Enough of that serious crap!

  • First off, Canned Dogs reports on a new take on the maid cafe: the maid casino. Yes, you can play blackjack or roulette with dealers dressed as maids. I guess if they’re dressed as maids, it takes the pain of losing all your money away. I can’t wait for there to be a real maid mafia– a yakuza group that uses all the typical tactics of intimidation and violence, but with all the caporegime dressed as maids. They’d be so cute you would hardly care that they were beating the crap out of you and taking all of your money and killing your family! (Hey, cool manga idea? STEAL IT AND DIE!)
  • Hashihime has an interesting comparison: the popularity of current anime in Japan versus in the US, based on 2ch threads for JP and on AnimeSuki posts for the US. Not the most scientific poll ever, but still kinda neat.

    Nanoha tops both spring lists, with Lucky Star in second place for JP and third for the US. Japan’s third place is Gurren Lagann, and the US’s second is Claymore, which ranks only 9th in Japan– interesting.

    For summer, Japan favors School Days, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, and Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei, while the US likes Higurashi, Zero no Tsukaima Futatsu no Kishi, and then School Days. (I declare the US to have BAD TASTE for not talking about SZS more.)

    My personal favorites? For spring, Lucky Star, Gurren Lagann, and Darker than Black, probably. Summer, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei definitely tops. Geass gets second place if you count it as a summer show at all, and third…gah, so many options! Probably Umisho or Potemayo. o_o; How about you folks?