It came to me as I was taking a look at some anime art last night, including some cosplay material. The art concerned some Nazi characters in some anime, such as the oddly-named (which doesn't narrow down the field much in anime) Rip van Winkle in Hellsing. They're included for the reasons they're included in Western action stories - they're ( Read more... )

Did nothing of particular consequence this weekend, which was oh, such a good feeling, given the amount of runaround I'd been subjected to during the week. Did manage to drive off to the Bay to end up talking politics (and getting a few things resolved) with robb_black at a redneck dive bar on Saturday night; Sunday night involved watching Samurai Champloo ( Read more... )