Under the 'Only in Japan' Category...

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala
Giant Squid was employed by NOVA until March. He moved on to a competitor in March because of an accounting scandal (looks like that company's not in a good shape). If you call him an anime-obsessed social reject, I will hurt you.

That wouldn't be our long lost fellow Apolytonian Giant Squid, would it???

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
I know a guy that I role-play with (the old pen, paper and dice form of role-playing) that's studies japanese and is going over there next semester. He actually look quite a lot like a anime character.

Why do all the RPG guys have Asian fetishes?

[Giant_Squid]

A giant pink bunny with a beak, no less. No one knows where the beak comes from. It's the NOVA company mascot. That alone should be enough to give you a hint of what kind of company NOVA is.

I never had to actually dress up as the bunny, but I definitely have some beaked-pink-bunny-related experiences I'm not proud of

And unbeknownst to Ari, I've started watching a little anime since I got here, after being constantly pestered by my students. Some of it (and it pains me to say this) actually is really good. So I suppose I AM an anime-obsessed social reject.

But it could be worse. I could still be an Apolytoner.

[Seeker]

"I never had to actually dress up as the Bunny..."

...sure, SUUURRE...

It's OK man, we've all had to Be the Bunny at some point in our lives. It's nothing to proud of, but I consider it a rite of passage.

ANIME GEEK NOTE:
(Oh, and does any other anime watcher think that the new Shippuden opening song SUCKS compared to any others?)

[Kropotkin]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Why do all the RPG guys have Asian fetishes?

I don't. When it comes to RPG I'm 100% for the-pigfarmer-gets-his-head-smashed-with-an-axe-on-a-mudy-meadow-during-a-harvest-festival-kind of game. It seems quite common though.

[Theben]

If they ever get a long-term relationship with an asian, it'll kill their fetish really fast.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala
Giant Squid was employed by NOVA until March. He moved on to a competitor in March because of an accounting scandal (looks like that company's not in a good shape). If you call him an anime-obsessed social reject, I will hurt you.

He wouldn't happen to work in accounting, would he?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala
Giant Squid was employed by NOVA until March. He moved on to a competitor in March because of an accounting scandal (looks like that company's not in a good shape).

He looks like a social reject. Why is he so obsessed with anime?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Theben
If they ever get a long-term relationship with an asian, it'll kill their fetish really fast.

I haven't observed this.

[Theben]

FETISH GUY:(thinking)OMG, my fantasies have come true!

ASIAN:(thinking)Nag him to get better job every 2 minutes.. when gets better job, repeat.

[Saras]

This is probably the correct thread...

[DanS]

Geisha army

[Thoth]

Geisha chainsaw