“Haruhi sucks and so does Lucky Star. Crappiest anime ever made.
Hokuto no Ken owns this shit.”
-Youtube comment poster
Dear science,
First off, let me say that we at TG are big fans of you. Flat-out: you BRING IT. Seriously, good looking out. You’ve stopped polio. You’ve sent men to the moon. You’ve allowed internet porn to reach me in copious amounts at ultra-fast speeds. Good work. Especially on that last one.
Surr-s-ly.
But science, (I hope I’m not getting too ‘girlfriend-y’ on you here) I’m going to say this: lately, things have gotten a bit goofy, and we’re starting to loose sight of goals that we need to move towards. We’re staring at our belly buttons.
And while I love microprocessors, GPS systems, nanotechnology, youtube, and ATM wan protocols as much as the next dude that writes for the blog section of a rarely-updated webstore, I think we need to cut to the damn chase: IT’S TIME TO BUILD A GUNDAM.
Naysayers, whom we shall henceforth refer to as “pussies”, have been noting that Gundams are nothing but large targets on the battlefield. But couldn’t we theoretically use them for construction, rescue, and research operations? Yes, the argument could be made that the VOTOMS design or some of Masamune Shirow’s landmate or ‘insect-based’ designs would be more effective and realistic, and yes if I was splitting hairs here I would say that I could see Patlabor coming to fruition first, but let us not forget a simple equation:
BIG-ASS GUNDAM RUNNING AROUND ≥ THAT SHIT WOULD RULE x120000(squared).
Also note the corollary:
BITCHIN’ ABOUT GUNDAMS EXISTING AS CANNON FODDER ≠ BEING FUN.
So come on science. You’ve brought us SETI. You’ve brought us neuro-surgery. You’ve brought us an excuse to think that douche bag computer programmers who masquerade as engineers can be mistaken for “cool”.
Now let’s get out there and build us a big ass mother-humpin’ robot. GET YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!
Ladies and gents! Forgive us! Forgive us!
In between yaoi-con, intermixi, and various other projects (READ: MONEY AND GIRLS!), we have been very inattentive to our lovely blog readers. How could we have ever neglected you? Oh yeah…
MONEY AND GIRLS.
Regardless, here we are, back in the saddle again like Aerosmith when they weren’t absolute garbage. Our big news is that we are planning some special sales soon, what with the holidays a-comin’ and all… get your wallets and hearts ready, yo.
For you lucky Japan-based cats out there who are reading this because you want to know why a bunch of lunatics with office jobs are still stalking the other side of the world for nerd goods, GET A LOAD OF THIS PREVIEW FOR THE NEW EVA-02!
(Of course, by the time the movies finish coming out the damned events may have happened anyway. But I digest…)
For those of you based in the states, Adult Swim has re-worked their Saturday lineup AGAIN and has actually shown some love for you otaku out there this time. While I think most of us would personally prefer that they just start showing stuff like this at 7 PM on weekdays and go through the night with it, I think you’ll be pleased to know that you now do not need 7 shots of espresso and crystal meth to watch the second season of Code Geass, which is currently airing now.
Oh, hey, who sells Code Geass doujinshi anyway? THAT’D BE US, HOSS!
COMIC MARKET NEWS: Due to the fluctuating dollar and personal commitments, we are yet to decide if we will be attending comic market this year in person, sending a representative, or scouting via distributors after the fact. We plan to let you know as soon as possible. In the interim you WILL see more new doujin appear here soon.
Thanks for bearing with us. 
Currently listening: Computer fan, clock
Currently thinking about: How I managed to slice my thumb open so badly that I mucked up my laptop with blood and had to McGyver off my DNA while getting this post ready.
Currently regretting: The overall turgid syntax of that last sentence.
Blatantly borrowed from the folks at Otaku2, this is a documentary on our beloved Fujoshi. Dig part one of six here.
I’m going to refrain from inserting my own thoughts and ideas here considering that there are about nine million blogs written by nine million people who expound about Japanese pop culture all day long with the same kind of flair and panache that I usually reserve for a forceful beer shit. Regardless of my unwillingness to add to the pile, I will state that I find this fascinating from a cultural standpoint.
My favorite explanation for yaoi?
“Moe dakara.” = “Because of moe.”
At least she was honest!
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New books up soon. Comike tickets being negotiated. Currently in negotiations to write my first book about culture and extremity in Tokyo. Knew you’d be pleased. Bay Area fans should check out the Japanese film retrospective happening at UC Berkeley’s Pacific Film Center… fascinating and gorgeous Japanese classics on the big screen throughout November and December.
Currently reading: Gunsmith Cats Revised Edition 2
Currently watching: Gundam 00 s2, Code Geass s1
Currently listening to: Ignorant-assed talk radio
Currently celebrating: A certain election
Snapped this pic while shopping and taking care of some biz in J-land. From Akihabara… where else?
It’s almost over! *sobs*
But there IS a silver lining, yo!
As I sit here in my small, smokey, but homey hotel room posting this on my laptop with 33 minutes until checkout (time which will be obliterated due to my meticulous grooming habits), I would like to guarantee you that I will have enough articles, interviews, stories, and pictures to fill up this damn blog for weeks when I get back to the office. This has been a mind-blowing trip, all the way down to losing my bag on the second day thanks most probably to an overzealous apartment manager.
We also have more goodies coming! TG has found 2 more buyers and will be fully-stocked for Christmas! It’s October, dammit! Get on the ball!
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A massive shout-out goes out to Yaoi-con. Everybody was so friendly and kind to us that we had no problem volunteering and would do it again in a minute. We’d start naming names, but there are a lot of them and they are being saved for out YC wrap-up post coming soon.
Rock on.
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Taro Aso is the new prime minister, as we mentioned. Akihabara stores have picked up on this and even made special omiyage for him. I am yet to confirm if they’ve worked in his line about ‘rich Jews.’
Bit much on that one, eh Aso-san?
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Japanator continues to convince me that they’ve hired a clone of TG’s marketing dude to work for them. Melt Banana in the artist spotlight, who has been hanging out with homedude since the late 90s? Check. Posts about Masaki Ito being hotter than five fires? Check. Shout-out to Metallica’s Japanese-bands-only-except-for-some-band-I-could-give-a-damn-about tribute album? Damn skippy check.
We love them so it doesn’t matter. Stop by the next con and we’ll go drink tall boys in the parking lot, foxes.
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Buying rounds on this trip were heavy on time compression, but we got some amazing goods. Cells, toys, Hello Kitty stuff, study cards, books, and of course DOUJIN DOUJIN DOUJIN. Expect a few mind-blowing updates upon our jet-lagged and sleeping pill-fueled return to the US.
Now off to finish the leaving preparation. On the one day that it’s not gray in a week!
DAMN YOU TOKYO!!!!
A Japanese woman addicted to comics reportedly turned to the Internet to look for someone to kill her parents, after they asked her to clear out her cartoon-filled room.
News reports say the 36-year-old woman – who is unemployed and lives at home – filled up three rooms with several thousand comic books and videotapes she had collected with an allowance her grandmother sent her.
She reportedly became angry after her parents told her to throw away some of her comic books to make space for her sister who was planning to move in.
The reports say she posted a message on the Internet asking for someone to kill her mother, who manages a bar in Tokyo, and her father.
Police intervened after being notified are seeking to charge her with intimidation.
Landed last night and ended up in, where else, Akihabara! I was so zonked that I went in to the capsule hotel, changed into sleep clothes, and hit the sack like a dead man. Woke up at 2:20 AM, realized I wasn’t going to go back to bed, and then started reading up about Windows Servers so that I can make a better network for people.
Anyway, we’re just getting going here with our lists and setup, so stay tuned. I’ve already taken a much-needed morning jaunt around Akihabara so that I could get some Mcdonald’s pancakes (NEVER the set… no potatoes while you travel!) and stop off at the UDX building to visit my favorite bathroom. I didn’t say it was ALL glamour, did I?
Pictures and other goodies to follow soon.
1. Hurricane Ike destroyed Houston, which is TG’s spiritual home. Note that when we say ’spiritual’ home, we mean ‘place we have to visit when somebody dies.’ Our marketing manager’s DVDs and comics are floating in 3 feet of water, and thus he has nothing left to live for and has been placed on suicide watch.
ADV was placed under duress as well, but really, we’ve been hoping that company doesn’t get the Old Yeller treatment for about 2 years now. Sorry Stacy. : /
2. Taro Aso is now prime minister of Japan. Geeks are all excited because home dude reads comics. We welcome his devolution into impotent figurehead with open arms.
3. We will have buttons (see the above design), coupons, raffle items, and possibly gloms available at yaoi con this weekend in, where else, SAN FRANCISCO. RAGE!
4. On a personal note, we’d like to spend a moment commemorating the passing of Toonami. 11 years of really cool shows buoyed by inventive bumpers finally got the bozzack thanks to schedule changes, politics, and licensing and monetization.
Sure, sure… we’re reading enough posts and getting enough IMs and emails (aim us at tokyogetter sometime if yer bored and don’t mind random) to choke a donkey about it, but the fact of the matter is: times are changing. Perhaps people just don’t enjoy turning on a box and seeing their favorites anymore. I couldn’t tell you what’s on Cartoon Network right now and Gurren Lagann’s ending soon anyway, so I’ve handed my soul over to the total ennui that is… *gasp*… actually buying stuff or borrowing it from my friends.
All things aside, the Toonami scorecard? Ridiculous. Let’s go over the ROCK ACTION:
Voltron, Robotech, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Ronin Warriors, G-Force: Guardians of Space, Blue Submarine No. 6, Tenchi Muyo!, Naruto, Cardcaptors, Zoids, .hack//SIGN, Yu Yu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin, The Big O, Outlaw Star, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cyborg 009, Duel Masters, Astro Boy, Gundam, Rave Master, Zatch Bell, One Piece, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Pokémon, MÄR, The Prince of Tennis, Megaman Star Force, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, and Blue Dragon.
(Tell me you didn’t like one of those series enough to fall in love with anime. BTW, we carry doujin for many of the fine, fine series mentioned above at Tokyogetter.com…)
Enjoy your week ya’ll. Be safe.
We love you, we honestly do… but you’re scaring us.