<![CDATA[Jezebel: anime]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: anime]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/anime http://jezebel.com/tag/anime <![CDATA[Fly Away Home, Gentle Underpants]]> This clip from the Japanese anime series Sora no Otoshimono, which based on a manga comic "about a fallen angel" by Suu Minazuki, depicts the most serene flying underwear moments you will ever see in your life. [InventorSpot]

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<![CDATA[Entertainment Earth: Where Your Fangirl Dreams Come True]]> If you fantasize about remote-controlled zombies, Twilight action figures, mod Barbies or a doll of that new black princess from Disney's The Princess and the Frog, you're in luck: Entertainment Earth has what you need.


A remote-controlled zombie with a brain-shaped remote makes quite the stocking stuffer.


So many winners on this page, but the golden fertility idol pen holder and the Lost Ark bank are the ones that really caught my eye. The legless Short Round statue is terrifying, and the Delorean is cool, but not super useful.


Ooh — sure to be a hot toy come Christmastime! They made the doll of Tiana from The Princess And The Frog super pretty. The plush frogs are cute too, and there must be someone you know who's dying for a Slimer bank?


Attention Twihards! You can choose from THREE different kinds of Sparkle Vamp. There's the Byronic effete version; the über-pale Barbie version and the "very detailed" sick of Hollywood bullshit model. ZOMGSPARKLEVAMP4EVA! Question: Where is my Buff Werewolf? Team Jacob has been robbed.


In case you didn't believe that Robert Pattinson's glare had been recreated: Believe.


Prefer wizards to sparkle vamps? Draco Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange dolls should satisfy you.


Ben Linus bobblehead: Creeptastic!


Remember when Strawberry Shortcake got a makeover? This is what she looks like now. Shed a tear for your destroyed childhood.


Can we just pretend we didn't see the pages of busty Anime girls with removable clothing? No? Dammit.


When I say I need an R2D2 USB hub, I mean now.


Question: Is the Heidi Klum Barbie supposed to look like Heidi Klum? Because it doesn't. (The legs. So thin. I cry.)


Question: If you purchase a zombie oil painting, have you made an intelligent art-buying decision? As in, the kind that takes BRAINS?


Question: Can you believe that there is a Twilight flash drive — complete with Cullen family crest — and it's actually pretty cool? (ZOMG WHAT AM I SAYING? I HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED BY THE SPARKLE VAMP)


Question: May I please have life-size versions of the Jonathan Adler Barbie dress — AND LAMP — for my wardrobe and bedroom?

Earlier: Entertainment Earth: Weird Gifts For The Freaks & Geeks On Your List

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<![CDATA[Heads Or Tails?]]>

[Hong Kong, July 31. Image via Getty]

Young fans of anime and comics pose in their costumes during the Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK) fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 31, 2009. Cosplay, which combines costume and roleplay based on characterisations in Japanese manga, graphic novels and video games, is popular among youngsters in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. AFP PHOTO/LAURENT FIEVET (Photo credit should read LAURENT FIEVET/AFP/Getty Images)
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<![CDATA[Always Use Protection]]> This anime clip shows a young couple engaging in an open-mouthed kiss, "another step toward becoming adults." The next step: the girl gets her head bitten off by a monster! [BuzzFeed]

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[Los Angeles, July 5. Image via Getty]

Two Anime devotees pose as they attend the AnimeExpo 2009 event at the Convention Center in Los Angeles on July 5, 2009. Wannabe heroes dressed like characters from video games, comic books and animated movies packed the halls, sporting elaborate costumes. With the increased popularity of video games — many designed in Japan — as well as mangas (Japanese comic books) and anime (Japanese animation), Japan's pop culture is making deep inroads among American youth. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

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<![CDATA[If Pixar Made A War Movie, It Would Look Like Apocalypse Meow]]> While the trailer at left features the same fluffy animals that populate most computer-animated films, Apocalypse Meow is definitely not a kids movie. Based on the Japanese manga Cat Shit One, the Animal Farm-like series features rabbits portraying American soldiers attacking turban-wearing camels in the Middle East. [World Of Wonder]

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<![CDATA[Anime Lenses Promise Wide-Eyed Look • Stay-At-Home Moms Hurt By Economy]]> Girls and boys who covet the extra-large eyes of anime characters can now fake it with "extra-wide" contacts that make the eye's iris look larger. • Getting a regular pap smear is more effective against cervical cancer than Gardasil as new studies begin to doubt the vaccine's effectiveness versus its expense. • A gender discrimination complaint filed by two men against a Swedish government-run pharmacy that sold sex toys catering mostly to women by selling dildos and "vagina balls" was overruled. • Should women tell their coworkers that they are menopausal? • A 93-year-old debut novelist will use the profits from her feminist thriller, A Dangerous Weakness to move her friends and herself out of care homes. •

• Heidi Krieger is a former East German athlete who was fed steroids without her knowledge which, she claims, forced her to have a sex-change operation to become a man. • Meanwhile, a new study suggests that estrogen patches may help men suffering from prostate cancer. • One Iranian blogger writes that having a female flag-bearer for the Iranian team at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies was a "defeating and decisive answer" to those who speak out against Iran's treatment of women and a "historical failure" for Zionist and American lobbies. • Many impoverished Vietnamese women in Tan Loc are selling themselves off as brides to wealthy(-ish) foreigners to help out their families back home. • There has been an increase of women being arrested and reprimanded by the police for committing violent acts and joining violent all-girl gangs in the UK. • A new study suggests that urban-living minority teen girls do not have a great deal of knowledge about the morning-after pill and think the users should feel embarrassed. • Being a stay-at-home mother can be incredibly stressful as the economy goes down the dumps. • A new study shows that most women stop breast-feeding after six months and those who continued to breast-feed past six months had greater education and income levels. • Jujhar Bus Service in India has recently appointed female bus conductors, a first in the Punjab region.

[Image via Shopping Times.]

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