Archive for October, 2008

Petition Signing Nuts
Japanese man petitions to marry comic-book character
A Japanese man has decided to marry a cartoon character. Taichi Takashita is sure he is not the only one to do so and has launched an online campaign to gather signatures in the support of his idea.
Within a week 1,000 people had signed the petition [...]

Putin cosplaying Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier

なぎフロンティア/Nagi Frontier
Video : Kannagi
Audio : Macross Frontier OP1 : Maaya Sakamoto ~ Triangler

Tempura by Orimo
Tempura
Tempura (天ぷら) is a classic Japanese dish of deep fried battered vegetables or seafood. Tempura was introduced to Japan in the mid-sixteenth century by early Portuguese and Spanish missionaries and traders. There is still today a dish in Portugal very similar to tempura called peixinhos da horta, “garden fishies.
Soft Power
Soft power is a [...]

Shido Martyr – Blassreiter ~ep21
Due to genetic illness, there was no guarantee his children would survive until adulthood. He had all oh his usable organs transplanted into his children, and his own body became artificial…

Via LewRockwell

Zwölf, Millenary Knights of God – Blassreiter ~ep15/16
Zwölf
Zwölf, called Knights Templar in the Middle Ages, is a religious group based on doctrine.
Zwölf (Twelve in English) is an undercover organization formerly known as the Knights Templar. They have converted an ancient castle into a state-of-the-art research facility and base with launch facilities for the Apocalypse Knights, [...]

Macross Frontier – Lion
Macross Frontier OP3 :Lion (ライオン) by May’n (May Nakabayashi) & Megumi Nakajima
See Also : Galaxy Fairy Sheryl Nome and 【MAD】 Code Protoculture : Ranka no Rebellion

Goddess Nagi
Lol. Rets made a funny point about Kannagi Opening.
(Kannagi underlying religious competition between native and foreign faiths is specially enjoyable)

Throw Your Life Away For Justice
Doctor Kabapu
A large man with a very strange hairstyle and a gigantic removable mustache, Kabapu occupies a position of extreme and shadowy power which is never fully explained, but municipal leaders defer to his wishes, and he has no qualms about silencing dissent by violence. This zeal is a result [...]

Bushidō
Bushidō (武士道), meaning “Way of the Warrior”, is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. It originates from the samurai moral code and stresses frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor until death. Born of two main influences, the violent existence of the [...]