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Cryptic Cupcake E-mail

Scanning my inbox my eyes widened: "Message from [email protected]"

Trepidation struck--that sender address shouldn't exist!--and I clicked to open the email.

Nothing. The body was blank. I breathed a sigh of relief and then noticed there was a file attached.

Otakuites, a word of warning. The media file below should not be viewed by members with a weak stomach. It is, in a word, horrible. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Click here to view the cupcake's email attachment

28 New Categories!

Thanks to member SabrinaM for helping me compile this list. Please welcome these new categories into our humble site by submitting content for them. Here's the breakdown:

Anime/Manga

  • Dear Boys
  • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
  • Gintama
  • Heat Guy J
  • Ikki Tousen
  • Angelique
  • Karas
  • Mai HiME
  • Nabari no Ou
  • Okane Ga Nai
  • Punch!
  • Soul Eater

Video Games

  • The World Ends With You
  • Evil Zone
  • Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
  • Fatal Frame
  • Lineage
  • Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
  • Phantom Brave
  • Valkyrie Profile

TV

  • Futurama
  • Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends
  • Jonny Quest

Books/Comics

  • Magdalena

Music

  • Alice Nine
  • The Gazette
  • Dir en grey

theOtaku.com Anime Podcast IV - Ep. 10

Five notes for this week's podcast:

  • Podcasters are gonna cry when they remember how old Adam actually is.
  • Excellent spelling/grammar wins you subscribers.
  • James Marsters gets around; Tom Welling blew him up on Smallville last night.
  • Ironically, Adam's actually going to be out of New York the better part of next month.
  • I too can touch my nose with my toe.

Music - Blue Bird by Ikimonogakari from Naruto: Shippuuden

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 as this week's feature, you can find Nehszriah's "Densha Otoko and Japanese Social Customs" essay here.

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

Cupcake Saga Continues

All the comments I've been leaving on member fan works and WORLDS have become frosted pink. I'm not even a big fan of pink, if it was my choice, my comments would be blue or even red. The cupcakes are MEAN. I didn't even know it was possible to change comment colors, what's the secret?

One quick improvement to the network:

On the main page it now displays the # of fan works submitted in the last 24 hours for each section. If it's a little low one day I ask you to help give it a bump with your contributions...we don't want to appear weak to our enemies.

Improvement: Worlds Can Be Deleted Now

A universe is an inherently unstable place. As with everything all WORLDS must one day come to an end. If you create a WORLD and decide, for whatever reason, that you don't want it to exist anymore, you now have that option in your backroom. Just click "Worlds Editor > Edit"