It’s January, which means…SNOW!!! And with snow comes snow days and when you have a snow day, you just have to have a snowball fight!!! When having a snowball fight, just like playing kickball on the playground, you need to pick the best team. So which 7 anime characters would make up the best team possible? Let’s see… More »

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The anime for Naruto has been running for the past ten years, giving fans a lot of fun and sad moments. More »

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Christmas shopping is currently under way, but for me, one of the funnest things to do are fill people’s stockings. You can put a wide range of things in the stockings from little gag gifts to something practical. Check out some of the stocking stuffers that I would be in these anime character’s stockings. More »

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Thanksgiving is just around the corner (at least in the U.S.) and if your family is like mine, you tend to invite friends over for dinner. So what if you could invite an anime character? There would be so many that I would want to invite over, but there are some specific people I wouldn’t want to invite over for fear of embarrassment, awkwardness, or…possibly destroying the house. More »

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I might not be a crazy fan of anime or manga, but browsing through pictures of cosplayers is one of my favourite past time. Halloween is approaching, and cosplaying is definitely a great option for choosing your costume! Here’s a list of the top ten cosplays! Let’s see if you guys can reach their standard!

LINK and ZELDA

Princess Peach

Sailor Moon and her homies (LOL)

Rikku from Final Fantasy X

Tifa from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

Fullmetal Alchemist

Gaara from Naruto

Rukia and Ichigo from Bleach

Ciel Phantomhive from Black Butler

The EPIC GUNDAM!

Which cosplay was your favourite?

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October has officially begun, which means haunted houses, horror movies, halloween costumes, and obscene amounts of candy are in season! What better way to kick off the season than with a list of 5 anime scientist characters that have a not one…or two…but hundreds of screws loose!

Kurotsuchi Mayuri (Bleach) The captain of the 12th Division and Head of the Shinigami Research Department; this psychotic scientist will make most people incredibly uncomfortable. Why? Well for one he likes to experiment…on live test subjects (just ask Ishida), but he also can regenerate parts of his body, he created his assistant and lieutenant, Nemu, and his zanpakuto, Ashisogi Jizou, gives me the willies (yes I said willies). Whenever I see his creepy zanpakuto release itself into a floating caterpillar with a Jizou head and it makes that creepy baby noise, I cringe. But the creepiness is often offset by some strange thing going on with Mayuri or the others characters around him, like Renji and Ishida inadvertently getting poisoned by Ashisogi Jizou since Mayuri really doesn’t care about his surroundings. Kurotsuchi-taicho is definitely one of the most psychotic scientists in an anime series.

Dr. Franken Stein (Soul Eater) Stein is a top notch Meister with multiple screws loose, which is probably why he has a bolt in his head that he is constantly tightening. Stein is a professor for the Death Weapon Meister Academy, who is completely stitched all over the place. You can typically find him on his rolling chair dressed in a lab coat that is stitched together as well. When you meet him, he will probably even make a grand entrance…which usually means he hits a bump and falls out of his chair. Stein is actually ridiculously cool and strong, but he completely creeps out Spirit. However, he ends up losing his mind throughout the series, which only adds to his mad scientist qualities. So when you add that to the fact that he likes to dissect things (including himself) and he was the reason why Sid became a zombie…he is certainly a candidate for being the most psychotic scientist out there.

Below is the episode of Stein’s entrance to the anime. Check out the whole episode…or part of it and you’ll get what I mean.

Shou Tucker (Fullmetal Alchemist) Next is Shou Tucker, who was known as the Sewing-Life Alchemist. He is one of the creepiest characters in Fullmetal Alchemist in my opinion…and that says something considering there are A LOT of creepy characters in the show! This alchemist made a name for himself by producing a chimera that was able to speak; however, he had never been able to produce another. Ironically enough, his wife had left around the same time the chimera was created. So when pressure increased for him to create another, Tucker becomes desperate and ends up merging his dog, Alexander, with the only family he had left…his daughter, Nina. As a result of his actions, he is sent to become a test subject and ends up as a chimera himself, further making him creepy and now even more psychotic than before. Have I convinced you why he is on this list yet? *shivers*

Orochimaru (Naruto) Orochimaru is a former shinobi for Konohagakure, who ends up leading his own village, Otogakure. This ninja, however, is almost completely off his rocker. This shinobi is ridiculously powerful…and OLD, but he just won’t die!!! His goal is power and in order to become powerful, he ends up looking for a way to be immortal. His way of doing this is by transferring himself from one body to the next, and his ultimate desired host was Uchiha Sasuke. So what makes him a mad scientist? Well one of the reasons he was kicked out of Konoha was because of his experiments, which were usually tested on humans. He would perform experiments on his comrades and enemies, and if they were strong enough to survive, they ended up mutating and gaining crazier powers. Two examples of this would be Anko, who has absolutely terrible memories of being his test subject, and Sasuke. Unfortunately, it was rare for anyone to survive and he ended up killing a large number of his own comrades. Add that to his creepy old man laugh and the fact that tends to hide in a dark dungeon-looking hideout and you have the perfect formula for a mad scientist. TA DA!!!

Kazutaka Muraki (Yami No Matsuei) Do you know the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? Well…the phrase definitely applies to Kazutaka Muraki, who may look angelic, but is the complete opposite. Kazutaka is yet another anime character with a troubled past. So what’s his story? Kazutaka was apparenty treated by a doll by his mother, which is why he’s obsessed with dolls and treats others like dolls as well. Also, his half brother Saki killed Kazutaka’s parents and when he tried to kill Kazutaka, one of the family guards killed Saki. As a result, Kazutaka became obssessed with bringing Saki back from the dead, but only to kill Saki himself. Throughout the series, you can find Kazutaka playing the good doctor who is upset because he can’t save lives, but the truth is he’s a serial killer who manipulates the souls of the dead to draw the attention of Shinigami. Two faces? Just hope that you don’t get deceived by his angelic smile, otherwise you may end up as one of his test subjects to bring back his brother. Creepy creepy creepy…

Can you name any other mad scientist anime characters?

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This Sasuke toy is a McDonald’s Happy Meal Toy only available in Taiwan and Japan. It has become such a huge hit that it’s currently a meme. The original design is to do a back flip, but it is not always successful… More »

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From Girlybubble: Today’s Cute Carriers features a Pakkun Plush Backpack from the hit anime Naruto! If you don’t know who Pakkun is, he is one of the dogs that Kakashi summons to help him with various ninja missions. Pakkun is the smallest of all the ninja dogs, so he’ll be right at home on your back! More »

Here is this week’s manga best-seller list from New York Times! More »

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From Flauntme: Hey all you Naruto fans out there, here’s a nail tutorial for you! IHaveACupcake once again stuns us with another amazing design. More »