Pokémon – Snorlax – Jazwares x Pokémon – Pokémon 18″ Sleeping Plush (Jazwares) Review

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Otaku_Kurai

Many people like to say that Fumos from Touhou are the most popular kind of plushies for otaku, and while that is true, we can’t deny that, arguably, the most popular plushies collected by otakus are none other than Pokémon plushies. Pokémon plushies aren’t just beloved. They are worldwide phenomoms that have become a collector favorite not just among otakus, but for everyone. As someone who has a good amount of Pokémon plushies, including numbers, experience, and memories, I enjoy collecting them, and I am well familiar with the feeling of collecting so many. The thing is, however, I haven’t really been collecting plushies lately as I’ve been working on collecting other type of franchise based merchandise like figures and model kits for example. The last time, up until this year, I bought plushies was back in fall of 2018. Now, nearly seven years later, plush collecting has returned, and, once again, its Pokémon. What a better way to return then to start with our favorite video game juggernaut, eh? First, it was the sleeping Pikachu. Now, its Snorlax.

Here we have our beloved fat adorable Pokémon who is known to sleep and eat only. Snorlax, also known as Kabigon in Japanese, is a massive and beloved fan favorite among many Pokémon fans. Snorlax is also one of the most well known Pokémon ever in franchise history. Cute, fat, adorable, big, lazy, you name it. Snorlax has a strong following, and tons of merchandise have featured a Snorlax. This plush here from Jazwares is a prime example. This plush, for me, isn’t just an amazing plush… It’s a plush for the ages… Well sized, soft, big, and good texture… In fact, I am so darn in love with this plush, that, have to ask myself? Is this the best plush ever…? Let’s find out?

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Anime Review: Uchuu no Senshi (宇宙の戦士) 02/2/2022

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Otaku_Kurai

NOTE: THIS REVIEW IS OLD! IT WAS RECOVERED THROUGH ARCHIVED FILES!

Uchuu no Senshi (also known as Starship Troopers in English) is a 1980s Sci-fi Mecha OVA Anime created by Sunrise. Set in a futuristic setting where humanity finds itself in a conflict against aliens who pose a threat to the world and potential all of humanity itself. Johnny Rico who is the main protagonist of the show enlists himself in the military with his crush Carmencita enlisting herself in the military as his main reason to join the military. Together him with select crew mates are deployed into the most notorious training facility, and thus they work their way all the way through the pain and suffering from the notorious training. It is based on the actual 1959 novel written by Robert A. Heinlein, who died before the first part of the OVA was released. In other words, you can say this OVA is a tribute and dedication to him, as even the first episode of the OVA literally stated “in the memory of Robert A. Heinlein.”

Uchuu no senshi’s concept sounds interesting at first hand and sounds great on paper, and truth be told they did quite a good job with the concept and premise. Unfortunately, this Anime suffers greatly from too little and too late. What do I mean exactly? It’s very simple, you make the first 4 episodes to a very slow paced experience and then finally put all the action squeezed into the two last episode. This is an unfortunate issue with the Anime. An even harder problem is Sunrise tried their utmost best to adapt a very epic critically acclaimed Sci-fi novel into a modest budget OVA Anime with very extreme limits and budget problems for this already doomed project. While hardly a disaster and far from being a bad Anime at all, its legacy certainly speaks volume as here we are 3 decades and a half after its release, and it has mostly faded into obscurity.

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Day of Two Anniversaries: Animangemu’s Launch and Animangemu’s First Article (2022-2024) & (2023-2024)

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Otaku_Kurai

Ladies and gentlemen, today is an important day for Animangemu. Because exactly on this day, two years ago, and a year ago, something happened that was significant for Animangemu, and those two anniversaries, are pretty much what helped Animangemu being kicked into full gear. The second anniversary was when I launched Animangemu as a website, and believe me, how it looked two years ago looks nothing like the Animangemu that you see today. In fact, when I launched Animangemu in 2022, its logo looked completely different, and this is how it looked.

I have come a long way since reinventing Animangemu’s logo, and at the time when I launched my website, I solely focused on anime, manga, and video games. That’s why if you see a lot of leftovers AMG letters, that’s because I was intending on making Animangemu solely focusing on those three. Of course, as time goes on, I became more educated, more knowledgeable, and developed new passions that were a part of the hemisphere, such as Tokusatsu, electronics, and airsoft. Eventually, other mediums from toys & games, live action, and books that involved the otaku culture, became a part of Animangemu. Finally, the otaku culture, the biggest definer of my brand, was added as a lot of interests of the otaku culture reside in this hemisphere. Looking back, It feels nice to see how much things have changed, and it will only get better.

This you see right here was my first article published on Animangemu, (excluding the previous articles before 2023). If you click on the picture, it will direct you to my first article. Looking back, Animangemu’s early goal was to be the best news source and provider for all things otaku, but, eventually, one of the plans was to expand my brand, and become holder of all narrative of everything otaku. News feeds still exist, but now only as an opinion source rather than a general article, and I did that experiment with the controversial Assassination Classroom ban by a Florida and Wisconsin school, and it was a HUGE success. Everyone became interested in it, and my view count just spiked like crazy. Eventually, I can’t wait to make my own self-published opinion articles on many topics that revolve around the otaku hemisphere. Looking back at this, I can feel like I have come a long way since I first started, and I feel pretty emotional knowing that this was a work of mine that is still running after a year and more. I thank God for this beautiful blessing, and I can’t wait to start more in the future. Don’t worry my fellow otakus, more greatness awaits soon God Willing.

Thank you for reading this article, and going down the memory lane with me. Stay tuned for more!

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury gets a Side Story Manga For Spring

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Otaku_Kurai

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury is certainly enjoying its run of famed popularity. Not since Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans has there been such strong hype for an AU Gundam title. As you know, a second season is set to be released later this spring, but guess what else is being released along the way?

Kadokawa’s Gundam Ace has announced a manga side story for the latest Gundam installment. According to the announcement, the side story will take place several years after the Vanadis incident. It also follows a surviving witch named Vilda Miren, who wanders the earth with a curse. Ko Yoneyama is credited for the scenario and HISADAKE for planning cooperation, while Mogmo will handle character designs and Chika Tojo will handle the art. It is planned to launch in spring 2023.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury is the Gundam franchise’s latest installment and the first AU Gundam title in 7 years, the last one being 2015’s Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. The anime was recently released in the fall season of 2022 as a TV show and will have a second season released in the spring of 2023. It ran for 12 episodes and is set to have another 12 episodes for its second season, making a total of 24 episodes. The latest Gundam installment has received both praise and criticism from Gundam fans new and old.

Have you watched Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury? Are you excited for the manga? Let me know in the comments!

Sources: Anime News Network

The Nintendo Switch Sales May Have Officially Overtaken the Original Game Boy and Playstation 4 Sales

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Otaku_Kurai

Here we are, almost six years after the Nintendo Switch was released back in March 2017, and the money printing machine is showing no signs of slowing down whatsoever. This is wonderful news for Nintendo, because only seven years ago, in 2016, they were struggling with their failed Wii U system, losing profit after profit. In fact, it was so bad that some thought (including me) that Nintendo was going to end up like Sega. Becoming a third-party video game company for their bitter rivals, Sony and Microsoft. Thankfully, though, that never happened. Instead, Nintendo is healthier, richer, and more powerful than ever. (except for their business practices).

According to a report from VGChartz, Nintendo sold 872,694 units during the week of December 10, 2022. While the units sold weren’t as high as many expected, this is not a surprise considering the economic mess many have been going through recently. From chip shortages to the pandemic to inflation and many other problems. Let’s not forget that another reason could be that gamers have families to take care of. Not all of them can afford to play the games they want. Struggling economic issues for families who are unable to buy a Nintendo Switch for their children are perhaps another reason. None the less, this is still an impressive result for the Nintendo Switch.

As it stands, the Nintendo Switch’s sales should now have reached 118,993 million in total. The Game Boy has a total of 118.69 million units sold, just narrowly behind the Switch. But think about this for a second. It took the Nintendo Switch’s lifetime sales only six years to get this high. While the Game Boy took exactly ten years to reach the lifetime sales it reached. If it only took the Switch six years to reach almost 119 million units, imagine how many units it will have left by the end of 2023. Although this has not been confirmed as official yet, it is very likely that this report is true.

If you think it was only the Game Boy that got knocked into the wall, then I guess I should tell you that it may seem like the PS4 has joined the Game Boy in being knocked into the wall as well. The PS4’s total lifetime sales are 117.2 million units. The PS4 is still in production for the US and European markets, and Sony has so far not shown any signs of discontinuing the console just yet. It is, however, discontinued in Japan and has been for the past two years. It’s not really surprising that sales of the PS4 have dwindled, considering the fact that the PS5 has been running for almost three years now and the PS4 still continues to enjoy some of the new releases that the PS5 gets.

So far, who knows? I truly do believe that this is likely true. The Nintendo Switch has been a money-making machine since its faithful release in 2017. It didn’t even take a year for the hybrid juggernaut to overtake its predecessor, or even half a decade to overtake the rest of its predecessors. The Switch has beaten many old records that consoles of the past once held. As of right now, there is no end in sight for the Nintendo Switch.

What do you think will happen next? Let me know in the comment section!