s need to sleep. Gundam 00 episode 6 introduces the European nation of Moralia, new equipments for Gundam Dynames and Exia and a new foe.

Posted in Anime | Tagged , , | 43 Comments

VOCALOID2’s Kagamine Rin

The next girl to be featured in Crypton Future Media’s VOCALOID2 software has been revealed. (Check out my previous post if you don’t know what is VOCALOID2.) Kagamine Rin (鏡音リン) is a loli-looking character voiced by Asami Shimoda (下田麻美), yet … Continue reading

Posted in Otaku | Tagged , , | 17 Comments