Archive for October, 2008
Ghostly Love
If you’ve been reading YM for a while, you might be aware that I am a fan of all things paranormal- from ghosts to UFOs to werewolves. With my favorite holiday coming up on Friday, I’ve decided to post one creepy Asian ghost story every day until Halloween.
This tale of love and death and love [...]
Film Review: Death Note II: The Last Name
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On October 15th and 16th Viz released into theaters the second live-action Death Note movie, following up its May theatrical release of the first film. My review of the second live-action Death Note movie is going to be much like my review of the first. Death Note II: The Last Name is a direct [...]
Warner Bros. Gets Live-Action Ninja Scroll Rights
Warner Brothers has snagged the rights to make a live-action version of Madhouse’s classic film Ninja Scroll.
Eh?
Oddly enough, I really don’t feel anything in particular about this. Hollywood has snagged live-action rights to so many anime lately (most of which have languished in Pre-Production Hell) that the news no longer makes me annoyed as it [...]
Dalai Lama: “As far as I’m concerned I have given up.”
Tibetan spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the Dalai Lama, has apparently given up hope that China will come to some sort of agreement on Tibet. I can’t say I’m surprised. China is supremely recalcitrant, especially with regards to land masses they consider to be their property - and the Dalai Lama is nothing [...]
William Shatner getting all catty about George Takei’s wedding
This interview with Star Trek alumnus William Shatner (and since he was dis-invited to appear in J.J. Abrams Star Trek, I suppose we can refer to him thusly…) gets all passive-aggressive on George Takei about his former co-star’s recent wedding. Invited or not, Shatner clearly has some deep-seated issues with Takei.
He rails on about Takei’s [...]
Off-topic, but topical: Zombies!!! headed to consoles
Here at Yellow Menace we’ve been pretty vocal over the years about our shared passion for all things zombie. Indeed, whenever I get together with Mazinga at Gen Con one of the things we do is grab a table and set up a game of Zombies!!!, the fantastic tabletop zombie apocalypse game by Twilight Creations. [...]
Halloween Costumes from Japan
Our friends at cracked.com have helpfully put together a list of potential costumes for you to wear to your Halloween party.
Costumes
Allegedly these are all from Japan, and from what I know about Japan…I believe it. All these costumes involve some sort of penis joke as well.
I especially like the tanuki costume; it’s mostly accurate at [...]
Short Review- Blank Slate, volume 1
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In a sidebar, Aya Kanno, the mangaka of Blank Slate, admits that she hated the original first chapter of her story. She hated it so much, in fact, that when the manga was being converted to graphic novel form, she removed the first chapter and replaced it with a side story. Oddly enough, it [...]
Plant Blog
If you think Yellow Menace is boring (Hey, we have real lives too! Much as I’d like to trawl the Internet all day…), then check out this blog by a plant in Japan.
Plant Blog
It has a little help from an engineer who wants to learn to communicate with plants. Personally, I think communicating with plants [...]
Murder in Maple Story
Maple Story. A placid place, except for the monsters you sometimes have to fight. Everyone seemed to get along in this quiet neighborhood. But what the residents of Maple Story didn’t know…was that a murderer walked among them.
Maple Murder
Now, I’ve never played anything more complicated than Bookworm Adventures. I don’t think I’d want to play [...]
