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Is it time to rename this anime 'Japanese Pop Culture No Video'?

Danny Choo recently stated on his blog that he was adopting the term ‘Japanese Pop Culture’ to refer to what was previously known as the Otaku Subculture. He said that this was because: (more…)

The Hierarchy of Disagreement. Learn it. Use it. Live it.

During the past year or so, upon returning from the hallowed halls of the Judicial System to the Wild West of Otakudom, I have been subjected to many arguments from people who think calling someone “GAY” is equivalent to scoring some sort of metaphysical point. Coming from a line of work where precision of argument is of the utmost importance, I would like to disabuse these people of their delusions.

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Eeek! They're leveling faster than me! Keep them AWAY!

So I ran across a public Plurk the other day that said:

“People who started later then me in WoW [World of Warcraft] are now higher level then me. ^^; Guess that’s the price of having a life. Good thing there’s a level cap.” (lol)”

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Now that we've discovered what makes our fans tick, let's saturate the market with substandard product!

I love reading Seth Godin’s blog. I’ve been a fan ever since I watched his TED talk and read Tribes. Today he wrote a post about the evolution of every medium:

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Mangaholix Manga Mania 2009 on November 21-22 at the World Trade Center!

Some of you may remember Mangaholix from my Komikon 2009 post, especially with that awesome sketch I scored from Kriss Sison.

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Haruhi, you're doing it wrong. Festival time is definitely not supposed to be the same thing over and over again.

At Cosplay Mania, I wandered convention hall, no longer Cliff, lawyer, obedient son, Filipino citizen. For that moment in time, I had become Lelouch: deposed Britannian royalty, student, revolutionary, enemy of the state.

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Marielle performs the only physical attack attempted on my person during the entire convention

(Read the rest of my Cosplay Mania 2009 report! Part I is here. Part II is here.)

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Hi. We're cosplaying. Got a problem with that?

I was afraid.

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Sailor Fukus off the rack at Don Quixote? Yes please!

I stepped into the Don Quixote in Akihabara, out of the autumn cold. Unlike the seedy Shibuya outlet of Donkii, the Akiba branch, while still cramped, had escalators, a pachinko parlor at the ground floor (featuring the new hit Evangelion Pachinko), an arcade on the top floor, and a Maid cafe with an extremely long line waiting outside.

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Now Accepting Entries!

The Regional Cosplay Championships at Anime Festival Asia 09 is now accepting entries! I talked about AFA 09 in a previous post, and now they’ve released the details!

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