moggling - an anime.manga.gaming imageblog

 This is what I have as my latest desktop wallpaper - an awesome collage of he antics of the cosplay cafe crew from Lucky Star. There’s finger pointing, ED dance, and more!  BOU! SO! A!    BISI!  ?????

Back from my relaxing vacation in Hawaii. Stocked up on some fun Japanese and Hawaiian-style food goodies! Mmmm! Moggling will now resume at the normal pace - I might even work on revising the design of the site to fit the image centric nature of it. 

Image from the Japanese game Mabinogi.

Scrounged up an internet connection, dusted the sand off, and mustered the energy to write a quickie post - I’m on the beach. Chillin. No anime girls with guitars here though!  Be back to posting regularly in a few days!  Art by Hinata Kyousuke.

Today heralds the first Moggling music giveaway! In the Otaku Challenge, I promised to give away some fun tunes to keep you entertained while surfing the interwebs. So here they are! Download away I guess I could have put some Azumanga tunes to go along with the post image, but oh well!  >.<  You’ll find some fun Lucky Star remixes, Usagi Chang Superstar compilation, and more!  Oh, and don’t forget to also subscribe to my podcast or download the podcast mp3s.

Double the value!  Here are kizaki tamayo, kobayashi hatoko, kobayashi kotaro & suzuhara misaki enjoying time at a festival, and the beach. Love the kitsune mask and goldfish in a bag.

Here is a challenge for those of you who fancy yourselves as anime experts! Hidden in this image are a whole ton of references to different shows. Prove your skills by posting comments identifying as many of them as you can with as much detail as you dare! To keep you entertained while you figure it out, check out the latest mix on my podcast.

As a reward I’ll be giving away some anime music to download - just check this post in the next day or two and there will be a shiny new download link! Download now!

Not sure what this is from, but it’s a pretty rad action shot. There is a nice diversity of types of characters charging in, with nice detail on each of their design. The little girl has a strange finger configuration! (Or just cool gloves)

When I think of Tsukasa, the thing I imagine her saying is “ehto ehto ehto…” while being super indecisive. And that’s exactly what this cute pic makes me think of. How on earth will she be able to decide which yummy snack she wants to eat!  Such hard choices in life…  mmmm Pocky!

Here we see a fine demonstration on how 2D girls should straddle & ride a dolphin. I’ll be following up with part 2, dolphin waxing 101. If you are unfamiliar with the process of having your dolphin waxed, check the urban dictionary. Image from the Cradle circle.

 While surfing a few of my favorite sites / feeds this morning I realized that many of these niche subcultures I’m into have very little overlap. For example, the intersection of anime culture and bicycle culture. It’s understandable, since they are probably very different demographics, but in the day and age of the Internet, I’m sure that a new super niche could be formed from the combination of these and gain a decent following.  Hmm, what might that look like? Maids on fixies anyone?

Pic from Aruto, by Purple Software.