Tag: Anime
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Ranking Attack on Titan‘s Intros (By Amount of Japanese Nationalism)

I’d been hearing about how great this show was for years, and I finally got around to giving it a watch with a buddy who also hadn’t seen it. (I haven’t gotten through the last two episodes, but I wanted to get this done before New Years’, and I don’t ~think~ they have an intro…
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Grimace Does Japan

So I did some mashups of Grimace x Japanese pop culture… (I’ve been tweeting these at McDonalds’ Japanese branch but they haven’t replied yet.) “Mobile Suit Grimace” “Grimace vs. MechaGrimace” “Neon Grimace Evangelion” “Berserk: The Golden Arches Arc” “Pokemon: Grimace” Hit me with suggestions if you’ve got ’em.
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Why I’m Not Reviewing Ahsoka, and Some Other Updates

Don’t worry: despite what you may have heard, I did not perish in an entirely-preventable zeppelin fire. I did, of course, end up trapped in the Australian Outback for several weeks with two broken legs and a herd of predatory kangaroos hunting me, but that’s a tale for another time. Anyway, you read the title,…
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Review: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Netflix)

Some Important Context: The entirety of my experience with the Cyberpunk franchise consists of my time with Cyberpunk 2077 and, now, Edgerunners. I haven’t played the tabletop RPG but have heard it’s great; I’ve got a lot of respect for Mike Pondsmith for crafting such an engaging setting. Now, on to our regularly scheduled programming……
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Experiments With AI-Created “Art”

[Some of the stuff in this post might get me murdered – but at difficult times like this, I like to think of a powerful quote from Susan B. Anthony: “Heroes live forever, [but] badasses never die.” Strong words from a strong woman – and reason enough for me to forge ahead.] Anyways. Say what…