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Weekly Recap: Memorial Day Edition
by Red Baylon, 05/25/2009
Weekly Recap: Memorial Day Edition photo

A moment of silence for our fallen heroes, please.
This goes out to our comrades who have gone into the night.
Yet they continue to fight.

ANIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!

Go List! - Five stories you need to read from this week

1.) The death of print: Shoujo Beat no longer accepting subscriptions [update]

2.) Swine Flu closes over 4,400 schools in Japan, students go to karaoke anyway

3.) Japan teaching its young to fear and kill a dangerous and wild animal: deer

4.) Chris Handley pleads guilty to charges of possession of drawings of 'children being sexually abused'

5.) City life is too hard for the Tokyoites, so they're heading out to the farms - Video

Specials, Features, & Reviews
Japanator album review: 8bit Project - Spicy Innovator vs Superior Marionette
Featured Fan Art: Baccano! 2010 calendar 
Japanator Link Love: Loco in Yokohama
Japanator's Guide for the penny-pinching otaku
100% Genki tour rocks Manchester
Join our friends at Yaoi Press for a fun little captioning contest
Japanator contest: Create a maid cosplay for Nia Teppelin
Japanator After Dark: 'My First S&M Guide' is deceptively cute when talking about bondage

Weekly Regulars
Weekend Japanatainment, P-Man: destroyer of bad CG, edition!
Japanator Radio 87
Releases for the week of 05/18/09
Tuesday Otaku Debate: Lu Bu vs. Miyamoto Musashi
Weekend Japanatainment: Kawaii CM Overload, baby!
Releases of the week - 05/25/09

Sugoi and Pervy Stuff
Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom headed to North America after all?
You've played with my emotions too much Haruhi for me to care about a new episode!!!
Japanese vending machine cafes are a recession hit
iPhone is doing so well in Japan, they're giving it away for free to students
Japan teaching its young to fear and kill a dangerous and wild animal: deer
Japan inches closer to Ghost in the Shell reality with pilotable tachikoma
Mini waterproof camera is just going to be a bad idea
City life is too hard for the Tokyoites, so they're heading out to the farms - Video

Kawaii and Sexy Stuff
Newest Avex idol does unintentional cosplay, also sings
Get your Lucky Star fill with some Lucky Star engine fuel
And I still want to groove with Mio... - Video
MegPoid: The new vocaloid that you all know as being the Rankaloid
Idol Aki Hoshino was carded at a Macau casino
Watch the entire Gundam Experience panel now without having to go to a convention! - Video
Keep the Gundam Experience going with the Universal Century panel - Video

News
Fox International talks of Paradise Kiss live-action movie
Japanese remake of Sideways is pretty damn literal - Video
Movie roundup: Machine Girl Remix and Vampire vs. Frankenstein update! - Video
Hayao Miyazaki making US appearance at UC Berkeley in July
Fullmetal Alchemist director Seiji Mizushima coming to Anime Expo
The death of print: Shoujo Beat no longer accepting subscriptions [update]
The Anime Network debuts new tiered-content online player
Promotional video for the Macross Frontier movie - Video
Otaku USA wants to know about your otakudom for Famitsu, FUNi wants to license new shows
Viz Media releases non-fiction book showing another side of Japanese-US relations
Swine Flu closes over 4,400 schools in Japan, students go to karaoke anyway
Viz launches online magazine IKKI in wake of Shoujo Beat's demise
Kurokami gets a near-simultaneous release on Crunchyroll
Chris Handley pleads guilty to charges of possession of drawings of 'children being sexually abused'
Haruhi love:The new episode aired in Japan
Anime Boston '09: FUNi licenses Spice & Wolf, announces new Eva dub
Cartoon Network doing portfolio reviews at Anime Expo
Sony Music of Japan drops several major acts
Wii After Dark: Ju-On will attempt to scare your pants off

Music
All your anime cons are belong to JapanFiles - Video
J-Punk documentary takes us inside a Live House - Video

LAST WEEK'S RECAP: CONS CONS CONS Edition






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