Archive for September, 2008
Yaoi Menace: Steal Moon
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In the author’s comments section at the end of volume one, mangaka Makoto Tateno claims she didn’t know if Steal Moon would fit in the boys’ love genre, since it is a science fiction manga. She should have no worries on that account. Steal Moon is as much a science fiction story as Brokeback [...]
Airbags for Walkers
The rapidly aging Japanese population has led to an interesting invention…
Airbags for Pedestrians
They seem pretty reliable. But if you fall forward, you’re still screwed.
I should get one of those. I’m pretty clumsy. But only if they print the airbag vest with Hello Kitty! That would look much cooler.
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Chinese media receives report of space launch from THE FUTURE!
China’s latest space shot was so successful, that they’ve managed to breach the 4th dimension - travelling into the future and sending back reports which were published before the craft even took off. The Associated Press besmirches China’s claims of a successful launch, going so far as to claim that the reports were not in [...]
DVR tip: Super Smash Brothers pro-player Kan Hoang on ‘Survivor: Gabon’
Yes, reality television has all the intellectual value of competitive nose-picking, but fans of the pro-gaming scene might be interested in checking out tonight’s debut of Survivor: Gabon, featuring 22-year old Super Smash Brothers champ Ken Hoang. And lots of hot chicks, if that’s your thang…
Personally, I’m still chuffed that Malay contestant Yau-man Chan didn’t [...]
Massive comic-book nerd elected leader of Japan
Otaku-friendly right-wing politician Taro Aso has been elected Prime Minister of Japan. Whether this will result in new trade regulations prompting a tide of hentai and vinyl figures onto U.S. markets is unclear - but is a much-hoped for result, if you ask me.
Aso has also managed a rare feat among LDP members — he’s [...]
Chinese eggheads readying revolutionary space propulsion system - or not
Are the Chinese close to cracking a new form of space-propulsion that will put them at the forefront of the new Space Race, or is it just a bunch of scientific propaganda?
Chinese researchers claim they’ve confirmed the theory behind an “impossible” space drive, and are proceeding to build a demonstration version. If they’re right, this [...]
AnaKhouri SMASH!
OK, I am pissed. We’ve been posting bits about the upcoming remake of Rashomon, and I just saw Musashi posted some news- the film’s producers are moving the story from Edo-era Japan to a modern American courtroom.
How is this stupid, let me count the ways. Well, there’s one major one, but it’s BIG:
Edo-era Japan: All [...]
WB loses ‘Hari Puttar’ suit
While Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is ensconced in some evil lair, reclining naked on piles of cash wrenched from the pockets of millions of impressionable children (or, rather, the parents of millions of impressionable children), Warner Brothers is rubbing their backsides after losing a court case to block the release of a Bollywood film [...]
Rhona Mitra = Major Kusanagi
Don’t get yer panties in a bunch - this has nothing to do with Stephen Spielberg’s proposed Ghost in the Shell film…but last night I was lying on the couch like a beached whale watching Neil Marshall’s Doomsday on Time Warner Pay-per-View, and it struck me how similar Rhona Mitra’s character was to our favorite [...]
Details on ‘Rashomon’ remake
Our comrade AnaKhouri already gave this a mention, but since Variety has provided some meagre details, I thought I’d jump in on the fun.
YES - the setting is moving from Japan to modern-day America…which I’m rather meh about. I mean, if you were to attempt a remake and set it in ancient Japan, what would [...]
