Archive for November, 2009

The Third Tower ~ NS 137

APH X Nyan Koi
Music : Nyan Koi OP – “Nyandaful! (にゃんだふる!)” by Yui Sakakibara

” I think all the boys wanted to be Herlock.”
Mainichi : Could you please conclude with a general statement about manga and anime?
Simona Stanzani : I think that manga and anime are a very important part of Japanese culture, and that, at their highest level, they have a pivotal role in modern communication art.
It is [...]

Archeologist Nico Robin
Emperor Akihito, marking the 20th anniversary of his coronation Thursday, says he is concerned young people are forgetting their history.
“What worries me most is that the history of the past will gradually be forgotten. The reign of my father began at a very difficult time. There are many lessons that we can learn [...]

School Rumble X Natsu no Arashi!

Lex Luthor ~ Hero Of Humanity

Not a man.
Not even close.
Yet most accept him like a member of the family. Grown-up little girls and boys, certain that the uncertain will bully them, find comfort in their…big brother from an another planet.
He’s made himself appear so much like us he has almost everyone forgetting he’s not one [...]

Those with power can wipe the past clean, and can rule the future.
Master Erigor
How History is Written…
In writing these plays, Shakespeare had nothing to help him except the standard history books of his day. The art of the historian was not very advanced in this period, and no serious attempt was made to get at [...]

A good gaijin obeys the law, the police caution – ”It is best for orderly society.”
A Good Gaijin Obeys, NYT, April 17, 1988,

Haruhi-sama is not amused
Manga Compared to a Plague
Israel Punzano : Lo que parece seguro es que a este ritmo dentro de poco estaremos todos leyendo manga. El éxito del cómic japonés entre los jóvenes no presagia nada bueno para los autores europeos.
Moebius : El manga es una plaga. La invasión ha sido total, como [...]

The most important pattern that I am trying to show here is that the fourth pillar is the greatest tool for diverting public attention away from what really matters. As readers and interested citizens of the world, we should strive to learn about those events that are pushed to the back pages.
Media is the 4th [...]