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Guru Submissions Back Online!

Our mega-popular quiz site is now accepting submissions once again.

To show you how it's done, one of our most fanatical members, indifference, spent hours working into the AM to submit the very first Version Vibrant quiz: What Lovely Complex Character Are You?

A few features in our quiz site are a little rough and will be ironed out in the days ahead, but everything should work in terms of submissions. Enjoy! Many thanks to massin, Guru's developer, for getting submissions back online.

New Cupcake Flash Game

My second flash game is released...guide a lone cupcake in his struggle to defend the Cupcake Kingdom from a swarm of raisins. As everyone knows there's NOTHING worst than a raisin cupcake...

Score higher than 85 and you will be treated to a surprise ending featuring the legendary Bossman Cupcake. The world record score thus far is 91, set by myself. The best first try score so far is 77, set by Aaryanna.

Click here to test your raisin fighting prowess and post your first score and your best score in the comments.

Background song is The Runner by Positively Dark. Used with permission.

View Subscribers AND Subscriptions

Every member's portfolio now displays, in a really cool micro-thumbnail format, all your subscribers and all your subscriptions. This is a great way to meet people and make friends. Thanks to our VV designer, Mike, for the amazing job he did designing this feature. Also new to profiles: You can now view the total # of comments you've posted on the site, you can see your avatar, and we have a spot that will display your birthday (the form where you fill in your birthday is still coming soon).

theOtaku.com Anime Podcast IV - Ep. 13

Ahh, Batou's a trooper... and, once again, the podcasters gripe about a slow news week the same week I post an actual event report! Man... that hurts... hurts bad...

Guys, give the poor man some ideas for what to talk about for next week, nya?

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.

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Once subscribed, you'll get each week's episode automatically delivered, whether you visit us or not.

So let's start! To listen to our podcast, click the play button above. You can also download the mp3 directly by clicking here.

39 New Categories Added

Another week, another hajillion new categories added, thanks to the efforts of SabrinaM the Serene. If you'd like to recommend new categories comment here or drop her a PM. Our only requirement is that the category you recommend must have at least one submission tagged on the site with that category's name.

Here's the list:

Anime and Manga:

• Arjuna
• Angel Tales
• Baby Pop
• Bottle Fairy
• Burst Angel
• Chance! Pop Sessions
• Le Chevalier D'Eon
• Cutey Honey
• Galaxy Express 999
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
• Guyver
• Kare First Love
• Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch
• Moe Kare!!
• Mononoke
• Nurse Witch Komugi
• Shadow Skill
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock
• The Story of Saiunkoku
• Submarine Super 99
• Tenjho Tenge

Music:

• Korn
• L'Arc-en-Ciel
• Younha

TV:

• American Dad!
• Battlestar Galactica
• Beavis and Butt-Head
• CSI
• The Simpsons
• South Park
• Star Trek

Video Games:

• Magna Carta
• Ninja Gaiden
• Shining Tears
• Star Fox
• Super Robot Wars

Books:

• Twilight (Series)

Movies:

• The Crow
• The Nightmare Before Christmas