Tag Archives: Anime

Jennifer and I as anime characters

TikTok filters need a lot more work to be accurate. In the original photo is used, I wasn’t wearing glasses, I had a cowboy hat and Jennifer’s eyes were open. Oh, my chins disappear into pointed chin. What’s with that? … Continue reading

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Seis Manos

We’re at 20 days before Disney+ tries to grab the streaming service crown off Netflix’s head and I have to say, it might be harder than the Mouse thinks. Seis Manos is a great example of how the reigning champ might … Continue reading

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Cynthia Cranz

Cynthia came to GACC with a small cadre of voice actors who specialize in Anime, often they provide the English-speaking voices for the characters. She plays one of my favorites, Mitzi, the exhausted, put-upon mother from Shin-chan Crayon. If you’re not … Continue reading

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Brief preview/blurb on the Greater Austin Comic Con

What a weekend. I think the first one without hockey in a while and I spent a good chunk of it sponsoring, okay, shopping/spending money at our first comic convention really focused on comics. Sure, we have WizWorld near the … Continue reading

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One Punch Man

Short version, One Punch Man is Japan’s version of The Tick mocking the Superhero conventions they have. Long version, Punch is like The Tick but it mocks all the Japanese anime tropes featuring cyborgs, monsters (or kaiju), ninjas, superhero organizations (in Punch it acts more … Continue reading

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Futurama Reincarnation

One of the funniest parodies or re-interpretations Futurama did was its tribute to the numerous Japanese cartoons brought to America in the last several decades. Not the higher caliber, less-censored stuff now shown on Cartoon Network or available through specialized video … Continue reading

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