Author: wah

STOP PRETENDING IT’S NOT CREEPY

Okay guys, first of all–the moe debate has been beaten silly. I would ask you all to stop arguing about it on Twitter, but since I don’t follow the full complement of muppets that enjoy having the same argument week after week, it’s not really bothering me. But it’s...

Omokage Lucky Hole is perhaps the most ironic thing I’ve seen come out of Japan

Those of you who follow me on Twitter (For the love of God, do not follow me on Twitter.) will probably notice frequent mention of something called “Omokage Lucky Hole”. Omokage Lucky Hole is–as wonderfully described by Japanese Wikipedia–a “Japanese funk band”, but that’s far from the whole story....

DRRR!! isn’t roaring loud enough but I guess that’s fine

When one is 10 episodes deep into Baccano! a lot of shit has already gone down, a number of mysteries are being answered, and the show’s confused narrative begins to take on a fairly solid shape. On the other hand, we’re 10 episodes into DRRR!! and not much has...

Comic Update: Dream Fighter

Original Post Even though they have changed their tone a bit regarding this issue, the fact that we’re still talking about editing anime in this day and age is quite nostalgic. When I was younger I used to read sites documenting the multitude of edits done to various Toonami...

People shouldn’t lose their shit over drawings of little girls

I’ve not been very vocal on the whole Handley issue on this site simply because every other blogger, podcaster and Twitter superstar has beaten the issue to death. However, upon FUNimation’s announcement regarding their editing of SHAFT’s Dance In The Vampire Bund for US release, I feel that something...

Comic Update: sugar sweet nightmare

Original Post Yeah, another comic about SHAFT, but not about Vampire Bund! That said, the next comic will be about Vampire Bund again due to recent events. After that I’ll try to think of something new, I promise! For those not in-the-know, Bakemonogatari changes its opening per story arc,...