Time to go Train in the Mountains

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

I was recently thinking about how much I suck at drawing, image editing, web design, and other forms of useful art, when I realized there’s a simple way to turn that all around: training in the mountains. Mountain training is a surefire way to get better at anything: martial arts, kendo, ninjutsu, homosexuality, mountain climbing, [...]

What ever happened to standards?

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

When I first watched Full Metal Alchemist, Roy Mustang’s “sexiness” cracked me up. If you haven’t seen the show, here’s the gag: all the ladies would fall head over heels for him even though he looks generic enough to be a harem lead. Then I found out that many girls in real life actually think [...]

Five shows that restored my faith in anime

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Some of you have been bitching about this site’s recent dearth of anime reviews: “Nice review :p Need more anime reviews though, preferably of new ones!” – keke “I came here with a dinosaur joke but forgot it in the time it took to read all this crap… Er, I mean excellent, award winning content.” [...]

Fanservice Bingo

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

From November 5, 2007 through February 12, 2008, the Writers Guild of America was on strike. What most people don’t know is that the writers were on strike in Japan too. There’s no other explanation for the recent proliferation of mind-numbing fanservice anime: To Love-Ru (Guy grabs alien girl’s tits, forced to marry her) Kanokon [...]

Kamen no Maid Guy: Finally, a Strong Male Lead

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Warning: This show has the potential to be terrible. Don’t take this review as seriously as you normally take my objective, unbiased reviews. Warning #2: This show has boobs bouncing all over the place. If you hate boobs, Kamen no Maid Guy definitely isn’t the show for you. I’m ready to declare this the sleeper [...]