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December 25th, 2011 
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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 [...]
December 7th, 2011 The Otakuologist Four cosplayers from Japan, China, South Korea and Thailand posed for pictures with the Japanese tourisim promotion group, Datebushoutai today to raise awareness of Japan’s recovery attempts.
Read the rest of the story at The Japan Times
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No Comments » December 6th, 2011 The Otakuologist Bandai Channel is soon to stream the adaptation of Yuichi Sasamoto’s space opera novel Mini-Skirt Uchu Kaizoku. And hey, you know me, any title with the words “Mini-Skirt” in it is okay by me.
(Note: aaaaaand for some reason the video I wanted to show you won’t play on my site, but here’s the link to it. [...]
December 5th, 2011 The Otakuologist On my daily blogsearch today I came across a word I had never come across before on my quest for cool things Japanese; Lotteria. The word was found on a very cool blog called Rocket News 24. (Seriously, go check it out. It’s awesome.)
Lotteria? What the hell is that? Is it a specialized place where you [...]
December 5th, 2011 The Otakuologist If you’ve ever wanted to know how the Japanese view the otaku lifestyle while learning how to use a bidet, then boy, do I have a video for you to watch.
It is actually quite interesting to watch. The video is called “Washlet & Japan Vol. 1″ and the pretty little mascot is named “Refreshing Angel Washlet [...]
December 4th, 2011 The Otakuologist Scientists from Japan and Russia believe that they may be able to clone a mammoth with bone marrow found in a well preserved tusk found in Siberia.
It seems that both Japan’s Kinki University and the Sakha Republics mammoth museum will be joining forces next year to try and actually bring back the prehistoric pachyderm. Can [...]
Posted in Japan Tags: Japan, Kinki University, Mammoth, Russia, Siberia, Woolly mammoth No Comments » December 1st, 2011 The Otakuologist Watch out, otaku. While it hasn’t happened here in the states yet, at least not that I know of police in every prefecture in Japan conducted a raid, looking for illegal anime uploads.
Among some of the titles uploaded:
Bakuman
Bakuman 2
Working
Blue Exorcist
…and others.
Not to seem like a total affiliate marketer, but in order to keep the law [...]
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 » 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 » 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:
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