orz - SWISS CHEESE PORN

Well, the ABA is about to close, and while I do appreciate the random pleas to help me raise my flagging vote tally, erm, well… thanks.

Let’s move on.

Shingo from Heisei Democracy: No seriously he is not some sort of activist. If he was some sort of activist then I would have been invariably dragged into his schemes (which he does not have, btw, on account of him not being an activist ad all.)

zepy fro I HEART MOMOTA- Canned Dogs: Instant dogs. Just add water. Available at a vending machine near you. Also look out for: Canned Kittehs. Just add catnip.

Gia from A Geek by any other name: Gia is secretly some kind of sentient Tamagotchi-like electronic pet embedded somewhere inside GLaDOS. No the cake is not a lie. It is nice and moist and delicious. OH NO GLADOS-SAMA NOT THE TESTS AGAIN T_T

hemisphere of MOU YAMATE:

-noun
1. (often initial capital letter) half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere, esp. one of the halves into which the earth is divided. Compare Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere.
2. a map or projection representing one of these halves.
3. a half of a sphere.
4. Anatomy. either of the lateral halves of the cerebrum or cerebellum.
5. the area within which something occurs or dominates; sphere; realm.
[Origin: 1325?75; < L hemisphaerium < Gk hemisphairion; r. ME emysperie < OF emispere < L]

lolikit from notdotq: …nevermind.

Rack up those votes gentlemen. All your vote are belong to impz.

Many have puzzled about the origin of evil; I observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape it, with this I begin and end.
- John Newton

I am mildly amused at people NERD RAGING over Suzaku’s apparent moralfaggotry, but not going overboard over Lelouche’s actions.

Which is a ruddy shame, because the both of them are doing morally wrong things, or to put it simply, they are letting the ends justify the means.

Let’s put it in a way that even the pretentious, the trolls and even the mockers can understand.

Let’s say you need money fast. You know there are people who would pay good money if you killed a certain someone. Would you then kill that certain someone to get the money?

If your answer to that hypothetical situation is yes, then congratulations. You’ve just let the ends justify the means. Highly simplistic, yes, but it gets the point across.

Wanna tie this to animé? I’ll use Gurren Lagann.

My memory is rather fuzzy on this, but apparently, a lot of people can’t see that there is evil in Gurren Lagann. Lord Genome, Rossiu, the Anti-spirals, heck, even Kamina and Simon are evil. Yeah, I’m a bit too harsh on the characters, but remember, they did evil before they did good. Lord Genome used fear to rule over Earth and treated humans like playthings. Rossiu lied. The Anti-spirals used fear, uncertainty and doubt and pretty much shat on the whole free will thing. Kamina rebelled against authority. Simon was a coward.

In Lord Genome’s and the Anti-spirals’ (and to a small extent, Rossiu’s) cases, they mistakenly thought that they had to be the evil in order to achieve their goals. What they did helped no one, and as we could see, only caused a ton of sorrow and almost destroyed the earth (in Rossiu’s case.) Kamina was impatient and couldn’t wait for the right time. Simon refused to face up to reality. They all let the ends justified the means.

But I’m being too harsh to the cast. They all realized that they were wrong and finally did the right thing in the end.

What I’m trying to say is this:

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
-Proverbs 25:21-22

If you want to defeat evil, you have to do good. Knowing that you are evil is nothing but sheer braggery and is the sign of a haughty spirit.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
-Proverbs 17:15

And you definitely cannot let the ends justify the means.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
-Proverbs 20:11

For evil is known by it’s actions. And the road to disappointment is usually paved with good intentions.

Then again, I’m probably preaching to the wrong crowd. After all, if we can justify stealing AND sowing discord, I’m sure we can justify evil. I mean, we just justified Suzaku’s and Lelouche’s actions (too lazy to link to various posts.), I’m sure we can even justify things that are not just morally reprehensible, but illegal as well. Like murder. And trampling on the freedom of will. Oh wait. WE DO! ON A DAILY BASIS!

PS: War is the consequence of a great number of factors (suffice to say, man’s twisted ambition to control his life is one of them), and as such, death is to be expected. War is reprehensible, but remember, it is the result, not the cause. We are appalled at war because we are appalled at ourselves for letting matters get to such dire straits. What more morally reprehensible is that the people in power always justify the results of their incompetence to cover their asses. Oh liberty, what injustices we do in your name. (aka next person who says something about not justifying war will me modded, ignored, and flamed. You have been warned.)

We’ll get back to pimping blogs later.

Right now, I’m feeling rather not nice today. Not because I feel like trolling or anything but it’s more like someone has to wake up to reality. Or rather everyone has to wake up and smell reality.

Reality stinks. Animé will never ever be accepted into the mainstream.

Got that? Good. Now I’ll explain why it’ll never be mainstream.

1. The fanatics.

It’s not limited to nutjob Naruto cosplayers wielding yaoi paddles. It’s also not limited to supposedly smooth-talking bloggers who know only hatred and evil in their twisted little hearts of stone.  You want to know how fanatical you will become? Chomp on this whopper.

In 2007, some otaku decided that the commercialization of Akihabara was too much for their delusional minds. Instead of rolling over and secluding themselves even further, they decided it was time to fight back. Calling themselves the Akiba Liberation Front, they set out to commit terrorist acts in the name of Akihabara. Starting by killing some people they did not like. Should they have succeeded, Comiket would have been shut down indefinitely. And everything related to Akihabara would have been wiped out. Otaku maid cafés, everything. Fortunately, they did not succeed.

Their actions proves once again just how dangerous a delusional mind is. (I may be targeted by Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups just for saying that sentence. Then again some of us are more than happy to be rid of me.)

2. Public Perception

Apart from June 30 2007, there have been other detrimental events that has led to the revealation of how depraved and soulless being an otaku really is.

We’re all familiar with the axe murders of 2007. You know, about the string of murders involving axes and the canning of 2 shows for a bit?

And of course there’s Tsuyotomu Miyazaki, the notorious murder who wanked to loli porn.

Add to that the first shows in America were mecha shows and porn, and that’s a recipe for mainstream rejection.

3. Otaku are the result of a culture that was fundamentally messed up to begin with

Being an otaku is nothing to be proud of. It means that you are the result of a society that forces itself to look good on the outside while forgetting about the inside. It also means you’ve already lost hope in society (which has never been good to begin with) and with life in itself. Full of disillusionment and self-pity they turn to any form of escapism and use it LIKE A DRUG.

And to actually understand why otaku are so horribly messed-up to begin with, we have to look at Japan’s history and the Japanese in general.

Throughout Japan’s past, they have always adopted what looked good on the outside, without taking note of the far-reaching effects. They accepted Chinese influence in the 2nd century AD/CE, but dropped it like a hot potato after the T’ang Dynasty fell. They did the same for western influence and shut themselves off to the world until Commodore Perry came along in 1853. (I believe the westen powers had to flatten two port towns before they accepted.) And again in 1945 (Fat Man and Little Boy). (Note: I’m probably misintepreting things and stuff. I’m still unskilled in this kind of thing.)

And the Japanese themselves? We’ll just mention the behavior of WW2 Japan and leave it at that. If they weren’t patriotic savages hellbent on conquering the whole of Asia for their purposes, they were spineless sacks of flesh who did nothing to oppose such nationalism. Forever obsessed with the outside they neglected to look at either what would happen or disregarded their conscience.

Really, being otaku basically means you’re doing socially acceptable behavior (the materialism part, yes materialism is socially acceptable) with socially unacceptable things and a light brushing of socially unacceptable behavior.

Really, what’s there to be proud of? Repeating the mistakes of society using socially unacceptable things? Is that what you want to promote?

Good luck with that. You’ll need it.

PS: And yes I just realized I sound like a bloody hypocrite. So sue me. With an actual lawyer and whatnot.

To all those who say I am beating myself up: I was merely stating facts. After all, have I stirred up srs drama these past few months? Therefore it is with truth and a hint of sick humor that I restate my  inability to win best dorama.

• Hinano of Hinano’s Babb- Errr, Ex-fansubber Hitorgo: Errr… … … Yay for happy couples? I think she wears the pants in that silly relationship. And soon-to-be happy couple. And stuff. (what else d’yeh want me to say?)
• DS of Dango B- Daijoubu: IT IS DS THE DANGOMAN! DANGOS! DADADADA DANGOS! DANGOS! DANGOS! DANGOS! DADADADADADADADA DANGOS! (sung to the tune of the Adam West Batman Live-Action theme)
• mike of tl;d-animé|otaku: The other brand of insomnia-curing medicine. Once you wade through the allusaions to acclaimed novel, you might find nuggets of wisdom. Shiori nuggets. why did I say that OSHI GUNCANNON DON’T CRUSH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
• DiGiKerot of delicious Beta-Waffles: He’s British and he knows how to make a good roast beef. He is also in the shape of a waffle. It is delicious waffle you must eat it OmNomNomNomNomNom.
• WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS: Cute. Touhou. ’nuff said. Also TWUCK.

SUPAH SPESHUL LAST-MINUTE PIMPAGE ENTRY

• wildarmsheero of Mistakes of Youth: He writes for Otaku USA. He has many hugpillows. He also uses his online handle when he writes (For safety reasons. Ours.) He is also very ronery. Well I guess knowing Ol’ Patrick Macias does make him somewhat vote-worthy

Hurr Hurr Hurr. Don’t be hatin’.

Macross F is AWESOME.

No wait scratch that. Macross is awesome.

The only problem is, it took too darned long for me to be bitten.

i watched a wee bit of Macross when I was 12 (I think it was DYRL), stumbled upon the Studio NUE designs for JP Battletech some time back, and watched a few episodes of Macross Zero before catching Macross F.

I know about Ranka and her Nyan nyan and kyun Kyun, ALTO-HIME~~~~~~~~ (no I am not gay for Alto-hime) and the deal with Klan Klein, and the backpack and the frogphone and the throwbacks to older Macross series. Darnit Macross F is infinitely much better than Code Geass S2.

My only complaint is that except for Ranka, Alto-hime and the male characters, everyone else seems to be  a palette swap of another character. But it’s a minor blip when compared to the show in general :3

The only thing that will make me a happy camper is if they sneaked one one JP Battletech design. That’s all I ask, just one freakin’ JP Battletech design. And it will be awesomesauce.

It’s obviously better to give than to receive. And honestly, I don’t deserve to be here after 2 years. If I had my way I’d be be a bloody mess at the foot of a skyscraper at age 8. True story there.

• The Sea Slugs Colophon: Almost as old as Momotaro, but hey. Kabitzin looks like a sea otter rather than a slug and everyone loves otters. And he does interviews.  EPIC INTERVIEWS. And, uh, episode summaries. I return for the Interviews though.
• The Borderline Hikkikomori team: I was supposed to look for another moé sound to replace desu but I got lazy (insert moé sound here). also CJ is a girl (insert moé sound here). Crisu is her kitteh of doom and she has others whose names I can’t recall at the moment. But she’s a GIRL (insert moé sound here). I think that counts for something.
• SDS of Ogiue Maniax: He’s given me a few topics to think about and write. Also he hangs out with notable luminaries like Shingo and wildarmsheeero. That makes him COOL. (wah also writes for Otaku USA. He uses his pen name for safety. Ours.)
• Cameron Probert of In Search of Number 9: i’ve mentioned before he sounds like a cheese. i think it was Camebert.  oh great. Now i have to find some way to work Ebichu in it. While it’s true he doesn’t give sexual advice to people (like EBICHUMAN), he writes like a polished reporter worthy of Reuters or the BBC.Thought-provoking, eloquent and interesting, he’s looking for his 9th absolute favorite show. If he went into news reporting, he’d eventually be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. I guantaree it.
• Kur0gane of… … … Kurogane’s: Seriously, who doesn’t like him? He’s funny, not afraid to admit he’s gay for Jun. thinks a cat is fine too… I bet he secretly loves Alto-Hime.

Yes these people are seriously more awesome than I am. i am made of fail and lose compared to them.

Rightstuf and Nozomi have decided to import the deliciously insomnia-curing, wonderfuly awesome Aria to the United States.

A lot of people are really happy. So is me. Okay I watched all but one episode. It’s still a wonderful show.

FUCK YEAH ARIA

That crazy ZUN, making more Touhou.

For some reason it’s underground.

Let the mud wrestling commence.

Personally, I got nothing riding on the awards. I get myself plonked in a gag award which I wrote the blurb for (and having no chance of winning) and I’m too weird to be typecast into anything (okay maybe if there was a totally wacked out award I’d win it :P).

So yeah, instead of focusing on my INVISIBLE PLATFORM, go vote for someone else. Seriously. You might like to look below for ideas.

• totali of Subculture: Totali does episode summaries. So does everyone and their mothers. I don’t know why I would ask anyone to vote for totali but I secretly think totali is female. That and this has to be at least 50 words or more. Or 42.
• jpmeyer of MINAIDE HAZUKASHII~: So he’s a happy husband-to-be. That means he’s either going to beat his wife (chances of that happening are 0%) or his wife (who happens to be Hinano OH SURPRISE) is going lay it to him (It’s already happened). Personally, I feel mildly responsible for getting him hitched, because whenever I am in a community recently people WILL get married or together. S’all true.
• Iknight of The Animé Anachronism: Other than having a word i will type wrongly at least 50% of the time, Iknight is a bit of a sardonic individual. He tends to writes somewhat long articles, but man those articles can work them braincells. I think I almost fapped to his words once. No I do not have a word fetish.
• omo of omonomono: Okay, seriously. Vote for him. Not because he’s hailed as a cure for insomnia, but because of the very fact he was around when Momotaro was around. That’s got to be worth at least one vote, right?
• THAT: Did I say impz was a vicious headhunter? Actually I meant that impz was a CUTE headhunter. Seriously he alone is cute enough to win a couple of awards all by himself. No this was not done at trap point and i was totally not forced to write this. This is all my own free will. Yessireebob I was not forced to write about how cute Impz is.No coercion was involved. Nosireebob. None of that torture thing happened as well. And no I was not forced to conveniently forget about Impz’ team. Nope. No torture at all.

Man my wit sucks. I need to brush up on that. but seriously folks, vote for them. They are COOL. Very COOL.

PS: No I did not plan to hurt anyone with my completely sick humor more fit for pig swill than human consumption.

PPS: Wee. 2 years. I am officially older than the Internets.

Yo yo! Big D here in the hizzouse!

Tizzle be mah homies, yo! So pleaze vote fo’ thizzay and deck’em out with teh bling!

(Ok, gangsta speak is getting silly. The rest of the post may or may not be in gangsta speak.)

• Totali - DURRR
• jpmeyer - He’s going to be married. Spare a thought, man.
• the animéanachronism - I actually got anachronism right?
• omo - You know omo, like when he was about to eat us all in a fit of lulz? Good times, good times.
• THAT - Impz may be a vicious cute headhunter, but the rest o’ hiz crew are all right.
• Sea Slugs Colophon - Did you know that Sea Slugs look like otters and are a vital part of your everyday diet? Shame that they’re protected under international lulz law.
• Borderline Hikkikomori - CJ is a girl desu~ please vote for her desu~ I have no idea why I am speaking like Suiseiseki desu~ desu desu desu~ (lolwut)
• SDS[Oguie Maniax] - One of my nominations got through? WUT. z(o_O)\_ (He’ s good, I can vouch for that.)
• Cameron Probert - sounds like a cheese, writes like a slick Pulitzer prize reporter.
• Kuro(u)gane - No, not Daijuuji Kurou, that other one from Underwater Ray Romano. (LOL)
• Hinano - Oh look it’s a happy bride. LET’S LULZ AT HER!
• DS - Dangos are for eating, not comicking.
• mike - needs more lulz. ‘ nuff said.
• Delicious Beta waffles - too bad most of British cuisine tastes like oil, though :V
• YAY WALFAS
• Shingo - Shingo be da man to hook you up with da goods. (If you deal in information that is.)
• zepy - Stop lusting after momotato!
• Gia - Personally, I think it sounds like a new type of Tamagotchi.
• MOU YAMATE - Once you click on that link you are hereby proclaiiming you are a pervert and like the look of naked flesh and whatnot. Also NOODZ.
• LOLIKIT - is delicious shota yo. Like um, Kouta from Kanokon, ‘cept more shotaey and less indecisiveness and has a long schlong more than OVER 9000 feet long?

YOU’LL NEVER GET A CAMPAIGN FROM ME COPPERS NEVER EVER