Category: Manga

The Speakeasy #014: Kill Bill, The Tokyo Youth Ordinance Bill

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Anime 3000 presents The Speakeasy Podcast:
Drink #014: Kill Bill, The Tokyo Youth Ordinance Bill

Get comfortable because our first podcast with guests is over 2-hours long so it is perfect for long commutes or a hard day at work. Our two guest are Ed Sizemore of Manga Worth Reading and Eeeper of the Eeeper’s Choice podcast. We also started our mailbag segment, the Interrogation Room, so feel free to send in your questions and comments so we can discuss them on the next podcast!

The Tokyo Youth Ordinance Bill was passed at the end of 2010 and goes into effect this April. It has been a controversial bill in the anime and manga communities for both the U.S. and Japan. Is this a bill that will act as a savior that clears the industry of harmful perversions or is it a stifling straitjacket on the creativity of a medium? We talk about the history of the bill, the facts and misconceptions surrounding it, and what we think ramifications of the bill will be.

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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink:

Kill Bill

Shake and strain into a cocktail (martini) glass filled with cracked ice. Garnish with lemon and lime peel, and serve.

The Pose

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“The Pose” is simple. You have an artist who wants to draw a girl to be a bit enticing but he is not sure what part of the anatomy a majority of his readers enjoy. Are they attracted to a nice set of breasts or do they prefer a well formed posterior? If you draw the girl from the front you can have a detailed look at the beauty of the hills but the bottom is hidden from sight. On the other hand if you look from the back the rump is on fill display but the top is harder to see in its full glory. So the artist uses his trump card contained within “The Pose” by drawing a girl as is she were the most dedicated discus thrower on the planet. You can’t just be looking over your shoulder. That is not fully doing “the Pose.” When engaged in “The Pose” the character is turning around to look behind them enough that both breasts are fully visible which as far as I can tell would a decent amount of flexibility in real life.  It seems rather uncomfortable to me especially if you were to try an maintain the position for any reasonable amount of time.

Yes, I just talked about a silly fan service pose for a whole post. But it is such an odd phenomenon that I have to wonder if it has  a name. I am not an artist nor have I taken art classes so if this pose has a name I would be curious to know what it is. If it does not have a name we as a community should give it one. As nerds obsessed with nomenclature in general it seems our sacred duty.

My Introduction to European Geekery

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Sorry, this post is a long time coming. And my title is a bit misleading as I spent almost all of my time in Holland and one day visiting Brussels. Despite that, it was an introduction to many things including the world of geek sub-culture across the Atlantic. And it is a piece of my education I hope to expand in the coming years.

This was my first time abroad, ever, and the first time I ever found myself feeling like a foreigner. I realized though that just because you are on vacation you don’t stop being the geek you are. At least I don’t. So my research had led me to find some comic shops in Amsterdam and virtually every other town I visited in Holland. As for Brussels, I didn’t have to plot out where the shops were as me and my companion were practically tripping over them at every turn.

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