In celebration of Geek Pride Day I decided to put together today's post on the 5 Geekiest things on the internet. This one will be highly opinionated, so if you have some geeky things to share, please comment below! For those of you that don't know; there are multiple types of Geek. I thought about taking a stab at listing all the types of geeks out there: Gaming geeks, Anime Geeks, Tech Geeks, etc etc. I think this image sums it up pretty damn good:




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Anyway, I think the best way to cover this celebration would be to find one thing in each of our wonderful categories that will best display it's geekiness. Tell me how I do in each of these categories: Anime, MMO, Tech, Gaming, Funny and Movies.

First up is Movies. This is a famous "70 minute Movie Review" by RedLetterMedia. Not only is it funny, but it covers a controversial movie for us geeks. That's Episode 1: Phantom Menace. Enjoy (I compiled it for your guys):





Next up is the Funny category. What geek doesn't love fail videos? I mean seriously? Watching people fail is what gives us geeks pleasure in life. Here's a compilation (playlist) of a giant pot of fail!





Rounding the next corner is the Anime category. This will be a difficult one, because Anime geeks are hard to please with their Sub vs Dub arguments, etc etc. :) I think the best way to represent Anime geeks is with Cosplay. Enjoy:





Coming up next is our loving and head shooting friends ... The Gaming geeks! When it comes to Gaming geeks one thing sets us apart, and that's gameplay footage. With the recent Halo: Reach Beta reaching 2.7 Million gamers; I think it's clear what gameplay footage we need to focus on today.

Top 10 Kills




They are keeping this server running, so we can't forget about the Tech geeks. The Tech geeks and their Linux/Apple vs Microsoft arguments is going to make this another hard category to satisfy. I think this comic will serve it best:






Continues here...

At last but certainly not least we have what's gathering all the people around the world; the MMO category. This is probably the hardest category to fill. Why you ask? Because none of us MMO players can stick with just one MMO, nor can we agree on what movie, book, game, or meme should have an MMO based on it next. WoW is still the biggest from what I've seen from the numbers, so I think it only fitting to serve up "The Blind". In my opinion this is the best WoW/MMO video ever made. I hope you enjoy.





Well that's it for my Geek Pride Day celebration. If you have anything to add, please post below. If you like our content then please subscribe, follow us on twitter, like us on facebook, or just check back often for new content.

I have come to fall in love with this anime: "Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou". The show is a fantastic display of anime. It's early on in it's development, but I feel it's going to go a long way. The CrunchyRoll description of the show is:

Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao follows Akuto Sai as the lead character, who on the day he enters Constant Magic Academy, receives a very unexpected future occupation aptitude test result: “Devil King.” Weekly serials feature a circle of magical and fantastic characters around Sai vying for his attention and a broad spectrum story that details his destiny of becoming the Devil King.

Basically, he's mistaken as the ruler of all that is evil. Hilarious misunderstanding and events happen in a magical world. It has it's comedic times, it's action time, and most importantly a good story.

Here are the episodes that have released so far:

Episode 1





Episode 2





Episode 3




Episode 4





Episode 5





Episode 6





Episode 7



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Episode 8



Episode 8 Mirror: The Anime Network


Episode 9

Episode 9 Mirror: The Anime Network

I'll post them as I watch them! I hope you enjoy!

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According to The Anime Network, Inuyasha the Final Act is airing on Viz Anime today. For those of you that remember, we reported on this a while back with a preview. Unfortunately, the preview no longer works, but now you get your shot to actually watch it. Hell, why go to Viz Anime? Check it out here as an embed:



What do you guys think? I haven't watched Inuyasha in a while (I haven't kept up), so I have a lot of catching up to do. That means I'm not watching this episode right now.

Did you like it? Hate it? Rate it for me! I loved Inuyasha.

I ran across this blog while browsing my Google Reader and had such a great laugh, I couldn't help but share. The article is titled "fansub failure: when things don’t go according to keikaku [technabob]" and provides pictures of Fan Subbing gone wrong.

What is Fan Subbing you ask?

According to Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fansub

Fansubs originated during the explosion of anime production during the 1980s in Japan. Relatively few titles were licensed for distribution outside of Japan. This made it difficult for anime fans to obtain new titles. Some fans, generally those with some Japanese language experience, began producing amateur subtitled copies of new anime programs so that they could share them with their fellow fans who did not understand Japanese.

A lot of times you will find huge and hilarious mistakes and thanks to technabob.com we can now see a collection of them. Go check it out!

I actually saw this story last week, but have been so busy ... I haven't been able to cover it. Apparently in South Korea a man has married his pillow according to the Associated Content.

The article states:

According to the Toronto Sun, the man married a body pillow with a life-size drawing of Fate Testarossa, an anime character. An underground trend has developed of men and boys having relationships with anime body pillows. I suppose that spending eight hours a day on a pillow could cause someone to become emotionally attached, especially if the pillow is a lifelike representation of the anime character.

For those of you that don't know who "Fate Testarossa" (Heh I love plugging LMGTFY) is, let me give you a little background. According to her Wiki Page:

Also known as Fate T. Harlaown (フェイト・T・ハラオウン Feito T Haraoun?) in A's epilogue and StrikerS, is a fictional character in the anime series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. She is voiced by Nana Mizuki.

In the first season, Fate is a mage from the Garden of Time, who is sent to collect Jewel Seeds, which puts her at odds with rival Nanoha Takamachi. She is aided on her quest by an animal familiar, a mature dog-woman named Arf, and is at constant odds against her rival Nanoha Takamachi. In the second and third season she works as a TSA officer.

According to the Sankaku Complex there are pictures and more on the story. Quoting:

This of course comes not so long after a man married his DS/Nene, and some time after an otaku petition for the right to wed 2D characters.
Although not an issue ever likely to be taken seriously when dealing with printed cotton sheets, once simulated virtual partners and companion robots become commonplace the matter might become rather more pressing.

This isn't the first time I've heard of the petition to marry 2D characters. Check it out here. Check out this link for more pictures of the Korean spending time with his married pillow.

Do you guys think it should be right to be able to marry 2D characters or inanimate objects?

Naruto Shippuden's Episode 147 - Rogue Ninja’s Past is out on Crunchyroll. Watch it here! Get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership!

The upcoming Third person hack and slash Dante's Inferno is being accompanied by a Blue Ray movie. For those of you that haven't kept up with the game itself... the game is based on Dante a Crusader. Dante's wife sells her soul for his absolution. Unfortunately, for Satan ... That won't fly with Dante and you start out on an epic journey to save her. Here's the E3 trailer to the game:





The movie is an animated action movie. IGN has taken time to review the movie, so stop by there and take a few minutes to read it before picking it up. Here's the official movie trailer:





From what I've played of Dante's Inferno (Only the demo right now), this movie plays right along with the game. If you don't want any spoilers, then don't watch the movie prior to the game's ending. I have seen parts of the movie and suggest that everyone pick it up.

What do you guys think?

The Successor’s Wish is out on Crunchyroll. Watch it here!

*UPDATE* The embed code had a bug in it, it should be working now.

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Scouring the internet today, I found something that made this geek quite happy. Crunchyroll now has an iPhone/iPod touch app. Now you can get all your anime no matter where you are! I've installed it, and tried it out for you and I have to say the streaming is fast and clear, the app is intuitive and fast, and the subtitles work perfectly. I'm again impressed with CrunchyRoll. Here's some more screenshots of it's use for you to check out.

BigShinyRobot reports today Funimation and Cybergraphix are working together on a new project named "Guardians of Luna". The official website located at http://www.guardiansofluna.com/ doesn't currently have any more information, but both BigShinyRobot and a LiveJournal user are reporting that the staff will consist of:

1. Michael Reaves (Writer) - IMDB - Writer of quite a number of famous Anime shows. Check out the IMDB for more.
   
2. Cindy H. Yamauchi (Character Designer) - IMDB - Known for Naruto and other famous Animes.
   
3. More on IMDB
   

This looks like one that has been in the works for a very long time, and will be one to keep your eye on.

Studio Ghibli has announced another new film. The film will be named "Karigurashi no Arrietty", and is created after the famous Mary Norton novel, "The Borrowers". The official site for the film is located here , and is of course in Japanese... but can be browsed. Online Ghibli which is a great resource for Studio Ghibli states:

Studio Ghibli has officially announced the next featured film titled Karigurashi no Arrietty, a children's story based on the novel The Borrowers by British author Mary Norton. The movie will be directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. "Arrieety's Song", the theme song accompanying the new movie is sang by Cecile Corbel and wil be released on Dec. 19th. Toho will distribute the movie.

I've always enjoyed the Ghibli made movies. I'm sure this one will not dissapoint.

The popular premium Anime Streaming site Crunchyroll is now offering a Drama Membership. What is a Drama Membership you ask? Well they have a full featured explanation on their website. Let's examine it.

We've just launched the Drama Membership! We have over 100 new titles and 1000s of new episodes. Popular ones include Beethoven Virus, On Air, My Lovely Sam Soon, Iljimae, City Hall and more! Check out the full list. Some of them are actually still being encoded, so if there are no links or videos on the series pages, that's why.. they'll be up shortly! Note that the Drama Membership is mainly for North/South America only since most drama titles aren't available elsewhere (yet).

The Drama titles that they list, here's a break down with some links and info to see if this is a membership you'd be interested in.

Beethoven Virus - Wiki & Trailer:



My Lovely Sam Soon - Wiki & Video:





Iljimae - Wiki & Video:





City Hall - Wiki & Video:







On Air,

While looking for something else (Usually what happens), I ran across that "Soul Eater" is being dubbed by Funimation and expected to release in 2010. The source claims a few links:

Official Site: http://www.funimation.com/souleater/
Voice Actor List: http://www.funimation.com/souleater/index2.html

Episode 1 Preview:


Episode 2 Preview:


This is a great anime, and I'll definitely be looking forward to this one. This is one rare one I have actually watched subbed. Yes, by now you should know I'm a dub fan ;)

The Anime Nation brings us the Solanin Movie Trailer today!





The official website for the film can be found here. This movie is based on a Manga. Anime Planet describes this Manga as:

Meiko Inoue is fresh out of college and ready to face the 'real world' - that is, a boring full time job, a boyfriend who mooches off of her and an unending barrage of vegetable boxes sent by her folks in the countryside. To escape the mundanity Meiko decides to quit her job and break free. Jobless, but with enough money to last her a few months and ample ideas in her head, Meiko will embark on a journey of self discovery and decide what she really wants to do with her life.

I'm sorry, but this is EPIC! I can now have Voltron on my phone, you ask? Finally ... My dreams have come true. According to an article at Crispy Gamer, a 25th anniversary of the series' has caused a videogame to be released:

"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced today the first videogame based on the popular Voltron: Defender of the Universe series."

It goes on to give pricing and availability:

Voltron will be available to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Boost, Alltel and US Cellular subscribers, as well as iPhone and iPod Touch users. Prciing will fall somewhere between $2.99 - $9.99, depending on the wireless carrier and platform.

You can find out more about this by visiting IGN. Freaking sweet!



More screenshots here.

Shewired.com reports today that the Lesbian Anime series Sasamekikoto has two new episodes on Crunchyroll.com today. When I went and looked though, I found more than that. Here's the links to all the episodes for your viewing pleasure:

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10

What do you guys think? Like it or Hate it?

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While looking for some good Anime news for today, I stumbled across this festive news article and 'tis the season couldn't help but discuss it :) This article comes from a website called WalYou.com and shows the coolest Anime Christmas Ornaments.

There are a ton of them that they feature, so check out all the rest of them here.

Comicbookbin.com reports that "Naoki Urasawa's Monster" will be released on a special box set. Stating:

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, brings Naoki Urasawa’s MONSTER to DVD in a Box Set scheduled for release on December 8th.

Based on the acclaimed manga creator’s tense psychological masterpiece, MONSTER Box Set 1 features 3 DVDs/15 episodes (episodes 1-15), is rated ‘M’ for Mature Audiences, and carries a suggested MSRP of $59.90 U.S. / $85.99 CAN. The DVD box set will also include an exclusive digital booklet, which is a digitized version of the original Japanese booklet.

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For those that don't know anything about the anime, here's some information for you. According to the Wiki article on the Manga:

The series follows Dr. Kenzo Tenma (天馬 賢三 Tenma Kenzō?) as he pursues a young psychopath/sociopath named Johan, whose life Tenma once saved. The story rapidly progresses through a number of locations: it starts in Düsseldorf, Germany, passes through Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Wiesbaden, cities in the Czech Republic such as Prague, and other cities and villages.

Both the anime and the manga begin with a passage from The Revelation of St. John the Divine, Chapter 13: Verses 1 & 4

And I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads, the names of blasphemy. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"

The quote is often interpreted as the coming of the Antichrist. This quote is used because of the many parallels and comparisons between one of the main characters of Monster (Johan) and two candidates of the Antichrist as predicted by Nostradamus.
The text on the cover of the first volume reads as follows:

"Düsseldorf, West Germany in 1986. One day, Dr. Kenzo Tenma ignored his boss's order and executed humanitarian rescue of a man's child. That's how this horrible story begins!!"

Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a young Japanese doctor working at the Eisler Memorial Hospital in Düsseldorf during the 80s. A highly accomplished brain surgeon, he appears to have everything on his plate: a promotion in the offing; the favor of the director of the hospital, Heinemann; and Heinemann's daughter, Eva, as his fiancée. However, Tenma grows increasingly dissatisfied with the political bias of the hospital for treating patients, and seizes his chance to change things after a strange massacre brings the twins Johan and Anna Liebert into his hospital. Johan has a gunshot wound to the head and Anna keeps muttering about killing, and Tenma decides to operate on Johan instead of the mayor of Düsseldorf, who arrived afterwards. Johan is saved, but the politician dies. Tenma loses all his social standing and Eva as a consequence. However, Heinemann and other doctors in Tenma's way are mysteriously murdered, and both children disappear from the hospital soon after. The police suspect Tenma, as he benefits greatly from this turn of events, but they have no evidence, and so can do no more than question him.
At this point, the story advances to nine years later. Tenma is now the Chief of Surgery at Eisler Memorial Hospital. However, he is about to come face to face with a sociopath - a sociopath that he helped save.

A known criminal is found on the street, hit by a car. He comes under the care of Dr. Tenma, who observes him muttering about a "Monster". Tenma extends kindness to that criminal, and thus the criminal begins to open up for Tenma. Then one evening when Dr. Tenma comes back with a clock as a gift for the criminal, he finds the guard in front of the criminal's room dead, and the criminal himself gone.

Following his trail to the construction site of a half finished building near the hospital, he finds the man. The man, who has developed a sort of doctor-patient friendship with Dr. Tenma, warns him against coming closer, and pleads with him to run away. Tenma refuses, however, and the identity of the man holding the gun pointed at the criminal in the abandoned parking garage is revealed to be the boy whose life Tenma had saved nine years ago - Johan Liebert. Despite Dr. Tenma's attempt to reason with him, Johan shoots the criminal, tells Tenma that he could never kill the man who had saved his life, and then walks off into the night while Tenma is still too shocked to stop him. After this incident, Tenma is again suspected by the police, particularly Inspector Runge, and he tries to find more information about this 'Johan'. He soon discovers that the boy's sister, now named Nina, happily living the life of an adopted daughter to two caring parents, and the only trace of her terrible past are few dreams she has had. Tenma discovers her on her birthday, and manages to prevent her from meeting her brother, but comes too late to prevent Johan from murdering her foster parents. As the show progresses, Tenma learns of the origins of this monster, from the former East Germany's attempt to use a secret orphanage called Kinderheim 511 (where Johan came from) in order to create the "perfect soldiers" through "psychological reprogramming", to the author of a children's book which was used in a eugenics experiment in Czech Republic. He also learns about the scope of the atrocities this "Monster" has committed, and he vows to fix the mistake he made when he saved Johan's life.

While Tenma is the main character of Monster, the story also focuses heavily on those surrounding his search for Johan, such as Inspector Runge (who is investigating Johan's various murders but pins them all on Tenma) and Nina Fortner (aka Anna Liebert, Johan's twin sister), and a host of other characters, minor and major, whose lives have been shaped by the deeds of the monster named 'Johan'.

... Read more about the characters

Here's some video on it, so you can get into it :)





EDIT: Here's the A-P link for those that enjoy the reviews! I know I always do.

Tell me what you think!

The past couple of days people have been talking about Halo Legends Anime. What is it? Who makes it? Where does it come from? Accouncements, etc.

Seeing the latest review by Destructoid yesterday afternoon made me look into it for the first time, and I wanted to share what all I have found out about this anime. Here's the trailer to get your tastebuds going:





The Destructoid review uses words like "strangely aroused" to state that they are interested to see more. I'm not sure. My question is: Are they trying to milk the Halo series to death like they have Michael Jackson? I mean, seriously.

For those that haven't seen it, here's the first episode of Halo Legends:

This is actually an MMO type topic, but since this will tentalize the Anime fans, it just has to fit in the Anime Newsletter. Today DOFUS 2.0 has been released, where 25 Million current players will enjoy Anime style graphics in a classic MMO. For those of you that are like me and have never heard of DOFUS, nor can you believe they have 25 Million players :) here's a youtube video for you:





According to the DOFUS official Page, here's some more information on this MMO:

1. What is DOFUS: DOFUS is an MMORPG set in a colorful, amusing and enchanting universe.
   
2. Getting started in DOFUS: You'll learn the basics of DOFUS here, from creating an account to getting started in the World of Twelve. You'll find out everything there is to know about the game interface, the course of battle, trade, crafting and quests! After that, nothing will stop you from becoming a hero! Find out more
   
3. Characteristics: What are the features that make DOFUS a unique game unlike any other MMORPG? Why is it the number 1 MMORPG in France? You'll find out here!
   
4. Screenshots: Because a picture is worth a thousand words, come and discover the world of DOFUS through screenshots!
   

According to CinemaBlend.com the enhancements are quoted as saying:

“DOFUS 2.0 marks a very significant time for us as it is truly the most important update the game has ever seen, allowing us to deliver a whole new experience for players,” … “It brings a wealth of enhancements to a vibrant world that millions of players have made a remarkable online community over the past four years, so we’re incredibly pleased and look forward to DOFUS 2.0s reception amongst gamers.”

Do any of my readers play this one? Let me know more about it! I'm very interested in hearing more.