Anime, Otakism and the rantings of Japanese Popular Culture
It wasn’t much of an adventurous journey, really. Basically, Yoko departed Amazon Japan in Tokyo on 28th February, took a flight, stopped by Subic Bay Freeport in the Philippines for a short break, before finally making her way over to Singapore. She arrived this morning, 29th February at 6am, while I was still snuggling in bed. Some time around 10am, she arrived at my doorstep with her escort, the Fedex delivery man.
Yoko’s flight route right after the break.
I’ve never really gotten the reasons why some people like Lolis and Shotas. And neither have I gotten the reason why some people are pedophiles. The reasons are probably too complex and twisted for me to understand, but in this post, I shall rack my brains over reasons why Shotacon is popular.
Since I’m a guy, and a nerdy geekish one to begin with, I was never interested in dressing myself up. That means no accessories, t-shirt (Read : COSPA)/shirt and jeans/three-quarter pants as my common dressing and no styling of hair. I don’t have really have any reason to dress up anyway.
As a result of me not having the habit to dress up, I also grew to dislike accessories. I can’t understand why people wear all the fanciful rings and whatnot.
However, this dislike of mine changes when it comes to anime I like/love. I’m just another of those fans waiting to be milked by the license holders of his/her favourite anime.
This coming Spring (April), a bunch of Evangelion accessories are scheduled for release. It looks like my wallet’s hole is further ripping apart.
One thing that I really like about Major are the theme songs. Specifically, the opening theme songs. I realised that I always skipped the ending theme songs for a two reasons. They don’t sound good on the first hearing, and I’m too impatient to wait an extra minute or so before I go on to the next episode.
Actually, this post is going to be mostly on Road of Major, the band which performed the OPs for the first three seasons of Major. After all, I did say that I skipped most of the EDs, so I can’t really say much about them.
The title says it all. Hooray for Evangelion!
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With blogging comes the usage of pictures. There are basically 2 types of pictures. Those you get directly off the net and those you take using a camera in real life. And so, I was wondering, which one would blog readers take interest in?
This…
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Recently, I have received a $100 voucher from Starhub, so I decided to take a look at some of the handphones available. After all, my current handphone, a Toshiba 803t, has just passed the one year mark, so I figured that I might as well get a new phone.
After a short visit to a Starhub retail shop and a quick browse through the phones available, I came to a swift decision. I would be sticking with my current phone. Now, I’m rather sure some people might be wondering why on earth I gave up a chance to get a new handphone. The answer’s simple, they don’t suit my taste and liking.
I’ve always wanted to integrate humor in my style of blogging. Real life is simply too serious, and I really hate serious stuff. Hence, I figured that blogging would be a good channel to release some steam accumulated from real life as well as express myself with a dash of humor.
Anyone heard of figurine company EyeUp?
Apparently, there are rather unknown, and if you compare them to other larger companies such as the Trinity (GSC, Alter, Max Factory), it’s like comparing an Evangelion to a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
Still, I somehow chanced upon EyeUp’s website, and some of the stuff they are featuring for the upcoming WonderFest have caught my attention.
I’ve recently rewatched Byousoku 5cm since I was in the mood to do so. This rewatch has made me realised something. Thinking that Byousoku 5cm is tragic is naive. It’s not tragic at all.
寂しいですね
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