Otaku Champloo

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  • 10 awesomesauce manga from 2015

    10 awesomesauce manga from 2015

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    The book pile that keeps on growing. OTL.

    2015 came and went so fast and I feel like I haven’t read enough manga. OTL. More like, I feel like I haven’t written much about the manga I read in the last year. I remember making a call for more josei this year but I ended up reading so much shonen (and dojinshi) for my thesis. OTL. However, I did have a few favourite reads and as I jotted them down, I realised they were mostly by female authors! Yay! I guess I did josei up this year, after all! Well, technically, they’re not titles in josei magazines but I guess I’m quite happy reading a diverse set of reads from female authors (and 2 dudes with awesome titles). I guess having online readers such as Line Manga and Comic Fleur helped. I started reading a lot of these titles because they were initially available for free online. But I really should be reading the physical manga I’ve bought but hahaha. OTL.

    Again, just like every year, these titles are not necessarily published on 2015 but ones that I’ve read in 2015. So, here’s my favorite reads from last year!

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  • 37. Zucca x Zuca

    Zucca x zuca

    Takarazuka is a world that blows me away every time I get a glimpse of it. The sparkles. The glitter. The handsome otokoyaku. And did I mention the sparkles? The posters alone have a lot of sparkles and despite grabbing my attention each and every time, my only knowledge of Takarazuka is based on its relation to boys’ love ((check Jennifer Robertson’s book on Takarazuka)). Not that there’s a direct relation but the fanfare of women over the genderbending otokoyaku has often been cited as a cultural origin of girls’ fascination for the androgynous bishonen. There are texts who would refute that claim, of course, but either way, Takarazuka looks and sounds like an awesome thing, right? In Zucca x Zuca shows me what it’s like to be a fan of Takarazuka.

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  • Winners for #whatiateyesterday

    A week came like a whirlwind, didn’t it? But I had so much fun eating and cooking these meals, as well as seeing everyone’s awesome meals that I am full to the brim! 

    Anyway, I’m happy to announce the winners and random.org was helpful in listing them out! I didn’t have a lot of entries so it was a tough battle! 

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    Congratulations to @dodogitu and @kitchencow, you folks won your copies of What Did You Eat Yesterday vol. 1! Just look at their awesome meals!

    Now be awesome and send me your addresses so that I can stalk you – NO! – I meant so that I can send your prizes! Send me your address at punkednoodle-at-gmail! 

    Thank you so much for the awesome folks who sent in their favorite meals for the last week! If you missed some recipes I made over the week, you can view all of them here!

    If you didn’t win, that’s all right! You can get your copy of What Did You Eat Yesterday from Amazon or Book Depository! 

  • What Did I Eat Yesterday: Earl Grey Sherbet

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    When I saw this recipe, I didn’t hesitate to make it. If you love tea and sherbets, Shiro’s dessert is an awesome treat without breaking a sweat! 

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  • What Did I Eat Yesterday: Green Peas Rice and Chicken Mushroom in Tomato Sauce

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    When I first started blogging about cooking meals from What Did You Eat Yesterday, someone was telling me about how he just can’t have the time or the chance to cook it because the ingredients were hard to find. I suppose that raised the challenge for me to find recipes in the series that were not difficult and were fairly easy to recreate in places without Asian groceries.

    In this recipe, I try out Shirou’s dinner after an interesting day at the Tominaga’s.

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  • What Did I Eat Yesterday: Banana with Yoghurt and Honey

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    Yesterday was such an odd morning because it started out as a really hot day and so I prepared a really cold breakfast I learned from What Did I East Yesterday. I was hoping this breakfast would keep me cool, but as soon as the rain poured, the cold breakfast was not seemingly.

    But that doesn’t mean this wasn’t good eats though! It’s a very simple breakfast with the warm intention of putting a smile on your face.

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  • Celebrating ‘What Did You Eat Yesterday’

    Kinou Nani Tabeta

    I’m not exactly sure if you guys know but I love Yoshinaga Fumi’s What Did You Eat Yesterday?

    LIKE WHOA.

    By that I mean it’s a book staple that won’t disappear from my bookshelf for many reasons other than it’s a Yoshinaga Fumi manga. I’ve blogged about this title at random times for years and I’ve felt like a solitary fan, oggling this in my own corner.

    But something awesome is happening and starting tomorrow, everyone can have a chance to read this awesome title because finally, FINALLY, What Did You Eat Yesterday is being released in English thanks to Vertical!

    In celebration of What Did You Eat Yesterday’s release on March 25th, I’m doing a short What Did You Eat Yesterday feast and contest!

    Throughout this week, I’ll be sharing with you some recipes I’ve tried from Yoshinaga Fumi’s What Did You Eat Yesterday. At the very least, I’m hoping to share the good eats you can expect from the series as well as some easy and awesome recipes from the series that you can do at home!

    During this week, I’ll also be giving away 2 copies of What Did You Eat Yesterday vol. 1 to two awesome people!

    Joining the contest is easy peasy. All you have to do is take a photo of an awesome meal you ate within this week and tag it with #whatiateyesterday.  You can use instagram, twitter, or tumblr. And it doesn’t have to be home cooked meals (although that would be most ideal) but it can be meals shared with important people in your life (your lovely pets included!)

    It’s open to everyone and anyone from any part of the globe (as long as you guys have a post office!).

    So I hope you all will join me in this feast in celebration for the English release of What Did You Eat Yesterday!

  • St. Oniisan has more to give for Japan

    St. Oniisan has more to give for Japan

    The spirit of giving hasn’t disappeared in Japan and now Nakamura Hikaru’s is putting up five St. Oniisan (Saint Young Men) postcards for auction.

    She’s giving away postcards of Buddha, Jesus, Brahma, Lucifer, the Archangels, and the first disciples. I find this offer rather nice and the artwork are quite encouraging. I do wonder if Nakamura Hikaru will be placing the earthquake in her manga although I’m not exactly sure if it’s appropriate to mention it in manga.

    What I do know is that her Buddha, Jesus, and the rest of the crew mean well. I wish I can purchase these auctions and help more but unfortunately I’m strapped for cash and I can only imagine how expensive these postcards can get. If you are interested in buying the postcards, head towards the auction page at 18:00 p.m., Japan time.

    Edit: I just checked the auctions again and now the Buddha and Jesus postcards you see illustrated below has been raised to 93,000 yen individually(around $930)!  The Lucifer and Archangel illustrations are now up to 81,000 yen!  One wouldn’t think miracles could happen, but I suppose if it means helping those who were brought down by the quake, these postcards are worth every yen.

  • Spotlight: Nakamura Asumiko

    Spotlight: Nakamura Asumiko

    I believe I’ve been told by one of my advisers that I shouldn’t write something that I’m obsessed about. Bias, after all, is one of the greatest sins in historical writing. It’s like a painted picture where everything is all right or all wrong and it’s hard to tell whether it’s the truth or not because of all the biases people have on it. Is it pretty? Is it ugly? Does the picture really translate the heart of what it’s trying to represent? Or are we simply translating what the painter wishes to portray and nothing more?

    It’s hard to get rid of biases but when images sway you to the point of obsession then maybe, just maybe, that picture has more truth that it should hold.

    It is in this obsession that I cannot forget Nakamura Asumiko. She draws a gaze that convinces me more than ever that she deserves this spotlight.

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  • Hoping for better days

    It’s my birthday today.

    And I was hoping to write down an awesome post about the exciting new wave in BL only to find it inappropriate after last weekend’s disaster. While Japan is a good sea away from my country, the past few years have brought me closer and closer to Japan. What was once just a geographical existence, Japan eventually turned into a home for friends, colleagues, and inspirations. I was there last year and it felt like a surreal home hence my heart was crushed when I saw the waves flush out homes along the coast.

    It had been difficult for the past few days but I’m quite surprised that the Japanese are resilient and are moving forward. Our Japan office is up and kicking and so are our favorite mangaka and other entertainment folks. Last night, and still to this morning, some of my favorite artists like Naoki Urasawa, Natsume Ono, and other artists in Morning started drawing images of hope.

    We just called our Japanese office and it seems that the tremors have not stopped. They said that they have been given a three day warning for the next big earthquake which might be at 7.0 magnitude. Even as they told us this story, they still sounded like a cheery lot and is waiting for better days to come ahead. I’m really astounded and inspired by their courage hence, like the mangakas from morning, がんばって日本！

    If you wish to donate for the calamity victims in Japan, feel free to donate at The Nippon Foundation’s CanPan Tsunami fund.