Otaku culture is often interpreted as a postwar reponse, but moe’s roots definitely predate General MacArthur. Just look at this Imperial officer’s oddly otaku-ish comments: “The Government of Japan attempted many times to alienate the allied forces protecting Australia. The Japanese aimed their ‘Divide and conquer’ tactics at the Aussie Troops fighting in New [...]
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Moe Propaganda
Posted by utilsabound on September 28, 2011
http://lthemachine.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/moe-propaganda/
English Doujinshi: Keiko Kato North Africa Military Photos 1943, by Nogami Takeshi (Strike Witches)
Like Nogami Takeshi’s other doujinshi, this one is bilingual, with a complete English translation alongside the Japanese text. Unlike the others though, it’s not being sold online. He kept it an event-only book, sold only at Comiket for one day…to preserve the intimacy or specialness of the experience, I guess. Luckily, I managed to get [...]
Posted by utilsabound on September 23, 2011
http://lthemachine.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/english-doujinshi-keiko-kato-north-africa-military-photos-1943-by-nogami-takeshi-strike-witches/
Identi.ca: Love the Machine- lthemachine: #vividred I'm amused/disappointed by the superficial net discussion via animalized fans. Entire forum thread 1st page: "do they wear pants?"
- lthemachine: #vividred: inb4 Best anime of 2013. Director from my 2nd fav anime, writer from 1st fav anime, SFnal utopia with cute girls ganbarimasu'ing.
- lthemachine: Momoi Halko: “I think on some level it is the dream of all moe otaku to become women. Moe is like a third sex, a...different orientation."
- lthemachine: Why this will never succeed: You can't clop to Care Bears. http://alturl.com/wzra3
- lthemachine: It feels odd how I'm watching more western cartoons than #anime series this season.
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