Website Stuff

Making This Website

There comes a time in every man’s life where he decides that thinking to himself in the shower and talking to homeless people at the train station are no longer acceptable forms of sharing ideas, and a blog website must be created. However, this post is not about the “why” of the website, but the “how”. What events occurred to lead us to the excellent website your eyeballs are currently feasting upon? Well, first of…

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Animation Comics

Various Marios

I really like the period of time when Nintendo didn’t have a set style for Mario, so things like advertisements and tie-ins had an assortment of fun and interesting designs. Not too sure when this era necessarily ended. The Famicom time period was the peak commercial wise, but there are still some really good ones after it, especially the Mario Kart 64 one. Super Mario-kun is the longest running Mario manga series, starting in 1990…

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Animation

Awesome Music Video – オノマトペラップ~なつあそび編~

Sometimes you come across something and you immediately know you have something special. That’s how I felt when I stumbled upon this music video with animation by Keiichi Arawi of Nichijou fame. The animation is remarkable, clean, snappy, and most of all fun. It’s a joyous video full of the charm and humor that has made Arawi’s work so popular. Something that immediately caught my eye was the use of snaps throughout the video. Big…

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