This is news to me, as I just recently learned via Anime Jam Session cohort DJ Ranma S that Mens Fitness pulled their offending NYCC/AF article…an article that I wrote a scathing rebuttal to in its wake, one of many surfboards hanging ten on a massive wave of backlash. Other websites such as Nerd Bastards.com, iFanboy.com, Total […]

EDIT: Hey, DJ Ranma S here… It seems that Men’s Fitness got the gist of things and pulled the article down.  But we may post a followup editorial to this.  Great job in letting them know that our voice was heard!——– Anyone with any kind of nerdy interest has and continues to be stereotyped for […]

You know, anime fans–hell, people with “nerdy” interest in general–get a bad rap for being antisocial, out of touch with the rest of the world, and have never known contact of someone of the opposite sex; hell, the word otaku itself is a derisive term meaning “house” (albeit as an honorific), implying that they have […]

If you are reading this article, this possibly means that you’re an anime, cosplay, manga, or video game geek or nerd. Don’t freak out, it’s all good.  While we indulge in such geeky activities, we try to find someone of the same or opposite sex to date in our fandoms.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it […]

No matter how much pride you have in being an anime fan and/or visiting conventions, stories such as this will make you feel embarrassed to admit to it. Back in February 2010, a 34-year-old man coerced a minor into sexual acts over the course of the convention. The girl was 13 years old at the […]