J-Meds (media) for August 6, 2010 K-ON! and Heroman (Yes, I'm a little behind on these!)

I forget which ep this was, but the following pics come from the ep that got me completely hooked on K-ON!

Ah, don’t come to America in February, then.  That’s when we celebrate Black History Month!

ALMOST fanservice! 

What I love about K-ON! is that they let women be legitimately funny.  So few American shows allow women to be funny on their own.  At best they’re funny because of the way they are women.  (Yes, there are exceptions, but rare ones). 

And what does she do? 

Then she picks up Gittah (Yui’s guitar) and…

And in case you didn’t know, Stan “The Man” Lee shows up through out the Heroman show.  Here he is in the opening titles for the second half of the series.

He even has a couple of lines in some of the eps. Of course, he speaks Japanese, but maybe if the show ever makes it to the US, we’ll get to hear Stan Lee’s own voice. :) 

I enjoy Heroman, but stars don’t float in front of my eyes when I think about him. Ah, here we go—this scene was both adorable in its awkwardness and awkward in its adorableness (aka pretty realistic for how it would really be, were a dorky kid at the beach with a hot cheerleader).

Joey, have you forgot the shockingly hot Lina next to you? Guess not:

OMG!

HEY! WATCH THE LEFT HAND, LADY!  WATCH THE LEFT HAND! 

Uh, someone should have informed the animators that you’re not going to find a single octopus in the waters off of souther California (where Heroman takes place—check out this previous J-Meds post and scroll to the bottom pic for a cool tidbit about the show’s location).

 

Now it’s Joey’s hand on *her* ass.

…or not.

 

This is from a different scene.  I think she’s about to get attacked by tentacled vegetable monsters.

And again…

And again…

Now the tentacles are after all of them!!!

Japan and their tentacles!!!  (Now I understand that octopus showing up in the waters off of SoCal—it’s a Japanese thing!) 

Sad Heroman Again

weeaboobies:

i’ll probably post this every time i see it.

Did I reblog this the first time I saw it?  I don’t remember.

I miss Heroman. I hope they do another series. It was fun.

Sad Heroman

weeaboobies:

i’ll probably post this every time i see it.

How can you ignore a chance to reblog sadkeanu?

I ASK YOU.

J-Media of the Day for July 28, 2010 pt 2: Heroman Ep 17

Heroman, if you don’t know, was created by Stan Lee and has a good number of American motifs running through the series.  However, the show is still pretty Japanesey, in my opinion, and I mean that in a good way.  It’s pretty violent and kind of clever. There’s a lot of frivolity that I could do without, but hey, it is a kid show and I’m just glad it’s got truly heroic and tragic characters in it—not just stupid characters like most American shows.
Anyway, on with the caps:



Just a little Americany here:



Red eyes, trench coat—that can mean only one thing! EVIIIL!



For the jaded older sister, she’s become quite a fangirl:



Denton gets dramatic:



GLKS: Gratuitous Lina Kawaii Shot #1:



Something to look forward to:



GLKS: Gratuitous Lina Kawaii Shot #2:



GLKS: Gratuitous Lina Kawaii Shot #3:



GLKS: Gratuitous Lina Kawaii Shot #4:



GLKS: Gratuitous Lina Kawaii Shot #5:



Sorry, last one for this post!

One of my favorite things about this show is when Denton speaks English:



EGSACTOLY!

It must sound to me just like I’d sound to a Japanese person when I say “mochidon!”

The character design for the female teacher is kinda crazy, though. I’d NEVER have gotten anything above a D grade in her class because of her double-d’s:



I do love Heroman’s ambiguous looks he gives:



Joey making the call:



Heroman and his hand:



Ah, dichotomies!  I love ‘em:



And hey, check it out—this shot is in the end titles and is essentially, just south of my old neighborhood in LA.  That’s the LA Federal Building to the upper right—where my local post office was:



It’s a little surreal seeing stuff in anime based on my old home town—but cool :)

Last time on… Heroman! I so enjoy this show… thanks yet again, Stan!

Last time on… Heroman!

I so enjoy this show… thanks yet again, Stan! You are still “The Man”!

Just streaming some Heroman via Crunchyroll via Boxee

Just streaming some Heroman via Crunchyroll via Boxee (which flies on my new MBP!). I am disappointed this show has Disney’s fingers in it.  It’s so much fun, so I assume they’re involved only when it comes profits, thankfully.

Ooo, I could seriously go for a bowl of yummy Diet Smix!

Ooo, I could seriously go for a bowl of yummy Diet Smix!