Tag: haruhi
Soapbox: How to Argue for Otaku
by otaking on Feb.07, 2010, under Soapbox
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.
News: Haruhi “Reborn”
by otaking on Jan.04, 2010, under News

Yay more Haruhi! Wait, what do you mean 'More of the SAME Haruhi'? I thought they did that with Endless Eight already!
What the hell. Right after I rant about how profiteering suits suck any medium dry, Kadokawa decides that the best thing to do with their immensely-profitable Haruhi light novel series is to reissue the series… but with new, connected covers, and call it a “Rebirth”.
News: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Trailer
by otaking on Dec.20, 2009, under News
Longtime readers know how ticked off I was about Haruhi’s Endless Eight fiasco. Even though KyoAni never reused animation throughout the arc, I kept thinking they were being cheap, lazy bastards, except I thought they were keeping the money for themselves.
News: Project Otaking’s Endless Eight (Three Monthsary Special)
Soapbox: The Internet is For Life!
by otaking on Jul.09, 2009, under Soapbox
When I got married and moved out of my parents’ house last January I lost a very dear thing to me — unlimited broadband Internet access.

Oh the humanity!
Before that I spent my bandwidth as if it were water — downloading videos I had no intention of watching immediately, running a personal text-based role-playing server, clicking through link after link on Wikipedia, soaking up my brains with trivial knowledge that had little or nothing to do with my current tasks at hand. (Mame chishiki!) I even ran a Shoutcast stream off my PC, playing space ambient, game remixes, and radio programs for the few friends who knew of its existence. (This is Radio Morningstar.) (more…)

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