Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

Are Anime Characters Drawn White or Asian?

I love Sankaku Complex.  They are one of the few otaku sites that are not afraid to ask the tough questions like “Why Do Anime Characters Look White?,” and “Why Do Anime Characters Have Such Huge Eyes?”
This time they return to the question “Why Cute Anime Girls Are Drawn Like White People.” and they explain [...]

U. S. Government Shuts Down Megaupload

Uh-oh.  It seems that the upload site… um… Megaupload has been shut down just hours after the massive online protest against the SOPA and PIPA travesties in Congress right now.  Even
though the owners of the site are not U. S. citizens, the U. S. Government saw fit to shut them down anyway, possibly to prove [...]

How Otaku Celebrate Christmas

Image by awee_19 via Flickr

Christmas in Japan is more like Valentine’s day than it is about the birth of a carpenter who was tortured and killed for simply saying that people should start being a little nicer to each other.
And for the otaku in Japan it’s more than a little creepy.  Due to our natural [...]

When Charlie Chaplin Spoke, It Was Because He Really Had Something To Say

With SOPA and the NDAA being pushed so hard in Congress and with almost nobody talking about it, I thought that this video was appropriate.  Somehow it seems to fit.  Pay attention.
 

Korean Skyscraper Built In Bad Taste?

According to Sankaku Complex, a skyscraper has been built in Seoul, Korea that looks a little too much like the Twin Towers just after the planes hit.
Nicknamed “The Cloud” because of it’s strange connection between the two buildings that resemble an explosion, even people who haven’t made the connection between the skyscrapers and 9/11 think [...]

When I Was 17, I Was Just Happy To Have An Allowance

Image by plindberg via Flickr

Man…
I feel like I was born in the wrong decade.  When I was a young adult in the eighties, there were ten year olds making gobs of money by writing the next great computer game or program.  In my house, we didn’t get our first personal computer until I was 19, [...]

Hulk Am 99 Percent!

New Column! – Seattle Columns – New Column! – The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
The Incredible Hulk has something to say about the “Occupy” movement, particualarly Occupy Seattle.  I’d suggest that you listen to what he has to say.

Related articles, courtesy of Zemanta:

Review: Incredible Hulk #1 (link)
A Critical Overview of The Stranger
Guest Column: On the Road [...]

The Ita Tractor

Sankaku Complex – Anime, manga and games, observed from Japan

Painful vehicle fans are stepping it up a notch.  Now, not only are there ita-cars, ita-bicycles, ita-motorcycles and I think I once saw an ita-wheelbarrow… but now here’s an ita-tractor.  Pity the farmer who uses this on his fields…

Related articles, courtesy of Zemanta:

Manga of the Month: [...]

Rest In Peace Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs dies; obituary; Apple’s co-founder transformed computers, culture – latimes.com

My Dad used to work for Apple, back in it’s pre-glory days, when the employees wore shirts declaring how many hours they had worked on the then new Mac.  Dad pointed him out once when I was visiting him at work.  You could tell he [...]

Obama Runs More Than The Country… Apparently

KFC Sues Obama Fried Chicken – “No You Can’t!” | Sankaku Complex

A University student in China loves US President Barack Obama and Kentucky Fried Chicken so much that he decided to combine the two in a business.

All “blacks love fried chicken” comments can be left below.

Related articles, courtesy of Zemanta:

China Sells Obama Fried Chicken
Obama Fried [...]

Powered by WordPress | Designed by: MMO | Thanks to MMORPG List, Facebook Games and Game Soundtracks