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theOtaku.com Anime Podcast IV - Ep. 19

Ichigo sounds bitter that we didn't pay enough attention to his moving plans. A shame. He did, however, explain his mysterious disappearance from the chat the other day. So it's all good. Other than that, it's a 20 minute solo-routine by the Japan-residing one of the duo (who even tells us some good times over there)! Fwah-chah!

Music - Plenty of Grit by Megumi Hayashibara from Slayers Revolution

For a link to Anime Pulse's theOtaku.com World, go here.
For a link to the Bootleg News Reporter World, go here.
For a link to The Watercooler World, go here.

And finally, you can find Ichigo's travel log over at the Anime Pulse website (under the "features" tab). He's gettin' some crazy adventures over there. Go read. Right after the podcast.

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34 New Categories

Once again it’s time for the weekly update with all the new categories that have been added. If you'd like to recommend a category simply comment here or send me a pm: SabrinaM. Just remember that in order to recommend a category you first have to make sure there's at least one submission for it.

Anime & Manga:

• Addicted to Curry

• Akachan to Boku
• Avenger
• Beyond the Beyond
• Big Windup!
• Boys Over Flowers
• Demon Ororon
• First Stage of Love
• Kujibiki Unbalance
• Merupuri: The Marchen Prince
• Monster
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
• School Days
• Toward the Terra
• Vinland Saga

Video Games:

• Chulip

• Doom
• Fatal Fury
• Grand Theft Auto
• Rock Band

Music:

• Aqua Timez

• High and Mighty Color
• Nobodyknows
• Orange Range
• Vamps

TV:

• DuckTales

• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
• Tales from the Crypt
• Trailer Park Boys
• Ultraman

Books/Comics:

• Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

• Sharknife

Movies:

• Hidalgo

• The Emperor's New Groove

theOtaku.com Chat Now Open!

Our chat is now open, please drop by and help us test the system as well as feel free to create new rooms.

Caption Battle: Fiiringu Raki, Gaki?

"It's that time again..."
"To reread the track list for Rock Band 2?"
"To realise how little our big planet is?"
"No... it's time for this week's caption battle!"

But first, last week's winners:

In third place, playing up what we usually know about Mr. Ichimaru Gin: Uchiha1164!

Schiffer: Gin, come on. Your creepy smile has landed you the role of Koizumi in our Hare Hare Yukai performance.
Gin: Aw... I never get to be Kyon...

In second place, with a caption that wasn't even actually a caption but I'm a jerk and have considered it as such: BloodRedArab!

To many emo jokes already, I know, but... Look at him! (Emo... >__>)

And in the coveted first place, with a snappy little one-liner of doom... edisshort!

Gin: I need the happy stick more than you do!

This past week was freakin' awesome. Tons of great captions. Congratulations all of you; you've made an old man very happy today. But who cares about him, we've got caption battles to do!

Pulled from the old archives, this week we bring you a screencap from the ever-eclectic series Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu. Shown on-screen is Bonta-kun; more technically, inside the Bonta-kun suit is Sousuke Sagara. Have fun with it:

You know the drill: type up the funniest, wittiest, most original caption you can think of for the screencap above in the comments below. Also, if any of you would like some tips on writing a great caption, you can find those here.

And like always, theOtaku is open to all submissions and suggestions for weekly feature content. You have a screencap you want used, you can PM me and we can do somethin' about it. And if you've sent a screencap in the past few days, I did get them but current things have kept me from thanking you personally. I will soon, I promise!

theOtaku Chat: Launching Thursday

theOtaku.com will launch our multi-room chat portal this Thursday at 9PM ET. I'll personally be dropping in and out over the course of the night, as I'm sure will many members of our team.

With chat our intention isn't to have a gigantic lobby, it's for people to create and enjoy their own rooms with their own friends--I'd much rather see 100 small rooms with 3-4 people each than 3-4 big rooms with 100 people each.

I'd like to invite people to start planning and promoting their own small rooms on their WORLDS so that your friends will be there when we launch.