by Bolt Vanderhuge
Attack of the Flying Weeaboos
Hey, how about that? An anime that actually takes itself somewhat seriously and with a budget and production team that actually does it some justice.
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by Bolt Vanderhuge
Attack of the Flying Weeaboos
Hey, how about that? An anime that actually takes itself somewhat seriously and with a budget and production team that actually does it some justice.
Continue reading
by Bob Johnson
At least Eden of the East *started* with a cool premise
This show is not about the sad redhead. It’s actually about this guy who goes by Akira Takizawa and the deadly game he doesn’t remember being forced to play: 12 folks called Seleção are each given $100 million, a cool cell phone, and a mandate to save Japan. The penalty for failure or giving up is death; one of the Seleção, The Supporter, has the additional task of killing the others when they break the rules.by Punch Rockgroin
Enma-kun gets a new coat of paint
Some of you who read this fine magazine are probably familiar with Go Nagai. Mazinger Z and Cutie Honey are a couple of his better known works. I am willing to bet some arbitrary amount of Internet cred that you have not heard of Dororon Enma-kun. But Go Nagai has rewritten the series and created Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera, and lo and behold it’s been picked up by NIS America. I could not think of a more bizarre series that any company in North America could have picked up.
Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera (referred to as Enma-kun from here on) follows Harumi, a grade school girl, and her adventures tagging along with the Youkai Patrol. (That is “demon patrol” to the baka gaijin reading this.) The Patrol consists of Enma, the hot-headed and dull nephew of the Great King Enma; Princess Yukiko, the fan service who is literally the ice to Enma’s fire; Kappaeru, a kappa (a sort of water demon/sprite) information broker that’s generally useless; and Grandpa Chapeau, a sentient hat who knows a lot about the demons encountered in the show. Together they send rowdy demons back to hell and such. Oh, and Enma-kun’s sister Enbi-chan has some connection to the happenings in the series.
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Zombies + Fan Service + ??? = Profit!
Apparently otaku everywhere have just been jizzing themselves in the pants over High School of the Dead and its follow-up OVA. Not that I have any real excuse for watching this, because I already knew that it was just an excuse for fanservice when I finally got around to watching this otaku porn. Yes, I know some of you will be butthurt that I called it that, but frankly that’s part of what makes writing fun for me. Whether you like it or not, this anime, with its decent enough premise, was overshadowed by its fanservice and simply became nothing more than otaku porn.
by Bob Johnson
Captain Obvious confirms: Ouran High School Host Club is girly
You’re probably already well aware that Ouran High School Host Club is the wet dream of many a socially-awkward gynoid; since having a bunch of guys rotate around a single woman is a day in the life of the average school computer club, I guess there’s a little truth to the concept of a reverse harem, but seeing it play out at any length at all has me ready to develop a virus that targets shoujo writers… Continue reading
by Bob Johnson
A field report from Las Vegas, Nevada, where talent goes to die.
I was following a tip I got from a stockbroker (after discussing how much money MaximumWeeaboo could potentially earn at its IPO): If I really wanted to know what happened to Sailor Moon, I should check where talent goes to die – Las Vegas, Nevada.
by Bolt Vanderhuge
While not exactly a recent phenomenon, I’ve noticed that this moé shit has been making its way into more and more anime that”s been coming out since about 2000. This is more often than not what I”m referring to when I say “cutesy shit,” though not always. What am I talking about? Moé, bitches.