Category: Otaku

The anime calendar has been something of an addiction of mine for the past five years. It has gotten better over time–what was once four calendars a year has now turned into one–but I still love these things as much as I did when my set of coveted anime...

Before I launch into this unorganized mess of thoughts, I just thought it would be prudent to inform you that this post is in fact an unorganized mess of thoughts. Enjoy! After a year or so, OS (or that guy I used to talk to on AIM a lot)...

Today is December 3rd, and you know what that means!! It’s Nagi-tan’s birthday!! She’s a little shy, but she eventually ate her cake. She did insist on the Rei cup, however. You can celebrate Nagi-tan’s birthday, too! And in many different ways! Either do it the way I did...

There was other media represented in the book, but I didn’t care about any of them except for Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. And I guess Railgun. I paid 60 bucks for this, and considering I got a nice dakimakura cover out of it, I think it was a good...

Ｉ’m going to pretend this dinner was made by Kaede and it was actually very delicious and not crappy. She for some reason went from one state of undress to another when I brought the cake out, don’t know why. I think I will keep a record of the...

Download [audio:http://mistakesofyouth.com/podcast2/MoY_2_ep_19.mp3] Part II of the Matt Alt interview! Topics covered include MOE anime, Gundam, Eva and Tokusatsu film. My many thanks go out to Mr. Alt for agreeing to come on this dirty show. Guests Matt Alt Songs Opening Song– “Senaka goshi ni Sentimental” by Miyasato Kumi Ending...

Download [audio:http://mistakesofyouth.com/podcast2/MoY_2_ep_18.mp3] At long last, my interview with Matt Alt! At least the first part. A variety of interesting topics are covered, such as Matt’s early encounters in Japan, translation philosophies and why old anime is cool! Yeah, the quality is shit. But you can hear 95% of it,...

A bunch of other cool guys have already put up their reports on NYAF, and since mine will materialize formally as a podcast (in likely a month or so) this report here is going to brief. I wasn’t really planning on going to NYAF, but as the guest list...

Just taking a little shot I took at C76 and making it look cooler. I still want to do some write-ups on both Comic Market and Wonder Festival, along with perhaps another piece on my time in Japan. There are however a million other real blog posts I want...

Download [audio:http://mistakesofyouth.com/podcast2/MoY_2_ep_17.mp3] Wonder Festival may be long over, but our Beauty Memories live on… in the form of a podcast! The content of this show is true to the title for the first 10 or so minutes (believe it or not, there was even more of just me talking...