God is on the earth. –And he’s in Japan.

Who knew the Japanese were so in-touch with American Pop Culture. Take this comic of Courtney Cox, for example.

[via: www.japantimes.co.jp]

http://i.imgur.com/6qsi3.jpg

I got me one.

Tomorrow I’m going to make Nick watch the Cowboy Bebop movie. I swear it.
So I’m almost current with Negima now; pretty decent read so far. Nothing spectacular, but it meets what you’d expect from a ecchi shonen manga. Also, the new Naruto, Bleach and One Piece are out. OP > N > B.

Could you take it? (I couldn’t.)

If you laugh, you lose.
Interesting chart of One Piece animator comparisons.

I’m thinking about re-watching N.H.K. I dunno.

The Cell Saga has been overhauled in Dragon Ball Z Kai. Storyboard names have been released. View the link below for details:
http://i.imgur.com/Knihy.gif

A continuation/sequel/reincarnation of End of Evangelion — or Basquash? You decide.

On a more serious note, here is evidence that Rebuild could be a future reincarnation of the world of Evangelion.
http://i.imgur.com/dpLJH.jpg

These screencaps should refresh some memories. Kaworu (the pilot of Mark-06 that stabbed Eva-01 with the Lance of Longinus at the end of 2.22) seems to believe that the current incarnation of Shinji isn’t the first. He states these beliefs once in 1.0, and once in 2.0. I think it’s pretty safe to say that this is not the first incarnation of the world of Eva.
There is also blood on the moon that would coincide well with Rei’s bloodstain from End of Evangelion.
Kaworu’s dialog “This time I will, at least, make you happy” reinforces the idea that Rebuild is connected to End of Evangelion. EoE ended with Shinji and Asuka alone in a world post Third-Impact — void of humanity due to instrumentality; the collective human existence. Not exactly a happy ending for Shinji.

Lots of theory is bouncing around about the true meaning of Rebuild. Rebuild 3.0 should be out sometime in 2011.

[screencap image via: /a/ | fact checks via: Original Material & Wikipedia]

The One Piece manga has been revealing Luffy back-story since Chapter 582. These chapters describe the relationship between Luffy, Ace and their friend Sabo (pictured above).
[STORY] & [SPOILERS]
Sabo is the son of a noble but decided to run away from home to live with Ace and Luffy. He hated the fact that his life was being controlled by others. Eventually he is captured and returned to his parents. Later the nobles decide to burn the area that Luffy and Ace live in and Sabo is distraught. In an attempt to get help, Sabo runs into Dragon (Luffy’s father).

[THEORY]
So, here’s what I think. Sabo meets Dragon. Dragon takes him in or helps him achieve freedom. Then, in the current time, Sabo helps gather Luffy’s crew after meeting one of them and hearing their story — probably Usopp because he can’t keep his mouth shut. Once the Mugiwara gang is gathered; Sabo brings them to Luffy (maybe on Amazon Lily, maybe not). He then proceeds to bitch slap Luffy until he gets over Ace’s traumatic death. (Oda Style)
Since Sabo said he was going to be a captain in the back-story, I’d say the chances of him becoming a crew member are low-to-no. Also — (continued after picture)

– Sabo is not Law. I promise. To begin with, Sabo is from East Blue and Law is from North Blue. And the addition of Dragon into Sabo’s back-story makes him being Law even more silly. It’s not happening. Sorry. Feel free to leave ideas in the comment section.

[released via: onemanga]

Very good chapter. Lots of laughs. This arc should be amazing.

This week’s chapter of Bakuman is finally setting the scene for Ashirogi’s next manga. Can they combine everything they’ve learned ’till now into a super-hit that will beat Nīzuma’s two series? I’m sure they will — if they couldn’t do it then Bakuman would be a pretty depressing manga.