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Caption Battle: Buh-gwuh?

"It's that time again..."
"To plan for next year's cosplays?"
"To clean that gunk underneath the sink?"
"No... it's time for this week's caption battle!"

But first, last week's winners:

In third place, getting in before the other person: darknessslayer!

In soviet Russia, pokemon catch you.

In second place, because raggin' on the American companies is always funny: KeenHavoc!

You should have seen what they were doing BEFORE 4Kids edited it.

And in the coveted first place, because it's just. That. Good... Aceburner!

Well, they don't call him Drapeion for nothin'.

Ahhh... so fun... but let's move on, shall we?

So this week's screencap comes from the unemptiable chasms of moe that is Desbreko's hard drive; man loves him some moe, what can you do? Series is Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity, and features (clockwise starting from bottom) Sankurou, Yuuri, Mashiro, Ameri, Yumina, Mifuyu, and Nue. Honestly, names are probably the least of the worries with this one...

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: go window shopping in the blue light district of Amsterdam at your own risk.

theOtaku.com Celebrity Chat: Chris Sabat!

Our epic celebrity chat series continues with a special guest appearance by Vegeta himself, the legendary Chris Sabat!

You can view Mr. Sabat's impressive anime credits right here.

To ask him your own questions live and see his responses to all other questions, first login to your theOtaku.com account and visit our chatroom on June 22nd at 1:30 PM Eastern Time (10:30 AM Pacific Time). Typically we require being a member for 30 days to visit our chatroom, but we're releasing that requirement on the day of the chat.

Special thanks to Chris Sabat's nephew, ColaPowered, for helping us get this chat session up and running.

theOtaku.com Anime Podcast VI - Ep. 10

Ahhh. Just get home from an amazing anime convention, and there's podcast waiting for me. Booyah. Short week, though, so y'know... few comments, you can only blame yourselves, really. HOWEVER! This week's podcast includes a special contest! Listen and find out all about it...

Music - Cagayake! Girls by Aki Toyosaki from K-On!

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

For a link to Anime Pulse's theOtaku.com 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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So let's start! To listen to our podcast, click the play button above. You can also download the mp3 directly by clicking here.

Caption Battle: Always Ask Before You Glomp...

I know! Caption battle actually on time! What's up with that?!

But first, last week's winners... and like last week, because I'm lazy (and in con'-rush mode), without explanation:

In third place: schultzie!

Lupin is depressed because he hasn't won the Caption Battle even once. And to make it worse, Zenigata is bragging about his 6th win this year alone. . .

In second place (and on a hot streak): Kensuke Ryumura!

This is why Zenigata and Lupin can't hang out.
Three words: "Pull my finger."

And in the coveted first place... shadow princess!

Lupin: *sigh* Casual day doesn't mean coming to work without pants, Zenigata.

Shadow princess, that was absolutely spot on. Cheers. Moving on...

This week's screencap comes courtesy of Hisaishi and features that show about those demonic Darwinian thingies that upset all those parents way back when. Anyway, guy on the right is Veronica Taylor; also, I'll be frank and say I have no idea what Pokemon that is. Got it? Good:

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: cars drive on the right side of the road in China, but they drive on the left side in Hong Kong.

VAMPS Promotional Tour

If you're as psyched as us about VAMPS' North American tour, you're going to want to check out their website with tour schedule as well as the below video.

We're going to be announcing some fun stuff related to this tour, so stay tuned!