Category Archives: anime & manga

Hello Kitty – Bad or Good?

Hello Kitty is more than a popular fictional character. It’s even more than a trademark. For certain people out there, HK is a way of life. So we wanted to toy a bit with the question ‘Is HK good or bad?’

Yes, she’s sooooooo cute and funny and she’s a cult item and just so cute and you can’t but love her. Still,… couldn’t you be wrong?
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Unde am merge in weekend

NijiKon 2007 – prima editie a conventiei fanilor anime din Romania. Va avea loc pe 27 si 28 Octombrie, in cadrul MNAC, Palatul Parlamentului, Calea 13 Septembrie. Programul il gasiti aici.

no name fest – editie inaugurala 26-28 octombrie 2007, Club A, Bucuresti
Dedicata mijloacelor alternative de expresie literara si vocilor “neoficiale” ale noii literaturi, manifestarea va propune trei zile pline de l-i-t-e-r-a-t-u-r-a, video-poeme, audio-books, experiment, performances, recitaluri, prezentari de bloguri & reviste culturale independente si noi proiecte editoriale [no name, melciclopedia, tz-shirt].

Din pacate noi nu avem cum sa ajungem. 🙁 Poate o sa ne povestiti voi, daca mergeti. 🙂

Acum un an pe vremea asta…

Gramo scria:

intr-o zi o domnisoara batrana si-a spus: ‘pai bine, dar nu ar trebui sa-mi iau si eu un animal de companie?’ si si-a luat un tirbuson; de unde putem intelege ca pentru domnisoara respectiva sintagma ‘animal de companie’ avea un inteles destul de aproximativ;

Postul se cheama Tirbusonul ca animal de companie si il gasiti aici.
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Weirdest anime ever: Dokuro Chan

Dokuro Chan only had 8 episodes, broadcasted in 2005, with a TV show being made of two episodes at a time, so there were 4 TV shows in all.

If you’ve already seen Haibane Renmei, then you know that Japanese angels differ a lot from those described by Christian religion. But this is not the only disturbing thing about Dokuro Chan, i.e. an angel who clubs a boy to death several times a day just because she likes him.
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