On Friday, March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit northern Japan off the coast of Sendai at 2:46 PM Japan Time, enough to develop a powerful tsunami wiping out port towns around the Miyagi prefecture, the hardest state hit by the disaster, and signaling tsunami warnings in other parts of the world including Hawaii [...]

If you’re heading down to Connooga this weekend, I will be there to host the Mobile Suit Gundam and Aniblogging for Beginners panels on Saturday. They will be held at 10:00 AM at the Finley Lecture Hall and 3:00 PM in the Imperial Ballroom (Left Side), respectfully. I will be participating in the Costumed Chess [...]

Welcome to the first issue of The Central Digest! A new monthly theme on CEN.TAKU.ME with the latest posts contributed to other blogs by yours truly! And to kick off the first issue, we take a look back of the best K-Pop songs of 2010, and a JapanSoc Blog Matsuri entry of the 90s Sentai [...]

It has been a full week since 2011 started, and it’s already in full swing with a lot to look forward to in the next month. In the week since the year began, I took the time to recap of what worked and what didn’t in 2010. In 2009, it was an interesting year indeed: [...]

Me? Blogging on this site? AWESOME! Anime has always been apart of my life – or so it seems. For as long as I can remember there have always been Asian influences in my life. My father is a karate instructor since before I was born so I was around people that enjoyed Asian-related hobbies. [...]