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Interesting Find: Jang Geun Suk’s One Piece Mania

Jang Geun Suk

Normally, Interesting Find is a series where I discuss the interesting Otaku merchandise I obtained that you would never expect to find laying on the shelf at your local anime store. With my warehouse a little cluttered right now to show anything else, and the lack of funds to buy anything else at the moment, [...]


The CEN.TAKU.ME Journal #20

The Girls of K-ON in 2012

あけましておめでとございます! (Happy New Year!) Welcome to the first Journal entry of 2012! It’s been since October when #19 was published. Honestly, not much has happened in the two months aside from the excitement of helping out with Chattanooga’s latest anime convention, Anime Blast Chattanooga, and attending Anime Weekend Atlanta before it. To get back on [...]


International Saimoe League’s Male Tournament

Mio from K-On!, winner of the ISML 2010 tournament.

The Saimoe Tournament has been Japan’s 2ch tradition since 2002 where fans vote for their favorite (female) anime characters. Like with any other character tournament, the characters are put into brackets and face off against other characters in a fight to the top. Those who can’t read Japanese, others have adapted their own Saimoe tournament [...]


Ni-Ongaku Spotlight: Jang Geun Suk’s “Let Me Cry”

Cover of Jang Keun Suk's 'Let Me Cry' Single

Picking up Ni-Ongaku Spotlight again, I wanted to talk about a rising Korean Wave actor who is currently trending above all the others in Japan (in before AKB48) and recently had a sold out concert at the Tokyo Dome. His name is Jang Geun Suk (or Keun Suk), who rose to fame after staring in [...]


Interesting Want: Sonic 1 & 2 and CD 20th Anniversary OSTs

Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2 20th Anniversary Edition OST

2011 marks the 20th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. It felt like yesterday when he was only 10 years old after Sonic Adventure was released, and it felt like minutes ago when I played Sonic CD, which will be re-released (again) for Playstation Network, Xbox Live, and a load of mobile devices. About damn time. [...]


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