Today when driving around my local area (in Oregon, USA), I saw a gas station that was selling gas for $2.99 a gallon. It's been a while since I've seen it under $3, which is great in some resepcts, but not so great in … [Read more...]
Matt Alt from AltJapan sent me this book he and Hiroko Yoda wrote about Japanese monsters. He must have known of my infatuation (perhaps long-term romance is another word) with Godzilla and other monsters, so of course, I … [Read more...]
Have you heard about the crazy gaijin-related incident that happened today? I wouldn't be surprised if you have; it's getting a ton of media coverage at the moment. Rightly so, too, as this level of crazy deserves talking … [Read more...]
I bet a lot of you have heard about this. James Wong is directing a live action version of DragonBall (and probably going to ruin his career in the process, though there isn't much to ruin when you directed Final … [Read more...]
I was reminded of this game over on the eduFire forums, where one of the tutors started a game up. What a great vocab game! I remember playing this a lot with my crazy little kancho-giving host brother, back in the day. … [Read more...]
Now, you will almost never see Tofugu talking about anime on the site, at least not directly. But how could I not pass this up. I'm not particularly interested in the fact that Hulu has anime. Who cares about that? The … [Read more...]