Category Archives: April 2011

Dead Leaves

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by Gristle McThornbody

TREE-t yourself to some WTF

I’ve watched Dead Leaves 4.67 times, and you know what, I still don’t know what the hell’s going on. Allegedly, the plot revolves around the main characters, Pandy, who has a large red panda-like marking over right eye, and Retro who has a CRT television for a head, whose quest in the 52 minutes of this in-yo-face wild ride of an animu is to find out who they are after mysteriously waking up naked in the outskirts of the city. In order to do this, they have to explode quite a lot of things, get arrested and then find the answers to their questions on their moon prison.

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Detour Ahead

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by Bolt Vanderhuge

A Crash Course Con Report

Pictured: Monica Rial.

I recently attended another year of Anime Detour.  While last year it was kind of a disappointment, this year was pretty awesome, and half of that was ironically due to an Evangelion 2.0 panel, featuring Greg Ayres, J. Michael Tatum, and Monica Rial.  Tiffany Grant was originally slated to go, but apparently she found out I was coming and decided to cancel.

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A bitter cake to swallow

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by Punch Rockgroin

This is what happens when you eat too many sweets.

The Puella Magi are not your average magical girls

I first saw ads for this show during the “break” in Arakawa Under the Bridge, which is a far different show from Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.  All I could say was “Haha, another magical girl show? Is that so, Japan?”  Continue reading →

Tips for Anime Detour

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by Sanevia Boobsalot

The weekend of the 1st of April was the amazing even of Anime Detour in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was my first convention and I have to say it was a most intriguing experience. Here are some tips for new comer going to Detour for the first time these are some things I wished I knew about before going. First off, beware the furries! Continue reading →

Tripping Robots

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by Bob Johnson

Fooly Cooly won’t harsh your buzz

When you get bored of wasting your day watching anime and start hitting the magic pixie sticks, you’ll want to whip this one out.  Fooly Cooly will help you and your stoner pals coast through a few hours of nacho-eating without ever losing that awed look on your faces that you get when you’re so wasted you think that everything makes sense.

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