Link of the Day [4.17.16]

broderic on April 17, 2016

Macross. That word warms my little otaku heart. I remember like it was yesterday. It came as the Robotech in the United States. Yet, there was more to it once you become an anime otaku. It’s got mecha. It’s got space. It’s got idols. It’s got music. It’s got a love triangle. You couldn’t beat it. And every other iteration features the same. Why can’t we get it in the States in its pure unadulterated form?

Macross.

I remember love…

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2016-04-17/.101177

Do you remember?

broderic on January 11, 2012

You really have to dig down deep into your geek cred to get this one. In fact, you may have grown out of liking this, but you, in your inner little geek, have to admit that Macross was awesome. You’ve grown up and may have missed Macross F from which she was the “Minmei.” Now that, you’ve got to admit is awesome.

Nightstand

broderic on August 11, 2009

One of the two books I’m currently reading is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. And because I am not done it yet, I’m lolly-gagging around the internet looking for more information about it. You see, Díaz, sprinkles some spanish into his writing, and it takes me some time to decipher via context what he’s talking about. When I don’t completely pick up the gist of the spanish passage, I skip over them and continue on. But I found a site that annotates some passages of the book for you. So if you ever read it, check this site out.

I picked this book up, because I saw the blurb the author supplied on the back cover of Pluto, a manga by Naoki Urasawa. It’s an adaption and modernization of an Osamu Tezuka Astroboy story. When I read the quote, I thought that this Díaz fellow, a Pulitzer winner, likes manga? How geeky! Then reading Oscar Wao, you see how much of a geek this dude is: Marvel, DC comics, Robotech (Rick Hunter dude, not Rich!), Appleseed and anime. It’s included as well as other geeky tropes such as D&D, Tolkien and the bad luck with the female of the species. But it is a wonderful read, and I do get about 85% of the allusions to the geekdom.

Thought for today [4.17.09]…

broderic on April 17, 2009

… is "Diamond Crevasse" from Macross Frontier the best song to come
out of anime?No, this is not the start to a daily series. It could be a start to an
ongoing one though.

Finale

broderic on March 21, 2009

Macross mixed with DS 9. Who knew?

So where you excited?

Macross 25: The future is now!

broderic on February 7, 2009

I almost forgot. Feb 7, 2009 was supposed to be the launch of the SDF-1. Until the space aliens, Zentradi, showed up and stopped that from happening.

Here’s to all that! Here’s to Lisa Hayes/Misa Hayase, Rick Hunter/Hikaru Ichiyo, Max Sterling/Jenius, Commander Gloval, Roy Fokker, and Lynn Minmay.

Deculture!