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theOtaku.com Anime Podcast VI - Ep. 3

Strangely enough, this was the second time today I've read/heard about people poisoning squirrels or other such ground rodent thingies... I blame TV Tropes. Also... you guys seriously don't know how to say "Tigress"? Dudes... also, you forgot how to read Des' name? My my my...

Music - Aka no Kakera by Yuki Suzuki from 07-Ghost

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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Caption Battle: Curiously Out Of Character...

"It's that time again..."
"To play Left 4 Dead?"
"To learn to laugh like Spongebob?"
"No... it's time for this week's caption battle!"

But first, last week's winners:

In third place, because we all know fangirls are psychotic: fallenangel8!

Wow, fangirls find the most interesting places to hide.

In second place, being topical and amusing: red tigress!

Aaron: "Bad news, Vic; Funimation says they're lettin' ya go."
Vic: "But...Sakuracon is the only thing I have left! I can't be associated with 'GIRUGAMESH!'"

And in the coveted first place, just absolutely knocking this week out of the park... TsukasaXKwassaXKw!

You COOKED my pet chicken?!?!? That is SO not equivalent exchange!!

This was an excellent week. I am absolutely proud of you all.

So this week comes courtesy of the ever-random screencaps of the Desbreko, and features the series Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru (and note how decidedly un-moe this screencap is for a Desbreko screencap - just sayin'). From left to right are Ichiko, Yukari, and Mariya. Have fun now... oh, and I promise, any captions consisting solely of "OM NOM NOM NOM" aren't gonna cut it. You guys can do better:

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. That is all. I shall go nap now.

Challenge Upgrades

A few handy upgrades to our challenges feature:

(1) You can now edit your challenges
(2) Fan Works that are a part of a challenge now link back to that challenge's page
(3) We fixed a glitch related to viewing entries on fan words challenges that have expired
(4) Otakuite++ members can now create challenges

...Enjoy!

20 New Categories

Once again it’s time for the 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:

• 20th Century Boys

• Fresh Pretty Cure
• Linebarrels of Iron
• Millennium Actress
• To Aru Majutsu no Index

Video Games:

• Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica

• Battletech

Music:

• Ai Otsuka

• Blue October
• Morning Musume
• Papa Roach
• SHINee
• Within Temptation
• X Japan

TV:

• Andromeda

• ReBoot

Books/Comics:

• Chronicles of Vladimir Tod

• Maximum Ride

Movies:

• A Clockwork Orange

• Cats Don't Dance

ACen Meet-Up Reminder

For all y'all who're gonna be in the Rosemont, Illinois area in a couple weeks, Katana's got that meet-up thingy at Anime Central all figured out.

If you're going to ACen and feel like hanging out with some other weirdos from the site, you can find them en masse with the following:

• Meet-up Day: Saturday, May 9
• Meet-up Time: 3:00pm
• Meet-up Location: Hyatt Lobby, ground floor, in front of the food mart.

Any more information can be found over at the Conventionist World. Let's see a nice turn-out! And someone bring a video camera or something!