This is what I think I loved most about the movie; it didn't cater to American sensibilities when it came to the storyline, and gave characters from all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds a chance at the limelight, without translating their words to appease a limited, English-only speaking audience. This movie…

And this one, of course:

Stop deforestation! The power is yours!

Curiosity question - do international chess players get the same visa status?

KINJAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

NEXT PHOTOSHOP CONTEST! I CALLED IT!

Japan also has some pretty gnar construction worker uniforms.

Personally I'm a MS-06S Commander type Zaku. The ladies love the command spike!

Love his work, I remember finding out about him when he first came out with Pirate Baby Cabana and he's recently done some work on the awesome and underrated Gravity Falls.

Check out this lovely tribute to Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP by artist Elizabeth Simins. (It's full of spoilers, if you haven't played the game yet.) You might remember Simins from Manic Pixel Dream Girl, the excellent 4-part series about growing up with video games.

Related: Here is a GIF of Wayne Brady pretending to be Chun Li

Dat knee jerking

I remember sitting in Microsoft's presser at E3 2011 when they announced Ryse. They showed off this great-looking gameplay trailer, and everyone was really stoked. Then the chyron came up: "Only on Kinect." The room sighed. The entire room. I've never seen anything like it.

WataMote is turning out pretty good, been looking forward to it and Monogatari S2.

Always a fun time. Did a little write up over on the TAY blog.

I'm a little torn with Phoenix. I admire his desire to help his community. But I heard an interview on NPR where he describes the world as black and white, like he has the ability to judge... that's a little scary. On the other hand his crime-fighting partner Purple Reign is using her costume to fight domestic…

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