On 7/7/7 at 9pm Tokyo Time (guess they thought that 7/7/7/7 would just be silly) a video was posted to haruhi.tv which appeared to show Haruhi and Kyon, err, I mean John Smith vandalizing a school field. This had previously announced in a full-page ad in the Asahi Shinbun, rendering the site site badly borked […]
Author Archive | Seiya
BREAKING NEWS: Haruhi Second Season (for real this time(we think))
Ok, I know you’ve all heard this one before, which ended in disappointment, but this time it really appears to be legit. Tweet
BREAKING NEWS: Akiba Liberation Demonstration
The revolution may not be televised, but in this case, it certainly will be blogged. Saturday’s Akihabara Kaihou Demo (Akihabara Liberation Demonstration, previously covered here) appears to have been a remarkable success. Our man Animaestro had this to report from the field: Today Akihabara had the rare treat of experiencing the first ever Revolutionary Otaku […]
Tokyo Teleport Station: The Triumphant Return of UCC Coffee
The return of a long lost friend was witnessed in Akihabara last week. HD’s Senior Coffee Correspondent, Seiya, weighs in on this ongoing story. Tweet
Tokyo Teleport Station: Lesbian Witches of the 1970s
For a change of pace this time around (and because the visual aid I need for my next otaku vignette is proving surprisingly elusive) I would like to offer up a review. Rather than rehashing reviews of things readily available elsewhere in the world, I intend to dip into the hefty backlog of things that […]
Tokyo Teleport Station: Dumpster Diving
In this installment of Tokyo Teleport Station, Seiya sheds some light on the best way to get ahold of internal production documents straight from your favorite animation studio. Hint: Asking them nicely isn’t going to do it. Tweet
Tokyo Teleport Station: The Shinjuku Subway Boiler Room
In this edition of Tokyo Teleport Station, Seiya recalls an exciting tale of danger and infiltration, and explains why it is impossible to save money by entering a subway station via the ceiling. Tweet
Tokyo Teleport Station: The Secret World of Japanese Cosplay
In this week’s installment of Tokyo Teleport Station Seiya peels back the slick veneer of the Japanese metropolis to reveal its gritty underbelly: organized cosplay. Tweet
Tokyo Teleport Station: The Great UCC Conspiracy
Ace investigator Seiya represents today with the first installment of Tokyo Teleport Station, an item that (we hope) will become a regular column here at HD. In it he’ll be covering everything from the etiquette of watching pornography in a capsule hotel to the proper way to break into Tokyo’s Gainax HQ (AT Field optional), […]
