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I received an email the other day from a Troy Doerner telling me that he “started working on a series of anime music videos to go along with them.” The first video is based on the song Mr. Anime Fanservice Inventor. I’m curious to see how the other ones turn out… While we wait for…

I ran across a curious flash game featuring ME-tan defragmenting a hard drive the other day. The point is to line up the “blocks of data” so they match colors horizontally. If you didn’t figure out the keys already, arrow keys are used to move the cursors that outline the blocks, z is to swap…

An English test I saw in Ultra Maniac may not be groundbreaking, but it can be interesting if you notice several details. First, we note that two of the answers are “Bruce Lee” and “This is a pen”. The former demonstrates how famous the martial arts action star is while the latter is an (in)famous…

All of this talk about prickly bludgeoning instruments is starting to get to me. Let’s take a break and peek at a lovely pair of spatulas from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. It should come as no surprise that Makoto receives additional powers from spatulas; she is a cook, afterall. Hopefully, the new Pic of the…

It isn’t unusual to find well known works of art in anime. Below are two of the more recent ones I found.      The first picture, from Kanon, is a cropped version of The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. Of course, everyone should know this; if you don’t, you need to get out more. The…

Before you take a look at the latest Pic of the Week, take a good look at the picture below: It seems like Yomiko Readman’s watch is based off of this particular watch. The only reason I know about this is because Thomas recognized it while browsing through my files. For those of you interested,…

I found two spiffy pictures the other day while browsing through 2chan (the one on the left) and 4chan.      If you don’t remember, I posted a picture from Shinkon Gattai Godannar, that I thought was a parody, but I wasn’t completely sure. There’s even a fan site for it, which isn’t too surprising –…

Typically, English is used in anime as an exotic flavoring, but it isn’t unusual to see other languages, like German or French. The example below is from Shingetsutan Tsukihime. For those of you who know me, it should come as no surprise that I transcribed this sheet of paper. Since I haven’t taken French in…