Archive for January, 2009
Yellow Menace Theater: Seven Women From Hell
Cloned Freak-Puppies On Sale!
Everyone loves dogs. Dogs are awesome. You know what the world needs? MORE DOGS.
At least, this South Korean bio-firm thinks the world needs more dogs. More insanely expensive freak-puppies.
Puppy Cloning
Look, my family’s Yorkie died five years ago. Do I miss him like Hell? Of course. But would I spend $155, 000 to have him cloned? [...]
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu founder Hélio Gracie dead at 95
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu founder and Gracie family patriarch Hélio Gracie died yesterday of natural causes at the age of 95. Like many Americans, I’d never heard of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu until Gracie’s son Royce Gracie made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut in the early 90’s. I can’t say that I’m the biggest Gracie fan – I prefer toe-to-toe [...]
Learn how to make rice balls from a dog
Dragonball: Evolution Update of Stupidity!
Just when you thought Dragonball: Evolution couldn’t get any stupider, it does.
Behold: FIST CAM!!!!
Behold!
The visual effects supervisor (Ariel Shaw) took what Wong defines as “fist-cams” using the renowned company Iconix, cameras so small that they can be linked to the hand of an actor and that allows the stroke of a character’s [fist] to go [...]
Things That Want to Eat You: Goblin Sharks
Goblin sharks are an odd-looking creature that inhabits the world’s oceans. While they live all over the place, they are best known around Japan, where they were first described in 1898.
This is an article about goblin sharks:
Goblin Shark
This is a video of a goblin shark. It looks pretty normal. But then around 25 seconds in [...]
Summoned From Hell: Detroit Metal City
So the husband and I just watched the first 6 episodes of this anime in one sitting (they’re only 15 minutes long, but that’s still rare for us) and were laughing our heads off the entire time. The show is SO FRAKKING FUNNY, I’m debating whether I like it more then Metalocalypse (Blasphemy! Sorry, Skwisgard).
It’s [...]
Hangover Remedies from the Land of the Rising Sun
Fat, drunk and stupid os no way to go through life, son. And now you don’t have to, thanks to the Japanese.
For instance, let’s say you live in, oh, I don’t know, the Cincinnati area. Let’s say it’s been snowing for two days and you are trapped in your house, because you are one of [...]
Fugu fears ferment food frenzy
The naughty blowfish strikes again! A half-dozen Japanese people have been stricken ill after consuming poisonous blowfish testicles (blowfish have testicles?) at an unlicensed fugu eatery in Tsuruoka. Gack!
They were treated at a hospital for numbness in the hands and legs and other symptoms. One of them was in a critical condition on Tuesday.
“The [...]
Go Forth and Get Knocked Up
Japanese employer Canon is letting its employees go home at a normal time (5:30 p.m.) instead of making them stay there all night. Why? So they can get home and get knocked up.
Go Forth and Multiply
Or is that the real reason?
Canon says its 5:30 p.m. lights-out program is one simple step toward helping address the [...]
Japan: No Janet Jackson for You!
…and I just bet they’re devastated.
Sorry Japan!
Apparently the global economic crisis is forcing JJ to cancel a bunch of concerts. Damn.
Does she really have that many fans anyway? I mean, she dropped off the radar a while ago. But then again, Poison recently did a tour, so maybe everyone has some fans.
Once I was bowling [...]
Xbox 360 #3 – R.I.P.
Saturday morning I plopped down on the couch hoping for a quick fix of Fable II. I was a little chuffed when the game froze seconds after I materialized on Knothole Island. I was even more chuffed when I re-booted the console, only to be greeted with the infamous Red Ring of Death. I dragged [...]
DVD Review- Ghost Hunt Season 1, Part 2
My review for the first set of season one of Ghost Hunt can be found here.
The second half of Ghost Hunt follows the lead of the first half; though the cases become more complex and darker in tone, the series remains entertaining and engaging, especially for viewers who already have an interest in the [...]
Gatchaman Director Dies
Hisayuki Toriumi, the director of Gatchamen, Area 88, Speed Racer, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold, has died at the age of 67.
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Despite the fact that Japanese people are supposed to be very long-lived, people involved with anime often seem to die relatively young, usually in their 60’s. Is there a ton of stress associated [...]
Yaoi Menace: Total Surrender, or Just Because It’s Japanese Doesn’t Mean It’s Good
When you look at Total Surrender, it seems pretty inoffensive (by my standards, anyway). It really doesn’t contain any of the common yaoi elements that I hate; no one is underage or looks underage, there’s no coerced sex or blackmail, and no one is raped. No, Total Surrender’s mortal sin is something else altogether: it’s [...]
