Article: Otaku Culture

Coverage that is on the fringe, all things Otaku. Otaku means Maniac – and these articles focus on things we are crazy about.

Short version. I am a fan of Dan Trachtenberg from his web show The Totally Rad Show. He spent a year and a half of his life making the short film below. It’s a very strong, moody sci-fi piece even even if you have never played the game it is based on, Portal. Someone needs to get Dan on directing a feature film of something, anything A.S.A.P. Pretty please…

Well,there’s a new chapter in the ongoing Chinese Gundam statue debacle. To summerise the story thus far: Sunrise built an amazing lifesize statue of the original Gundam in Japan,then China built a yellow one,possibly to compliment their bootleg Disney World. Sunrise threatened legal action (for some reason lol) and it got taken down,then put back up with some modifications.

Here’s the latest:Some awesome dude made his own take on what the opening credits would look like if the Chinese Gundam was from a real anime!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-02-05/daily-video/chinese-gundam-gets-fan-made-video

Here’s a pretty impressive fan film about the TMNT,really just Raphael. It’s a short little clip,but seems like it might be a preview for a longer project.
http://www.fanboy.com/2011/01/the-foot-clan-are-not-fond-of-macs.html