Regular visitors to the Japanator IRC channel will know that I’m always seemingly getting tangled up with a few individual females. So, in consideration of that, I’ve opened a new little feature of myself that will have me introducing my favourite females of all time. Of course, by female, I don’t mean the ones I get tangled up with. Who I actually mean are random celebrities…most likely from Japan or other parts of Asia as I hardly care much for the English culture. (Harsh, I know.)

Right right, enough of me rambling on. Let’s get started, shall we?

Let’s start with a little game then, all the pictures below will be common in something. No, the answer is not that they are all anime girls.

(From left to right: Lenalee [D-gray man], Tamaki [To Heart 2], Boota [Gurren Lagann], Rei[Marimite], Wilhelmina [Shakugan no Shana], Akiha [Tsukihime], Himawari [xxxHolic])

Again, no. The answer isn’t that they are all anime girls…or anime character. *Looks at Boota…*

If you don’t know the answer, congratulations; you still have a life.

People with a sense of logic could deduce that I’m talking about a seiyuu. (For those not very Japanese literate, Seiyuu = Voice actor.) People who are my kind would know that the answer is indeed. Itō Shizuka.

Why is she one of my favourite female of all time? Well, find out after the jump.

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It was Topless Robot (with delicious news on the long-discussed, never-sold Goonies sequel) who turned my attention to these Goonies-themed sneakers from Puma.

Now, Puma is not a brand I’m generally likely to wear in the first place. And, come on, sneakers? Am I some kind of six-year-old or something?

Apparently the answer is yes, because some deep, dark, sad, Goonies-deprived part of me screams: OH GOD YES! Mostly because they come in a drawstring pirate bag, which I bet I would use more than the actual shoes. And they’ll probably be stupidly expensive when they go on sale in December, too. Phooey!

Surprise! I wonder if they forgot that I still have posting rights?

Anyway, I have to tell you: I do not consider myself a Whedonite. I’ve been content to watch a handful of Buffy the Lesbinator or whatever it was called here and there, but never sought it out. Friends have introduced me to Firefly, which again was fun but not something that inspired me to run out and acquire the DVDs to devour.

But then something different happened. Something…horrible. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, to be exact.

Now, again, as a non-Whedonite I came upon it somewhat late, after the official run of the first three acts of the mini-musical was over (a fourth and I believe final act is in the works). But friends plied me with it, and like a cheap wine, it was mildly, comfortably intoxicating (and not too harmful to my wallet).

But Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog isn’t just incredibly entertaining (especially if you’re the kind of person who likes to, y’know, sing along): it’s an awesome marketing tactic. The episodes were free (for a limited time), and yes, people are passing around all three acts like crazy. But Whedon funded the entire production himself, which has the handy effect of making people want to pay for it to make sure that all the people who created it– who provided entertainment –are rewarded for it. HOW CRAZY IS THAT?

Already t-shirts are up on J!nx, where the Dr. Horrible twitter says there will be additional merch in the near future. And a DVD is in the works with “amazing” extras, including video auditions from fans to enter the Evil League of Evil (Dr. Horrible’s favored villain union) and a musical commentary. Yes, a musical. commentary. Oh, and the episodes are up on iTunes and Hulu for those who missed the original run.

So I implore those of you who may have already illicitly enjoyed the show to go and do so legally, so that we might encourage this kind of insanity in the future. Also, My Little Horrible. Mwahaha.

Jerkpop 2.0 Episode 0

“The Fail Episode”

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Kuro- The Loser

Bakuryu- The Asshole Psychic

Stig- The Normal One

Ebzero- Stig’s Girlfriend

AceOfClub5- The Quiet One

Well everyone, it took a while to get here, but we finally have the first episode of the Jerkpop revival. Unfortunately, as I mentioned in an earlier post, this is a fail episode. Nis wasn’t able to show up to the podcast, and Cyber fell asleep before the recording of the podcast, so I was left to record. My voice slowly get aheadof everyone else’s, and by the endof the episode, I am speaking around 3 seconds before anyone else. This makes me sound 1) Psychic, and 2) Like an asshole… which I am.  Regardless,if you can get past my voice, which iis the loudest one recorded, there is some good podcasting to be had. I won’t put up a minute by minute as I seriously don’t expect anyone to make it more than 20 minutes in to the episode. At the very end, for those either patient enough, or smart enough to skip ahead, there are some Arnold impersonations for your listening pleasure. Enjoy.

Has anyone seen this movie? Has anyone read the book? I’m sure at least one or two of you have done either. If you were lucky enough to see the movie in theater upon its release, you would have been in for a fairly surprising ride. The movie starts off slow, but it is chock full of visual and audio cues. From the graffiti and the riots, to the bombing of a coffee shop Clive Owen literally just walked out of, you can tell the world has gone to the crapper.

The premise of the movie is this: No more children are being born. No woman has been pregnant for 18 years, so thusly the youngest person on the planet is 18. They count down the months, days, hours minutes and SECONDS…and then the poor bastard(it was a boy) is killed in some freak accident fight…it’s all over the news and the world mourns the death of the youngest person. The meaning isn’t powerful, but how it affects the people is astounding…

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Here’s a neat little article from IGN about the top characters in the Street Fighter series.

Also, RvB: Reconstruction ch9 is out.  Go and watch.

Enjoy.

Well, this year’s Otakon is almost here.  I’m so damn excited, I might not get the sleep required for the 14+ hour drive from south Georgia to Baltimore, MD.  Through all the excitement (and lots of Mass Effect), I have just viewed the schedule for the con…and I must say, DAYUM its packed full of win.

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