NERD ANGRY! NERD SMASH!!

whoa! whoa! whoa! I can see that your mad and I know why. It’s because this ANIME/WEB COMIC blog has been overrun by stupid stuff like “fashion” and clothes as of late. Here’s the opening to Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei followed up by the Phoenix Wright remake/parody. Hopefully that gets us back on track. chill out…

Cavalier Essentials

Are you rugged and or handsome and want  need some leather made accesories? well take a look at CAVALIER ESSENTIALS  each product is manufactured by hand with great care to ensure quality, durability, and most importantly style. “Cavalier Essentials is a line of vintage products designed for the rugged, yet sophisticated gentleman. Cavalier was always briefly explained as–“If Steve…

The 10 Year Plan

Interesting article about the Japanese clothing company Uniqlo and how CEO Tadashi Yanai has plans for it to become the number one clothing retailer in the world within the next 10 years. READ IT HERE.

Negatron and his Engrish students

So a couple of years ago I had a job tutoring Grammar to Japanese-American 8th&9th graders. Most of them spoke decent English but had a hard time adjusting since the Japanese language does not contain many sounds that you find in English. I would assign speeches on topics of their choice for them to read in front of our…

Beasts and Hype

Ahh ye olde Nike swoosh. It seems that at everyone I run into these days these days either still is, used to be, or is in the process of ending their “sneaker-head” phase. The vast majority of you need no definition for that phrase, you know exactly what it means to know the release date…

Eureka Seven AO: 1st episode sitdown

Remember Eureka Seven?  The anime about surfing robots, environmentalism, so cal culture, and explosions?  This is the sequel.  Real talk. Taking place on a small island in Okinawa, Eureka Seven AO follows the story of Ao, a young boy living with his adopted grandpa.  The people around him view him as a “gaijin” and refuse…

Nazo no Kanojo X / Mysterious Girlfriend X (1st Episode Sitdown)

I’ve been a little out of the anime loop.  That’s all gonna change.  I, the leader of Team Mixed Nuts, have decided to sit down with at least the 1st episode of as many Anime series that are airing in Japan.  I call this my “1st Episode Sitdown”. So, remember your first significant other.  Remember…

Upotte!! The sisterhood of the traveling stock.

Japan’s got a history of anthropomorphizing stuff.  Some call it moéfication.  What this means is that they’re pretty damn good at turning inanimate objects into….cute girls.  They’ve done it again.  This is “Upotte!!”, an anime about cute gun girls doing cute things. Upotte!! is the story of 4 girls who go through life together and…

What was my gateway anime…?

So… There’s a theme going around this week with members of TMN asking what your gateway anime was. In other words, what anime got me started watching the goodness that comes from the land of the rising sun. In all honesty, it’s really difficult to choose just one, as it was the Sci-Fi channel (now…

Post #100 – Shoutouts!

Man, 100 entries down.  I didn’t think we’d reach that milestone that quickly.  Looks like we did it, team.  And boy, does it feel good.  So, here’s who I wanna thank and give my shoutouts to… The new guys –  Beau – Your art and creative direction got this group going again when things were…