Posted by Bethie on Jul 25, 2010 in
Anime & Manga,
TV & Movies 
A boy and his pet giant robot, now where's the chocolate?
Heroman is the anime that Stan Lee teamed with BONES to do and it definitely has Stan Lee’s ink stained fingerprints all over it. This is a show that is bucking for Saturday morning and a toy line, possibly brought to you by 4Kids. Having said that, I’m still debating whether or not I like the show or not. It has a feel of the kind of Americanized anime that has become popular, and it also has a feeling that reminds very much of 70s and 80s giant robot shows that lends it a unique charm if you’re looking for retro giant robots. But the charm isn’t quite enough to erase the face that the giant mecha genre has come a long way since Voltron and Transformers.
Heroman, Heroman, does all the things a hero can.
Tags: anime, mecha, opinion, review
Posted by Bethie on Jul 22, 2010 in
Anime & Manga 
The simple tale of a boy and his demon butler.
It’s not dead yet! I know it’s been forever and a day since there was any activity, so I bring some new reviews! Beginning with Kuroshitsuji aka Black Butler.
It’s one hell of a review
Tags: anime, geek, girl, review
Posted by Bethie on Jan 6, 2009 in
General Site-Related Hello. This is an attempt to blog about things typically placed under the geek label from the female perspective. It’s also a change to disprove the idea that girl geeks are glasses wearing, frizzy haired unpretty women who hide from mirrors and don’t attempt to take any care of our appearance, but instead wait around for that handsome popular guy to come around and introduce us to our inner models.
I’m a geek, I will freely admit to it, I have geeks genes, but at the same time I like to wear pink, and have a secret obsession with fashion and makeup and like looking good while I beat you down in Super Smash Brothers or partaking in any number of amusing geeky activities. Conversely to this comes the perception that because I am girly and like the things of girlishness, I somehow cannot be a geek and interested in video games or manga, etc. As if the only way I would deign to touch a video game is at the behest of my boyfriend with much convincing. Something that gametrailers.com actually had a video about, much to my eternal disgust.
The thing is, I know I am not the only one who has come across the problem. I know several of my friends have had similar thoughts and feelings, as well as similar reactions to the seemingly common view that girly cannot equal geeky. This is a place to prove it wrong, to air our feelings and our views, and create a place for the voice of the girl geek, and hopefully somewhat of a helpful guide as to what we think is good out there. So we’ll be offering reviews of the latest things we’ve watched or played and offering general opinions on the state of things.
Tags: anime, geek, girl, manga, opinion, video game
