One of the pleasures of Dai Mahou Touge is watching Punie and Paya-tan, her mascot, instantly transform from cutesy and playful to utterly ruthless, and back again. Paya changes seiyuus when he makes the transition. I thought Dark Paya sounded familiar, and I was right; he is voiced by Jouji Nakata, who is Giroro in Keroro Gunsou.
I’m surprised at how little attention DMT has received, despite its being one of the better examples of animated black humor. Once again, if Steven hadn’t spotted it, I’d have missed it. Why has this been ignored, while Dokuro-chan, which you couldn’t pay me to watch, has been endlessly discussed and now has a sequel?
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Not anime, but geeky: U.N. Secretary General or Star Wars character?
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Also not anime but still geeky: A new idea for a first-person shooter.
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And finally, a word from Shunpei:
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Bonus link: Put down the duckie. (Via the LLamas.)
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Update: Congratulations to Avatar.
Why has Dokuro-chan gotten a sequel and DMT did not? First, it’s too soon to give up on a sequel for DMT. The last DVD of it came out in March.
Second, Dokuro-chan has loli fanservice and DMT doesn’t.
Sad, isn’t it?
I got 73% on the quiz. I attribute my misses to the fact that I haven’t seen a lot of the Star Wars movies; I didn’t recognize *any* of the Star Wars characters named, but I did recognize most of the Secretary Generals.
A great quiz idea, anyway. Reminds me of one I saw years ago that asked you to differentiate between Tolkien characters and prescription drug brand names. To this day I chuckle when I see the name Isordil. (Or is that Isildur?)