Articles by Yung Namahage
Evangelion, Godzilla, Ultraman & Kamen Rider Form Cinematic Universe
Ever since other studios caught a glimpse of how successful Marvel's Cinematic Universe has been, they've all been scrambling to emulate it with their own properties. Some, like Universal's Dark Universe they tried to kick off withThe Mummy, were dead on arrival. Others have struggled with keeping a consistent tone but have films that are praised individually, like the DCEU and ...
Sun Sets on Gundam Studio Sunrise
Since their formation in 1972, Sunrise have grown to be one of the most well-known studios in the anime industry. Their logo can be seen in the credits of every one of the manyGundamseries since 1979, plus other cult hits likeCowboy Bebop,Gintama andLove Live!. Starting soon, however, Sunrise will be undergoing a transition of sorts.Sunrise's parent company Bandai Namco announced ...
Government Blames Toast-Eating Anime Girls for Decreased Rice Consumption in Japan
A character (usually a schoolgirl) waking up and saying "oh no, I'm late for school!" before running out the front door with a piece of toast hanging from their mouth has been a running gag in anime & manga since the 1970s. The logic behind it is simple enough; toast is eaten for breakfast all over the world and can be made in minutes. But toast isn't a traditional Japanese breakfast ...
The Woke Agenda Made M&M's Less Sexy!
There are few things that show how fast times are changing than advertising mascots. Corporations are listening to the real-life conversations people are having about race, inclusion and social justice, and they respond by getting their marketing teams to sneak a buzzword or two into the next press release or reassess their current image. Mascots that have become cultural touchstones ...
Gundam 00 Gets Pilot-themed Lingerie
Usually when a lingerie brand collaborates with an anime it results in nightwear based on some of the show's hottest waifus, or in the case of a mecha anime, maybe something sexy inspired by the iconic mecha from the series. This time, Japanese lingerie maker Peach John are taking a different approach.Their latest line commemorates 2007'sMobile Suit Gundam 00, although not the titular ...
Italian Senate Meeting Disrupted by Tifa Hentai
Senato della Repubblica is a TV channel that broadcasts footage of the Italian Senate from their seat in Palazzo Madama, Rome. While streaming a seminar on Facebook with Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicistGiorgio Parisi in attendance, a user named Alex Spence entered the virtual conference and proceeded to screenshare a 3D hentai animation featuring Tifa Lockhart from Final ...
The Next My Hero Academia Game is a Battle Royale
Most battle royale games play fairly similarly. You wind up on an island, search for the best guns and try to make it out on top. But what if there are no guns? Battle royales with an emphasis on melee combat likeNaraka: Bladepoint and the upcomingRumbleverse (and arguablyFall Guys) are evolving the trend popularized byFortniteandPUBG with smaller maps, fewer players and more direct ...
Attack on Titan Comes to Call of Duty
At this point it feels weird to see a big name franchise collaborating with a hugely popular online battle royale shooter thatisn'tFortnite. Like when Joker and Harley Quinn appeared inPUBG a few years ago based on theirSuicide Squad incarnations, before both characters joined a bunch of other DC heroes and villains inFortnite.Call of Duty:Warzone's collabs tend to be more on the ...
International Anti-Piracy Coalition to Combat Anime & Manga Piracy
A partnership between organizations from 13 different countries with the task of curbing media piracy called the International Anti-Piracy Organization (IAPO) will be forming this April.Japan's CODA (Content Overseas Distrbution Assosciation), an organization that assists anime & manga companies includingStudio Ghibli, Kodansha, Shueisha, Aniplex, Bandai Namco Arts and more with ...
Over 100,000 People Ask Netflix to Bring Back Cowboy Bebop
Netflix never gave an official reason for canning last year's doomed attempt at a live-action series, but we all know the real reason: hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned. With all those changes to the source material it wouldn'tve caught on even if they actually hired semi-competent writers.But changes or not, some people still liked it for one reason or another. One such fan ...
