Category: Otaku

Oh man, last night at MIT they were giving away free shit. Considering I’m dangerously poor, I jump at any opportunity for free stuff, and boy did I jump! Well, I guess I only jumped a little. I had to carry this all home by hand, you know! Anyways,...

Original Post Really, one has to wonder if these two are even friends, considering that they never seem to have a nice conversation with each other. One also has to wonder why Hikki has an Ideon poster. And why him and Rets share the exact same expression. I kind...

(Note: I kind of have this mental post backlog that I’m burning through at the moment. I have time to kill so I might as well) There are nice people in this world. mt-i is one of those nice people. Out of the kindness of his heart, he offered...

Ok, so last weekend I was chillin’ with my buddy Seiya over at his place. Aside from just sitting and talking about random shit for hours, drinking Pocari Sweat, and generally just making a lot of noise, we mined through his collection of old anime stuff. I think I...

Here’s the deal: For a couple of days during the summer I was holding down the family lair on my own. As such, I felt it was a perfect opportunity to fully otaku-ize my room, if just for a few days. Of course, this simply entailed whipping out the...

It’s that time of year again! Time to purchase giant books of poster-sized illustrations that are passed off as calendars simply because they have some numbers running down the side! Seriously, who actually uses these as calendars? I know I don’t! But yeah, preorders are going up, so it’s...

Man, I’m really trying my best to save money. But I walk into Tokyo Kid all the time and buy nothing, so I figure today I may as well invest in two things I’m interested in. Strangely enough, they’re not weird things like bedsheets or pillow cases! They’re books!...

Download [audio:http://mistakesofyouth.com/podcast2/MoY_2_ep_3.mp3] In the dark recesses of your most horrible nightmares, there lies a place called OTAKON. Fearless warriors make pilgrimage to this far-off land annually, but always come out defeated. This year is no different than the previous ones that came before, what with my fellow compatriots and...

Otakon 2008 was the best Otakon ever and the worst Otakon ever. It was the best in that I finally managed to pull off the magical balancing act of hanging out with all of my friends from various different communities for equal amounts of time, and it was the...

More preorders from six+ months ago have come in! Alter 1/8 Mikuru Asahina Maid Version  Yet another figure of Mikuru in her oh-so-cute cultural festival outfit. This Alter version features slightly greyed out colours for a more realistic look, and lacks MaxFactory’s Neko Miki Mode option. The sculpt is...