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
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
BABYMETAL – Megitsune (Merging heavy metal, idol, and traditional Japanese music in a single song.)
October 22nd, 2013 AstroNerdBoy I recently mentioned BABYMETAL, an idol group that blends heavy metal with expected pop idol elements. The result is actually quite good, so much so that yours truly actually got an iTunes account just to score their music. ^_^ For this post, I wanted to talk about the song Megitsune, which means “female fox”. When
What Happens When Heavy Metal Meets "Kawai" Idols? BABYMETAL!
October 14th, 2013 AstroNerdBoy BABYMETAL! One of the the cool things about Japan is their willingness to experiment with new things and the spirit of innovation found there. That’s what happened when a producer at Amuse, Inc. when he decided to combine idol music with heavy metal music. That innovative idea gave birth to the metal-idol trio known as
