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Remember last year, when that copy of Action Comics #1sold for $1.2 million dollars? That very incident brought up two questions for me:
Who keeps a frickin’ comic book for 72 years?
Who pays for a 72 year old comic book?
Archive for November, 2011
First Appearance Of Superman Breaks Record
November 30th, 2011 
The Otakuologist 
Posted in Amecomi, Otaku 
Tags: Action Comics, Action Comics 1, Comic Book, Comics, Superman, Washington Post 
No Comments »Create Your Own Otaku
November 30th, 2011 The Otakuologist As we all (at least those of us who are otaku) know, otaku are born, not made. At least they used to be, but apparently Right Stuf thinks they can simply make us out of pixels, and graphics and whatnot.
The “otaku” are simply little avatars that you can customize I guess. Personally, I’d like ‘em [...]
Using Manga To Teach
November 30th, 2011 The Otakuologist Have you ever wanted to finally get this damn Theory of Relativity nonsense but don’t want to have to actually read a physics book to do it? Then you are in luck. For years, the Japanese have been using manga to teach complex subjects like math and science and now, No Starch Press, out of [...]
Posted in Manga Tags: Biochemistry, Comics, Japan, Manga, No Starch Press, San Francisco 1 Comment »When Anime Goes Live Action
November 30th, 2011 The Otakuologist It seems that when it comes to anime and manga, not as many people want to see live action adaptations as you might think. Pollsters at Oricon asked what people thought of live action adaptations of anime, manga and video games and this is what they came up with:
Posted in Anime, Manga, Movies Tags: Akira, Anime, Hollywood, Japan, La Blue Girl, Oricon No Comments »The Luckiest Otaku
November 29th, 2011 The Otakuologist Okay, so maybe he’s not an otaku, per se, but George Toman is still pretty lucky. While cleaning out his attic he came across a bunch of old comic books he bought as a child. Among the comics? A good condition Amazing Fantasy featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man, which fetched him about $12,000.
He bought [...]
Posted in Amecomi, Manga Tags: Amazing Fantasy, Comic Book, Comics, George Toman, Otaku, Spider-Man 2 Comments »Overheard In Japan: “Kinect? What’s That?”
November 28th, 2011 The Otakuologist It seems that after a year on the shelves of Japanese markets, the (supposedly) amazing, (possibly racist) Kinect is tanking badly. It apparently has only captured a scant 2% of sales worldwide. The reason? According to Wired, it doesn’t fit in with Japanese culture. It seems that Japanese houses are waaaaaaaay too small to conform [...]
Thermae Romae To Get Live Action Adaptation
November 28th, 2011 The Otakuologist Comedy manga Thermae Romae, the amusing story of Lucius, an ancient Roman bath house architect, who for some reason time travels to modern bath houses in Japan will be getting a live action treatment soon, according to it’s website. They have also released a teaser:
Otaku Celebrate Christmas Too, Yknow!
November 28th, 2011 The Otakuologist According to Geek-Out!, the CNN hosted blog that reports on all things nerdy, the following are what you should get your anime watchin’, manga readin, figure collectin’ otaku friend, lover or child this Christmas. After reading the list, I have to agree…
Posted in Otaku Tags: Anime, Christmas, CNN, Hello Kitty, Japanese cuisine, Neon Genesis Evangelion, ThinkGeek, Voltron 4 Comments »“Love, Election and Chocolate” To Recieve Anime Adaptation
November 27th, 2011 The Otakuologist The bishoujo game, “Love, Election and Chocolate” will be hitting the airwaves of Japanese television sometime next year. The game, which has already been adapted into a manga, tells the story of Yuuki Oojima, a student at a large private acadamy and a member of the Food Research Club, which I assume is just what [...]
The Otakuologist Is On Second Life (Again…)!
November 27th, 2011 The Otakuologist The best part of Second Life is the automatic cosplay. And for a superhero lover like me, you know I’m about it, no doubt it. I found a damn good free Iron Man avatar that I decided to take a few pics in. Oh how awesome!
Posted in Cosplay, MMORPG, Otaku Tags: Avatar, Cosplay, Iron Man, Second Life, Virtual Reality No Comments »
