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
December 17th, 2021 
AstroNerdBoy 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
Burger King Japan Celebrates “Good Meat Day”
November 19th, 2021 AstroNerdBoy 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
“BIG ENTER” key — for those REALLY stressful times
May 6th, 2015 AstroNerdBoy “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
Bet you think this awesome Japanese commercial is about baseball.
March 28th, 2015 AstroNerdBoy 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
KILL la KILL Cosplay Awesomeness!
January 17th, 2015 AstroNerdBoy 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
BABYMETAL – Death (デス – Desu!)
November 11th, 2013 AstroNerdBoy Time for another adventure in BABYMETAL music. This time, I’m going off the beaten path by sharing one of the limited edition songs from BABYMETAL called Death. This one is pure death metal, or as pure as an idol-metal group can get. First up, here’s the song from the LE single. Up until
BABYMETAL – いいね！(Iine!) – Idol Pop +Death Metal + Hip-hop + Happy Trance/Hardcore
November 5th, 2013 AstroNerdBoy My latest share from the heavy metal/idol Japanese group BABYMETAL is a song called Iine!, which is a rather interesting number. This one has more pop elements in it, though that death metal element is there too. *lol* Take a listen. Oddly enough, around the 1:32 minute mark, BABYMETAL suddenly goes pure hip-hop on
