Archive for March, 2009

4 Gregs – American Subculture?

Mar 31, 2009 2 Comments by

I just watched “4 Gregs” from the folks at Homestarrunner.com. One of the “Gregs” (There are four guys named Greg who hang out and do geeky things together) is “Japanese Culture Greg.” He keeps calling out Japanese pop-culture words like, “Otaku,” and “Akihabara,” and recommends doing things like looking at vinyl figures. In this parody, [...]

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Japan poised for recovery

Mar 27, 2009 No Comments by

In this surprising article by Jesper Koll of the Far Eastern Economic Review, we are presented with some reasons why Japan looks to be set for a bullish recovery in the next few months. Primarily, Koll looks at the amount of patents filed in Japan when compared with the China and the USA. He also [...]

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Anime Insider: RIP

Mar 26, 2009 No Comments by

Just read this (Thanks to RK for the heads up): Anime Insider to cease pubication after 8 years! Guess from now on, it’s going to be AnimeNewsNetwork.com for the win!

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