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theOtaku.com Anime Podcast IV - Ep. 28

So this week is exciting... Katana gets a special mention about some correspondence and some other idiot joins the podcast. It's exciting. I bet you'll all be excited. Probably. Maybe. It's sixteen minutes, in any case, which has gotta be worth something, right?

And dudes... I'm with a family of four right now. That 5kg bag of rice is gonna last you a long-assed time. Enjoy it.

Music - Satsugai by Detroit Metal City from Detroit Metal City

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And as this week's feature, you can find Caitiy's "How About Now?" fanfiction 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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40 New Categories

Once again it’s time for the weekly 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:

• Beauty Pop

• Bride of the Water God
• Devil and Her Love Song
• Franken Fran
• Happy Hustle High
• Highschool of the Dead
• Kamichu!
• Kaze to Ki no Uta
• Kurau: Phantom Memory
• Little Butterfly
• Midnight Secretary
• Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
• Muteki Kojin Daitarn 3
• Parfait Tic!
• Uzumaki
• Xamd: Lost Memories

Video Games:

• Arcana Heart

• Army of Two
• Cooking Mama
• Langrisser
• Shaiya
• Shining Force EXA
• Trace Memory
• White Clarity
• Wipeout Fusion
• World Destruction: Michibikareshi Ishi

Music:

• Coheed and Cambria

• Emilie Autumn
• Kelly Clarkson
• Lollipop
• Maroon 5
• Nightwish

TV:

• Metalocalypse

• Pucca
• Torchwood

Books/Comics:

• Shadow of the Wind

Movies:

• Anastasia

• Enchanted
• Last Unicorn
• Queen of the Damned

Caption Battle: Wet Dreams...

"It's that time again..."
"To say no to drugs?"
"To drink milk?"
"No... it's time for this week's caption battle!"

But first, last week's winners:

In third place, making an excellent series-savvy commentary on that which is Bleach: schultzie!

You know, Yumichika would have been better for this scene.

In second place, shouting louder than what is probably necessary but still being true enough: fluffy sama fan!

Ikkaku: CURSE YOU YAOI CRACKPAIR LOVING FANGIRLS!!! CURSE YOU ALL TO HELL!!!

And in the coveted first place, speaking nothing but pure, uncompromising truth... Sakaki Sakura!

Wow... Even characters VOICED by Vic Mignogna have their share of insane fans...

Well done for everyone not going for "The Obvious Joke"(TM) here. Such creative thinking is what we do, in fact, want. Anyway, on to this week...

So this week's screencap comes courtesy of ChibiSasuke and features the series Air. Dude in the water is named Yukito. Have at thee:

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. Meantime, I'm hungry so I'm goin' to Nando's. Tchau!

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- A happy birthday message for someone linked to a WORLD post you made
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Otaku Attraction: Just a Little Momentum

How do, y'all! Kei here.

For all you AMV lovers out there, here's a heads up that this week's Otaku Attraction is up and ready for viewing. On deck this week: 5 Centimeters per Second.

Come on over and see what the fuss is about.