Fanboy.com Interview

Blogsolid is blog that’s crammed with all sorts of great blogging tips now has an interview with yours truly:

Exclusive Interview: Michael Pinto of Fanboy.com

“What is your beverage of choice when blogging? Ito En Tea’s Tea, UCC Coffee and Suntory Boss Coffee Café au Lait.”

Hello Kitty Wedding

This is a video of a Hello Kitty themed wedding in Hong Kong. Of course if you live near Vegas you can always get a Star Trek wedding if Kitty isn’t your cup of cute.

Godzilla Hates Cats

I got a kick out of this fan made film by Koichi who lives in Portland, Oregon. And I had no idea that Godzilla is allergic to cats…

Low Budget Batmobile

Found via tackyraccoons.com and neatorama.com.

Gundam Model Showdown

Shown above are 1155 frames of Gundam glory!

Anime Expo 2007

I wish I went to Anime Expo this year! This video has some nice cosplay and Gundam coverage…

Daleks vs. the Cybermen Call Center

A Dalek attempts to renew his house insurance…

Napoleon Dynamite in 30 Seconds

The bunnies are at it again by re-enacting the movie Napoleon Dynamite in 30 seconds.

Found via Linkfilter.net.

New York Times Discovers Nerdcore

Because if you heard about it six months ago the New York Times will write it up today:

Dungeons, Dragons and Dope Beats

“…Then nerdcore came along. A largely white subgenre of hip-hop that celebrates the solitary pleasures of science fiction, computers and bad teenage movies, nerdcore is emerging from the shadows of the Internet, where it spent the last half-decade as an in-joke. This do-it-yourself brand of rap, part self-expression and part self-satire, has inspired two documentary films, and its own festival, Nerdapalooza, in California. This month, MC Chris — otherwise known as Christopher Ward, 31, the son of a finance executive from the affluent Chicago suburb of Libertyville, Ill. — will attempt an unprecedented nerdcore crossover when he joins mosh-pit-friendly rock acts like New Found Glory and Sum 41 on the Warped Tour.”

Girls with Guns

Peter Schneider is a fanboy from Germany who has put together an amazing gallery of Girls with Guns on Flickr. His collection of 433 spans both the globe (Europe to Korea) and muliple genres (old westerns to sci fi).

Hollywood Discovers the Fanboy Factor

This is an interesting article from USA Today on how Hollywood is now trying to figure out what fanboys want to watch:

Whoever Fanboy is, he has plenty of power

“Who is Fanboy? And more importantly, what does he want with Hollywood? Studio executives know he’s out there, somewhere. Stealing scripts. Pirating films. Firing off reviews before a movie opens. Befriending Snakes on a Plane on the Internet, only to crush it in theaters. Quietly marshaling forces behind 300 to make it the surprise hit of the year.

For all the alter egos and caped conventioneers who will populate this weekend’s Comic-Con gathering in San Diego, only Fanboy’s true identity gnaws at the movie honchos who annually prowl the nation’s largest comic-book convention looking for the next pop hit.

Each year, the suits follow his trail, trying to determine what Fanboy will champion, defend or vanquish. Usually, they come back empty-handed. “I know he’s real, because he makes my job harder,” says Marvin Levy of DreamWorks, which had the geek smash Transformers. “But trying to figure out who he is and what he wants to see will keep you up at night”.”

…I”ll give a hint to the powers that be: Just make some damn good films for a change!

Barack Obama: Harry Potter Fanboy?!

The more I get to know about Barack Obama the more I like him:

Barack Obama Is Potter Fan

“Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is the “Harry Potter parent” who has read all six books about the boy wizard’s adventures with his older daughter, his wife said Wednesday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Michelle Obama said her husband has read the books aloud with 9-year-old Malia and saw the latest movie, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” with her last Sunday.

Both are awaiting the release of J.K. Rowling’s seventh and final book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” this weekend, but finding time to read won’t be easy, she said. “The challenge will be scheduling Harry Potter reading time in between Iowa and New Hampshire and fundraising, but I guarantee you they will figure out a way to do it,” Michelle Obama told the AP. “Harry Potter is huge in our house”.”

Big Totoro

I just found the above amazing photo from Japan on Flickr, here’s the description:

“Some of the classes build displays for Culture Festival, a once-a-year school event with shows, food, decorations, etc. This class filled cups with paint and made a sort of water mosaic in a hallway.”

By the way Flickr has a Totoro Art group worth checking out too…

A Crafty Phantom Tollbooth

I’ve always enjoyed looking at Heidi Kenney’s craft projects on her Flickr page, but the other day I found the above creature and I was blown away! The doggie in question is Tock from the classic children’s tale the Phantom Tollbooth.

Heidi presented Tock as a gift to the author Norton Juster at a recent event, it should also be noted that the illustration of Tock was created by Jules Feiffer who is an amazing cartoonist. You can find Heidi’s blog here, and if you like work you can even buy some of her crafts here.

Create Your Own Simpsons Avatar

The latest trend on Flickr is for folks to show off their very own Simpsons avatar. To create your own avatar just visit the official website for the Simpsons movie.

Drawing an Anime Girl with HTML

That’s pretty darned amazing!

Found via Narutard.

Concert Pianist Plays Anime & Videogame Music

Concert Pianist (and sometimes fanboy) Michael Gluck specializes in the performance of music from anime and videogames soundtracks. Since 2003 he’s been on the road giving performances at various anime conventions raising tens of thousands of dollars for organizations like The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Race for the Cure.

This month, Gluck is launching a website for his game/anime music CD called GAME, which is currently available for pre-order on the site. The videogame publisher Electronic Arts is partnered with me in this effort, and together they’ll donate an amount equal to 20% of all profits from GAME to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. So for a worthy cause and some good listening go to:

PianoSquall.com

Below: Michael Gluck giving a performance.

Prince of Tennis vs. Lucky Star

I love this strange fan made video from Japan! It features the Prince of Tennis crew in a Lucky Star opening title sequence, but the best part is that at the end they’re being attacked by the LOL cats.

Macross in Concert?!

You old Robotech fanboys will get a kick out of the above video, it’s some strange concert from Japan where they’re singing the theme song from Macross dressed as the mecha from the show. It’s very very silly stuff, I love it when their voice cracks mid-way…

Lucky Strike: A Lucky Star Parody

You know I hate to say it, but these guys have * THE BEST * Lucky Star choreography that I’ve seen to date! Although they’re some what lacking in cosplay skills their fast foot work more than makes up for that…

What if Lucky Star was Live Action?

This may be the best cosplay version of the Lucky Star opening titles that I’ve seen yet!

Lord of the Rings vs. the Muppets

Shown above is a snapshot from ‘The Muppet Show in Ham’s Deep’, which is a window display at a comic book and action figure store located in Toronto, Canada. I always disliked the Lord of the Rings movies because they were too realistic (I grew up on the Rankin-Bass cartoons after all), but I have to say if they did a Muppet version I’d be first in line to buy tickets!

Pokemon Fan Art Video

Some very inspired Pokemon fanboy created the above video which shows off cute girl anime characters based on the most popular Pokemon creatures.

Learn the Lucky Star Dance

Step 1: Find the highest quality Lucky Star opening title that you can hunt down:

Step 2: Then study the your dance moves by looking at a slowed down version of the dance:

Step 3: Shoot video, upload to YouTube and net fame awaits you:

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