Author Archives: Ubu Roi

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That’s Not Animé

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Dear Glenn: As a semi-otaku* I would just like to say, That is animation, not anime. It’s also old-fashioned government censorship for the 21st century. Never forget, our companies pioneered and sold China the technology to do that. Yet another … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitching, Technology | 2 Comments

Massive Fun With Acronyms (MFWA)

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Sometimes, surfing the web, you can come across the craziest things…. I was browsing through SAP products the other day (I work for them, as you may recall) when I stumbled across two of the funniest SAPanese acronyms ever. First, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Nonsense | 4 Comments

Paging Mr. Rand, Paging Mr. McNally

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Ubu Roi

So I watched the first episode of Prism Ark, which at least takes a stab at serving up epic plot and epic fanservice, although it succeeds best with epic confusion, what with the first episode jumping erratically among 3 different … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Nonsense | 9 Comments

Urge to Kill, Rising…

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Argh. Ok just finished GSNK #6. Forget it. No plot, just more of the same idiocy. One possible explanation had occurred to me, but I wanted to believe anything else. Sadly, I should have run with it. Spoiler: Yes, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Nonsense | 17 Comments

Blah.

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I have to admit, animé just isn’t doing it for me right now. I look at all the crap on fansub and go, “ewwwww!” Hayate lost me because it has no intention of going anywhere soon (it’s a 50 episode … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitching, Fansubs | 25 Comments

Webcomics — Megatokyo

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Like everyone with a favorite comic, I’ve often wondered what it would be like if it were turned into an animé. I long ago decided that Sluggy Freelance would be like Inuyasha: 180+ episodes of a great idea going nowhere. … Continue reading →

Posted in Webcomics | Tagged | 9 Comments

Reika, What????

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Holy double twist, Batman! Goshushou-sama Ninomiya-kun may be trying to develop a plot! Well, my money’s really on this being a weird head-fake, and the leader of the military group is going to be the Yuki-clone, who will no doubt … Continue reading →

Posted in Episode Reviews, Fansubs, Snap Reviews | 6 Comments