Popculturemecha Blog Posts

• OST’s for Life (Anime Edition) – Going for a Walk
  on Jan 18, 2016 in OST's for Life
  Let’s take a stroll… Let’s cut to the chase: it’s a new regular feature on the site.  I give you my idea of a great OST for a particular situation.  I really like music, but I have a lot more anime music on me than… ot...
• Top 10: Ongoing Historical Manga
  on Jan 9, 2016 in Top X historical manga
  “Why won’t it end?  I want to binge-read it!”  I say this several times whenever I go through my “Plan to Read” list of manga.  Some of the biggest offenders are historical manga, which often take their time to end (w...
• 2015 in review
  on Dec 30, 2015 in Miscellaneous
  The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,400 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take...
• Comic/GN Review – All Star Superman
  on Dec 27, 2015 in Reviews all star superman comic dc DC Comics frank quietly grant morrison Lex Luthor superman
  **Somewhat spoiler-ish information about the beginning of the book, but it shouldn’t harm your reading of it** I’ve already done a review of one of my favourite Superman comics, Superman: Red Son, but I thought it only necessary that I d...
• Top 30: Video Game Soundtracks Part 4
  on Dec 25, 2015 in Top X Music video games
  Back again, with this Christmas-time post (I have no life), and here are six more entries to the Top Video Game Soundtracks list! #16: Music from Braid (Braid, Various Artists) It’s rare to have a soundtrack so lovingly crafted to fit the needs...
• Anime Review: The Devil is a Part Timer
  on Dec 23, 2015 in Reviews action Anime comedy Devil is a part timer fantasy fish out of water portal fantasy
  The context I always received when I heard of Devil is a Part Timer was “OMG HE’S WORKING AT MCDONALDS!” My response to this was, “Meh?” Yeah I was never interested in this show in the slightest because I’m not really into portal fantasy...
• Movie Review – The Resurrection of Jake the Snake
  on Dec 22, 2015 in Reviews
  Ha, didn’t know I was a wrestling fan, did you?  Well me neither. Welp here’s a surprise.  I’m doing a review of a movie about professional wrestling.  I’m sure many of you didn’t know that I have an interest in such...
• Manga Review: Omoi no Kakera
  on Dec 18, 2015 in Reviews Josei manga romance shoujo ai
  I seem to be on a romance binge! Guess you could say it shows something in my sub-conscious, but meh I don’t really think like that. Omoi no Kakera is a story about multiple girls who are in love with other girls, and it is really simple like that...
• Top 8: Detectives in Anime/Manga
  on Dec 17, 2015 in Top X
  I love me some mystery.  Got a huge hankering for it.  Thus, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite detectives from anime and manga. #8: Yuusei Kondo (Eden of the East)  Detectives in anime and manga come in all shapes and sizes.  The first en...
• Music Review – TRI4TH
  on Dec 12, 2015 in Reviews jazz Music
  Rolling right along from my review of Pe’z, here’s a review of a group I consider to be one of the better Japanese jazz bands.  Just as strong technically as any other group, this group emphasizes the soloist mentality that many big band...
• Movie Review – 13 Assassins (2010)
  on Oct 19, 2015 in Reviews movie
  Heyo!  I’ve been watching a lot of movies instead of posting regularly, and the result is that this blog looks like it has seen better days (and it has).  That being said, let’s get right to it.  Here’s some more content, in the...
• Movie Review – Hard Eight (1996)
  on Oct 18, 2015 in Reviews movie
  An old yet smooth small-time gambler (Philip Baker Hall) finds a man (John C. Reilly) hunched in front of the entrance to a diner.  After inviting him in for a coffee, the man, John, proceeds to explain that he needs cash for his mom’s funera...
• Anime Review: Etotama
  on Oct 17, 2015 in Reviews Anime CGI Chinese Zodiac comedy Etotama
  There comes a time in one’s life where they sit down and admit that one show that they really enjoy just isn’t as great as you want it to be. No matter how much you say certain elements work, there are always glaring cons that combat the pros you...
• Double Whammy: My Darling Clementine, Tombstone
  on Oct 7, 2015 in Double Whammy movie western
  There are few legends of the Wild West that have seen as much screen time as that of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.  During my everlasting quest to watch the best Western movie ever, I came across several films that de...
• Top 5: Future Plot Hints from the last episode of Arslan Senki
  on Oct 4, 2015 in Top X Anime arslan senki heroic legend of arslan The Heroic Legend of Arslan
  Well, with the ending of Arslan Senki to make way for this train-wreck of an anime season, let’s take a look back at that last episode in the hope that there will be future installments of Arslan to dilute the river of garbage that seeks to...
• Daiyamanga Nominated Me for the Infinity Dreams Award
  on Oct 1, 2015 in Miscellaneous
  Yet again we tread on towards the dusty dawn, not knowing whether this day will be our last or just our next… Well, whatever. Daiya nominated me for the Infinity Dreams Award, an award I had yet to receive a nomination for.  Thanks a lot for t...
• Stand and Deliver: A Thesis on Education
  on Sep 29, 2015 in Essays
  This is a rather old post that I’ve archived for a while. Who here has ever been in school?  It’s a pretty simple question.  Now who here has ever asked a question in class? The answer would most likely be yes, but there are those who p...
• Music Review – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp a Butterfly”
  on Sep 27, 2015 in Reviews Music rap
  I listen to all sorts of music, but it seems that I have yet to express that on this blog (according to one disgruntled blogger).  And so, since I recently watched Straight Outta Compton, I thought I’d do something on rap music.  It just so...
• Top 5: Short Manga
  on Sep 25, 2015 in Top X doujin manga murder mystery one-shot
  Ah, the return of the list.  I sure used to write a lot of these things.  I wonder what happened. Either way, I hope you like this list of my top 5 favorite “short” manga! Note: I haven’t read much manga, so you might not see your...
• Popculturemecha Podcast Episode 6: Testing Thin Films
  on Sep 23, 2015 in Popculturemecha Podcast
  I review 4 movies that I’ve watched recently, as well as the new features I’ll be doing on the blog. Popculturemecha Podcast Episode 6.