Other Stuff

Some other stuff . . .

- 30 Rock had an episode where James Franco guest stars as a celeb in love with Kimiko, a dakimakura or a "hugging pillow". Check the episode out at Hulu. Via Anime Vice

- It's no surprise that James Cameron is possibly planning a trilogy for Avatar since it's been such a huge success. The interesting bit is the last paragraph where it says he is working on Battle Angel now for a 2011 release. Via Yahoo! Movies

- DVD Fantasium, a Japanese online retailer, announced it will no longer import Funimation titles due to licensing agreements. Via ANN.

- For $1.99 you can buy a sarcasm punctuation mark. < sarcasm >Great.< /sarcasm >. Via CNet.

- RIP Isamu Tanonaka. He was the only voice for Medama Oyaji, the walking eyeball that is Kitaro's father from Gegege no Kitaro. Via ANN

- To end on an up note, here's a good quality clean opening for the Dirty Pair TV show from 1985. The song is "Ru-Ru-Ru-Russian Roulette" by Nakahara Meiko. Via Japanator

5 comments:

Creginald Vandercleve said...

Is it just me or does "dakimakura" sounds like a savory hand-roll? It's getting on Happy Hour and I could go for some sushi & Sapporo...

Unknown said...

Sorry about the lack of posts from me. I'm ass deep in trying to get an OtakuHELL show put together for OhayoCon plus I got the crud on MLK day. I'm under the influence of cold medicine and that's all I can blame for the overload right now.

I'll check back in as soon as possible.

Anonymous said...

No worries, Danno!

Cough syrup is usually enough to get me out of the mid-winter doldrums, but not the gunk : / Hope ya feel better soon!

(DVC -- still thinking about izakaya)

_______ said...

PG is the bar you go to after work to have a couple of brews and bs. Take care of business and yourself first. We'll save a couple of beers for you.

Unknown said...

Battle Angel in 2011? Really? Hasn't the ship sailed on this one? I have as much enthusiasm for a Battle Angel movie as I do for a Mai the Psychic Girl movie at this point. Can we forget about this and move on to something better?



...like a live action Yamato?