This Image is Porn? The Mie Kotsu Controversy. Hey gang! I did a video on my second channel (seen below), talking about the controversy surrounding the Mie Kotsu Bus Company female mascot character. It is by no means unusual for a company to create mascot characters. However, in this case, a cute, anime-styled, female character
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Mangaka AKAMATSU Ken Wins Seat in Diet’s Upper House
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Mangaka AKAMATSU Ken Wins Seat in Diet’s Upper House Well, it is official. AKAMATSU Ken-sensei, the creator of A.I. Love You, Love Hina, Negima!, and UQ Holder, is now a member of Japan’s Diet Upper House. Sensei had this to say on Twitter after winning the election. 20時すぐ、参議院議員普通選挙にて報道各社から当選確実が出ました。 この当確は、漫画家初の国会議員の誕生を意味します。日本が変わる!と思います。 私に期待して投票してくれた有権者を裏切ることのないよう、また「全国民の代表」に恥じぬよう、しっかりと公約の実現に取り組んでまいります。 — 赤松 健 ⋈ 参議院議員(全国比例)候補者
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“UQ Holder” Creator AKAMATSU Ken Going Into Politics
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UQ Holder Creator AKAMATSU Ken Going Into Politics If I had to guess, I’m known in the anime and manga fandom for two things. One being the canon Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki series. The other would be for AKAMATSU Ken-sensei’s work, mainly Negima! and UQ Holder. I used to get spoilers for both those series, though
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Burger King Japan Celebrates “Good Meat Day”
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Burger King Japan Celebrates “Good Meat Day” Did you know that there’s a “Good Meat Day” in Japan? I certainly didn’t. However, November 29 is “Good Meat Day”. Why? Well, November 29 in numbers is 11 29. As I understand it, the 11 looks similar to the katakana イイ (いい in the hiragana and ii
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“BIG ENTER” key — for those REALLY stressful times
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“BIG ENTER” key — for those REALLY stressful times! Hey gang! Why a video for the BIG ENTER key? Why not? 😉 In all seriousness, today’s scheduled anime review has been delayed ’cause Murphy’s Law is currently in full effect at my job. But hey, I can’t complain ’cause it is massive overtime, and I
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Bet you think this awesome Japanese commercial is about baseball.
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Bet you think this awesome Japanese commercial is about baseball. You’d be wrong about the baseball part. When I lived in Japan, many Japanese commercials were often very entertaining, either because they were whacky in a funny sort of way, whacky in a silly sort of way, or just incredibly creative. One didn’t have to
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KILL la KILL Cosplay Awesomeness!
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KILL la KILL Cosplay Awesomeness! After being woken up for work last night, I kinda lost my motivation to do much of anything today. Then, while wasting time not being constructive, I stumbled across this image. Awesome KILL la KILL cosplay of Ryuuko and Mako from a couple of toddler (even though KILL la KILL