The world learned that Satoshi Kon, director of the award winning anime films Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress, Paprika and Tokyo Godfathers, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer yesterday. He was [...]
Tags: Animation, anime, manga, Millenium Actress, Paprika, Perfect Blue, Satoshi Kon, Tokyon Godfathers, Twitter
Comic-Con International used to be a small comic books expo in San Diego. Then it grew. And grew. Now, about 130,000 people come from around the globe to check out [...]
Tags: anime, Captain America, comic con, Comic-Con 2010, Deb Aoki, Felipe Smith, futurama, Henry Rollins, Hulk, iron man, manga, Marvel Comics, MC Frontalot, panel, Penny Arcade, ray Bradbury, San Diego, Shazam, stabbing, Thor, Toy Story, Ultimo, venture brothers
Comic-Con International used to be a small comic books expo in San Diego. Then it grew. And grew. Now, about 130,000 people come from around the globe to check out [...]
Tags: A Drifting Life, A Drunken Dream, anime, Astro Boy, comic con, Deb Aoki, Dentsu, iPhone, Mameshiba, manga, Matsuri Hino, Moto Hagio, Priest, San Diego, The Clique, The Green Hornet, Tokyopop, Toynami, Vampire Knight, Viz Media, White Lion, Yishan Li, Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Comic-Con International used to be a small comic books expo in San Diego. Then it grew. And grew. Now, about 130,000 people come from around the globe to check out [...]
Tags: 20th Century Boys, A Drifting Life, Angelina Jolie, anime, Astro City, Avengers, Ax, Battle:Los Angeles, Chi's Sweet Home, Cobra, comic con, Comic-Con International 2010, daft punk, Deb Aoki, Dragon Ball Kai, Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens, manga, Masahiko Matsumoto, Oishinbo, panels, Peepo Choo, Pluto, Salt, San Diego, scott pilgrim, Super Pro K.O., tron legacy, Twin Spica
Gantz is a Japanese manga about two boys who died in a train accident. After the accident, they find themselves in a small room with a big black ball. This is [...]
Tags: Film, GANTZ, Japan, Kazunari_Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, manga, Nino, Video, YouTube
Did you know that the kitchen has more bacteria than the bathroom? Only touching underwear attaches a huge number of bacteria to your hands. We are living with a huge [...]
Tags: Animation, Japan, manga, Moyashimon, Tales of Agriculture
How cool are bands fronted by girls? ESG, Elastica, the Pretenders, Sleigh Bells, Shilpa Ray, Blondie… um, the Shaggs. Obviously bands fronted by women are infinitely superior to bands fronted [...]
Tags: 5678s, ai yazawa, black stones, bryan lee o'malley, Chatmonchy, cibo matto, death note, Girls, Gorillaz, J-Pop, J-Rock, Japan, Japanese, Kill Bill, know your chicken, manga, misa misa, nana, Noodles!, pizzicato 5, pizzicato five, red bacteria vacuum, scandal, scott pilgrim, Women
Honda Super Cub is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year so Honda created a project called the “Love Cub 50.” 61 celebs redesigned their original cub to sell in auctions. [...]
Tags: Art & Design, Autos, best selling, bike, Bike Culture, Car Culture, design, Detroit Metal City, Honda, Honda Super Cub, Japan, Love Cub 50, manga, Motorbike, Motorcycle
One of my favorite site is Cake Wrecks. In Japan, we may order some message on chocolate plate on cake but we hardly order such designs! It’s hard to choose [...]
Tags: Beef, Cake Wrecks, Chicken, Commercialism, Food, Japan, Mammoth, manga, manga meat, Meat
When I saw a girl who wears clothes like a doll sometimes, I thought it would be a sort of cosplay. But I realized that I misunderstood. THAT is a [...]
Tags: Age Jo, Ahiru guchi, Casual, cosplay, doll, duck mouth, Fashion, Fluffy, French Doll, Gyaru, hair, Hime, Hostess, Japan, Jesus Diamante, Koakuma Ageha, manga, Mori, Mori Hair, Peace Sign, Princess
Intro Green Day open the EMAs on a rockin’ note. Dressed up like hometown heroes Tokio Hotel – think total black, with red and white accents – they looked very [...]
Tags: Backstreet Boys, Bar Refaeli, Berlin, Best Urban, Beyonce, Billie Joe, Black Eyed Peas, Bono, Brandenburg Gate, Bridget Kelly, Cabaret, David Hasselhoff, Do it Again, EMAs, Eminem, europe, Europe Music Awards, Foo Fighters, Germany, Green Day, Halo, Jay-Z, Jesse Metcalf, Jonas Brothers, Juliette Lewis, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, Leona Lewis, manga, Michael Jackson, Pete Wentz, Placebo, Russell Brand, Shakira, Silbermond, Single Ladies, Sweet Dreams, Tokio Hotel, U2, Urban Music, VMAs, World Behind My Wall
14 years ago, Kobe area had big earthquake. 6,434 people were killed and around 300,000 left homeless. Damage was huge, over 200,000 building and highway were collapsed. Kobe city build [...]
Tags: anime, Earthquake, Giant Robot, Japan, Kobe, manga, Tetsujin
This article from the BBC is hot on the Internet. “Is Japan a dying nation?” I agree that aging is an issue. Actually I think current Japan is not dying–but [...]
Tags: anime, Baby-Boomers, BBC, Countries, Demographics, Japan, Japan a Dying Nation, manga, nerd culture, Otaku
We have “spo kon manga/anime.” It means sports and tough spirit manga/anime. The main characters of these stories try hard and get to be a winner in some sport. You [...]
Tags: anime, Chabudai, Chabudai Gaeshi Game, comics, Japan, Japanese, manga, Rocky, spo kon manga, Sports, Star of the Giants, Taito, Tokyo Toy show, Tomorrow's Joe
Hong-Kong-born Canadian artist Howie Tsui had a weird slate of influences for his latest sublime, psycho-fantastic project: “Asian ghost stories, Buddhist hell scrolls, Hong Kong vampire films, neo-conservative propaganda, and [...]
Tags: art, Canada, Hong Kong, Howie Tsui, kawaii, manga, Scroll Painting
Here at MTV Iggy we were very disappointed to learn that this pic of Kirsten Dunst, all dolled up a la Manga, is not just a snap of her on [...]
Tags: Akihabara, anime, Fashion, Harajuku, Japan, Kirsten Dunst, London, Lost in Translation, manga, Sailor Moon, Tate Modern, Tokyo, Weird Outfits Explained
Team Iggy has touched down in Japantown, San Francisco for this weekend’s J-POP Summit and grand opening of VIZ’s NEW PEOPLE shopping and entertainment center. In classic Iggy fashion, the [...]
Tags: 20th Century Boys, anime, Film, Harajuku, J-POP Summit Festival, Japanese, manga, NEW PEOPLE, pop culture, San Francisco, shopping, VIZ
Otakon 2009 has come and gone. The otaku, cosplayers, anime and manga fans are all back to their daily routines and lives, no longer rocking their wildly imaginative and colorful costumes (at least I would think so, but who can say…?).
Tags: anime, Baltimore, conventions, cosplay, crossplay, fandom, manga, Maryland, Otakon 2009, Otaku, rave, sci-fi, steam punk, United States, yaoi
I think the longer one stays at Otakon, the closer one approaches true otaku-ness. It’s become a game among the Iggy team to see who can guess the assumed identities of the more obscure cosplayers. This type of mindless focus on minute trivia and details, of course, is the definition of otaku behavior.
At least it is for the original Japanese definition of the term. However, I’m not certain original Japanese otaku would acknowledge the thousands of attendees that converge on Baltimore every year as being “true” otaku. It’s an interesting illustration of how pop and sub cultures often transform when they cross cultural and territorial borders.
Otaku, in the original Japanese sense, were/are reclusives obsessed to the point of eccentric solitude with their infatuation of choice – often it was anime and manga, but there are also j drama otaku, idoru (idols) otaku, gaming otaku and so on.
Tags: anime, Baltimore, conventions, cosplay, fandom, manga, Maryland, Otakon 2009, Otaku, sci-fi, United States
