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Dragonica Online Contest - Win COPIC Markers

We are hosting a one-month contest open to all visitors to win a set of COPIC markers. The contest is in honor of Dragonica Online, a free-to-play MMORPG with manga graphics.

Click here to visit the official challenge page. You can post any questions you have over there. Good luck!

theOtaku.com Anime Podcast VI - Ep. 2X

Ichigo's missing, and apparently it was his birthday. Naturally, this means the levels of depravity shall be left unchecked this week. So, beyond that, happy, Thanksgiving Canada, happy Columbus Day, United States, and happy Monday, everyone else.

Music - Only My Railgun by fripSide from To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

The following podcast may contain some coarse language that may offend some listeners. Discretion is advised.

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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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Vote For A New Forum At OtakuBoards

It's time to vote for an anime to receive it's own forum over at OtakuBoards. The thread for it is up so don't forget to let us know which one you'd like to see.

All votes can either be posted here in the comments, or in the thread for it over at OtakuBoards, which can be found here: New Forum

October Member Promotions

It's time for member promotions once again. So congratulations to everyone who was promoted. Keep up the good work! Otaku Legend akirayuna san...

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Caption Battle: In Before Om Nom...

"It's that time again..."
"To Keep Holding On?"
"To Have a Nice Day?"
"No... it's time for this week's caption battle!"

But first, last week's winners:

In third place, in before the others: ChibiSasuke!

Konata would be proud.

In second place with a well-chosen 'net reference: wallpaperotaku!

Shun the non-believer! Shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun--

And in the coveted first place, straight out of Chem class... red.alchemist!

Yui, Ritsu and Mio didn't wear their goggles. Now they don't need them.

One week down, many more to go... well done, guys.

So this week continues K-On! Month, once again comes from the annals of Desbreko's ImageShack account. Happy girl in the picture is Yui Hirasawa. Have at 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. So good luck, and remember: it's my mom's birthday today - Happy Birthday Mom!