Last weekend, our own gundamu viking God Len, went to Anime Central 2009 in Chicago so that you folks at home who are afraid for your lives don't have to take a step out your door. With that awesome picture above of Pedobear and an Annonymous dancing together, I bring you the five stories you must see from this past week on Japanator for those who want some quick dose of awesome.
Go List! - Five things you MUST SEE from this past week on Japanator:
- Old people love to complain: 'You kids and your air conditioning!'
- Insanely narrow Japanese building houses yakitori-ya and apartment - Video
- Japanese man takes the masturbating world record at 9 hours and 58 minutes - No Video (Whew!)
- 51JapaneseCharacters.com explores Japanese stereotypes
- Rapelay raped off Japanese store shelves for good
Anime Central 2009 Coverage
Anime Central 2009 Fashion Show
Anime Central 2009 ADV industry panel
Anime Central 2009 FUNimation industry panel
Anime Central 2009 cosplay
Anime Central 2009: The greatest fan panel in the world
Puerto Rico Comic-con Coverage
Welcome to Puerto Rico Comic-con 2009: Cosplay, part 1
Welcome to Puerto Rico Comic-con 2009: Cosplay, part 2
Specials, Features, & Reviews
Image Hell Wednesday: Upskirt otaku and his many adventures
Japanator album review: Kalafina - Seventh Heaven
Photos from Shizuoka Hobby Show 2009
Looking for a weekend project? Try making your own plum wine!
An inside look at the making of Princess Mononoke - Video
Weekly Regulars
Japanator Radio 86
Releases for the week of 05/11/09
Tuesday Otaku Debate: Worst character to cosplay
Fun Friday AMVs: Renegade: VERSUS
Pervy Stuff
Japanese man takes the masturbating world record at 9 hours and 58 minutes
No, seriously: Wedding countdown bra with ring insert
Rapelay raped off Japanese store shelves for good
Silly Japan, you and your fetish for wooden pregnant chicks!
Sugoi Stuff
A wolf loves pork. Well, so do I! - Video
Insanely narrow Japanese building houses yakitori-ya and apartment - Video
Lucky Star credit card just screams otakudom -- can you do better?
Heart shaped watermelon, great fruit or greatest fruit?
51JapaneseCharacters.com explores Japanese stereotypes
For the foodies: Americurry reviews Japanese curry shops in the US
Softbank ad man Yoshimitsu Sawamoto on his love affair with advertising
Feeling down? Praise Salon will bombard you with good feelings
Order hits on your very own Selecao cell phone! WTF stuff
Old people love to complain: 'You kids and your air conditioning!'
Having kids is a 'duty'? A look at young mothers in Japan
Japan, what's up with the animal stationmasters?
Things that appeal to me: DSiWare games based on j-dramas
Because everything else has been USB'd: USB cat paw
NICE BODY! Wii game Muscle March has you chasing the boys
News
Moribito returns to Adult Swim!
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance trailer makes me actually want to see Shinji be emo - Video
Yatterman to get an anime theatrical release this summer
Get your Shounen manga fix! Buy 2 and get 1 free Viz titles at DeepDiscout.com[FINISHED]
Trigun creator Nightow to make his appearance at Anime Expo
Bye bye Jun Planning: company files for bankruptcy
Talk about random: Fruits Basket event at Macy's in NYC
Robot Chicken comes to Anime Expo 2009
New Super Robot Wars game? Or not?
New York Asian Film Festival promises you three things
Manga publishers buy into used bookstore chain Book Off
Gundam's 30th anniversary birthday present makes me incredibly jealous
FUNimation simulcasts One Piece, and I...
Bubblegum Crisis live action film has its funding, aiming for a 2012 release
Second Haruhi novel to be released in October
US looks to Japan for help with railway systems
Viz to print latest One Piece chapters in Shonen Jump, and I... Music
Utada Hikaru to "postpone" US in-store appearances
Tetsuya Komuro sentenced for copyright fraud
Kanon Wakeshima confirmed as Otakon musical guest
Morning Musume to host music video contest