Archive for the ‘Japan’ Category
2014/12/02
There’s a probably a good reason why otaku shouldn’t take part in reconnaissance missions.
![Well, at least morale won't be a problem in this unit.](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gatethusthejsdffoughtthere01-monstergirlfanboys0011.jpg?w=450&h=451)
Well, at least morale won’t be a problem in this unit.
This exploration of the fanboy condition has been brought to you by Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There! (ゲート―自衛隊彼の地にて、斯く戦えり/Geito: Jieitai Kare no Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) – Volume 1 (June 25, 2012) by Takumi Yanai and Satoru Sao.
Tags:ゲート―自衛隊彼の地にて、斯く戦えり, Gate: Jieitai Kare no Chi nite Kaku Tatakaeri, Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!, Itami Youji, Kurata Takeo, Takeo Kurata, Youji Itami, 倉田, 伊丹耀司
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2014/11/28
If there’s something that ages worse than slang, it’s pop culture references.
![Hey! King Ghidorah last appeared in a 2001 "Godzilla" movie, dammit!](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gatethusthejsdffoughtthere01-ancientdragonidentification001.jpg?w=450&h=427)
Hey! King Ghidorah last appeared in a 2001 “Godzilla” movie, dammit! 😛
Today’s dated kaiju name drop has been brought to you by Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There! (ゲート―自衛隊彼の地にて、斯く戦えり/Geito: Jieitai Kare no Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) – Volume 1 (June 25, 2012) by Takumi Yanai and Satoru Sao.
Tags:ゲート―自衛隊彼の地にて、斯く戦えり, Gate: Jieitai Kare no Chi nite Kaku Tatakaeri, Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!, Itami Youji, Kuwahara, Kuwahara Souichirou, Souichirou Kuwahara, Youji Itami, 桑原, 伊丹耀司
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2014/11/24
I don’t think I like the direction the new Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon remake is headed in… ;_;
![プリティー・ティーンエイジ・ニンジャ・セーラームーン?](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/itcamefromthetoychest-prettyninjasailormoon001.jpg?w=450&h=206)
プリティー・ティーンエイジ・ニンジャ・セーラームーン?
Today’s models are the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus articulated figures by S.H. Figuarts outfitted with weapons from Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Casey Jones from Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toyline by Playmates Toys Inc.
Tags:Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Pretty Soldiers, Sailor Moon, Sailor Soldiers, toy, toys
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2014/10/23
Age – and height! – differences can be rough on relationships.
![Maybe he should've pat her on the head to make her feel better... ^_^;](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/danceinthevampirebund02-heighdifferencejoke001.jpg?w=450&h=676)
Maybe he should’ve pat her on the head to make her feel better… ^_^;
This playful ribbing comes to you courtesy of Dance in the Vampire Bund (ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド/Dansu in za Vanpaia Bando) – Volume 2 (December 22, 2006) by Nozomu Tamaki.
Tags:Akira Kaburagi Reegendorufu, Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, Akira Kaburagi Rēgendorufu, ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド, ミナ・テペッシュ, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Dansu in za Vanpaia Bando, Manga, Mina Tepesshu, Mina Tepeş, Wilhelmina Vlad Tepeş, 暁・鏑木・レーゲンドルフ
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2014/10/03
Discovering that your trust has been misplaced hurts all the more when it occurs at the most dangerous of times.
![I don't know about you, but my stomach would be rolling in his position...](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/thedisappearanceofnagatoyukichan01-loadedstomachquestion001.jpg?w=450&h=912)
YOU FOOL! THERE IS NO RIGHT ANSWER! THERE NEVER WAS! YOU WERE DOOMED FROM THE START!
Today’s crushing betrayal comes to you courtesy of The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (長門有希ちゃんの消失/Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu) – Volume 1 (February 4, 2010) by Nagaru Tanigawa and Puyo.
Tags:Asakura Ryouko, Asakura Ryōko, キョン, 長門有希, 長門有希ちゃんの消失, Kyon, Manga, Nagato Yuki, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shōshitsu, Ryouko Asakura, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, Yuki Nagato, 朝倉涼子
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2014/09/25
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
![Nagato just keeps getting cuter and cuter... =^.^=](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/thedisappearanceofnagatoyukichan02-embarrassingrevelations001.jpg?w=450&h=661)
Nagato just keeps getting cuter and cuter… =^.^=
This humiliating ordeal has been brought to you by The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (長門有希ちゃんの消失/Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu) – Volume 2 (November 26, 2010) by Nagaru Tanigawa and Puyo.
Tags:(鶴屋, Asahina Mikuru, Asakura Ryouko, Asakura Ryōko, 長門有希, 長門有希ちゃんの消失, Manga, Nagato Yuki, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shōshitsu, Ryouko Asakura, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, Tsuruya, Yuki Nagato, 朝倉涼子, 朝比奈みくる
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2014/08/08
What good is living forever if you have nothing worth living for?
![Aww. :)](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/danceinthevampirebund03-theburdenofimmortality001.jpg?w=450&h=834)
Aww. 🙂
This sobering viewpoint has been brought to you by Dance in the Vampire Bund (ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド/Dansu in za Vanpaia Bando) – Volume 3 (June 23, 2007) by Nozomu Tamaki.
Tags:ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド, ミナ・テペッシュ, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Dansu in za Vanpaia Bando, Manga, Mina Tepesshu, Mina Tepeş, Wilhelmina Vlad Tepeş
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2014/05/15
If you’re an amateur female doujinshi artist who’s new to creating pornographic material, the manner in which your male readers choose to admire your work is perhaps best left to the imagination.
![I'm not sure how it could get any worse, actually...](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/doujinwork3-imaginationrunningwild001.jpg?w=450)
Someone’s evidently not a fan of artistic license.
Today’s graphic imagery has been presented to you by Doujin Work (ドージンワーク/Doujin Waaku) – Volume 3 (April 11, 2007) by Hiroyuki.
Tags:ドージンワーク, Doujin Waaku, Dōjin Work, Dōjin Wāku, 長菜なじみ, 露理, Manga, Najimi Osana, Osana Najimi, Tsuyuri
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2013/12/18
In My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering With My School Romantic Comedy (俺の脳内選択肢が、学園ラブコメを全力で邪魔している Ore no Nōnai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Rabu Kome o Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru), the “Flippant God” who contacts protagonist Kanade Amakusa uses a rather unusual iPhone caller ID photo.
![God called. We're screwed.](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mymentalchoicesarecompletelyinterferingwithmyschoolromanticcomedy-flippantgodphotoid0011.jpg?w=450&h=253)
God called. We’re screwed.
While gods in this series seem more like caseworkers or tech support people than divine beings, they appear to have a sense of humor about their jobs (even if they aren’t very good at them) when you take into consideration where that image came from…
![What's the next step up from blasphemy again?](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/eccehomo-restorationtragedy001.jpg?w=450&h=384)
What’s the next step up from blasphemy again?
Tags:Anime, のうコメ, チャラ神, Chara Kami, 神, Flippant God, Gakuen Rabu Kome o Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru, God, Kami, My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering With My School Romantic Comedy, Noucome, Nōkome, Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Ore no Nōnai Sentakushi ga, 俺の脳内選択肢が、学園ラブコメを全力で邪魔している
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2013/08/12
Medieval fantasy world heroine turned Japanese call center agent Emilia Justina, a.k.a. Emi Yusa, provides some valuable insight on the complex interrelationship between chest size, armor, economics, and battlefield strategy.
![They can make for a goo distraction, though. ^_^;](https://theragingfanboy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/demonkingatwork03-chestsizeandarmor001.jpg?w=450&h=1265)
They can make for a good distraction, though. ^_^;
This invaluable information has been brought to you by Demon King at Work! – Episode 3: The Overlord Goes on a Date With His Junior in Shinjuku (はたらく魔王さま! 03: 魔王、新宿で後輩とデートする) (April 11, 2013).
Tags:Alsiel, Arushieru, Ashiya Shirou, Ashiya Shirō, はたらく魔王さま!, アルシエル, エミリア・ユスティーナ, サタン・ジャコブ, 真奥 貞夫, Demon King at Work!, Demon Lord at Work!, Devil Lord at Work!, Emi Yusa, Emilia Justina, Emiria Yusutiina, Emiria Yusutīna, 遊佐 恵美, 芦屋 四郎, Hataraku Maou-sama!, Hataraku Maō-sama!, Shirou Ashiya, Shirō Ashiya, The Devil is a Part-Timer!, Yusa Emi, 勇者、仕事優先で魔王城に泊まる
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