Well, now.

Information Systems graduate student Nobuhiro Takahashi at Tokyo’s University of Electro-Communications has been working on SHIRI, a 'humanoid buttocks robot' that is primed to express 'various emotions with organic movement of the artificial muscles.'

via Laughing Squid, Gizmodo Japan and Kotaku and... Cosgrove

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We'll get this out of the way first: Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to lu Onna (A Woman Called Fujiko Mine) series features lots of Fujiko's huge, perfect, fat, uncensored tits.

Yes, really.

That said, this is an intriguing take on a beloved old franchise that's gotten increasingly stale over the years. Enter Sayo Yamamoto, a rare female director in a male-dominated field. She brings us an "adult" and Fujiko-centered retelling of the Lupin III stories. It's one that some fans may find highly female-positive despite the fleshy Fujiko fanservice on display.

The first episode, a classic caper story, dips into a seemingly bottomless animation budget to showcase Yamamoto's kinetic, almost experimental style. We're also introduced to 2012's versions of Fujiko and Lupin. Their relationship is subtly different from the one we're used to.

Previous Lupin III retellings have always portrayed Fujiko as independent and dangerous, yet often reliant on her seductive charms when she needed to best Lupin himself. This time around, Lupin is cagier and seems immune to her feminine wiles. The end result? Our modern version of Fujiko, despite her gratuitous nudity, relies solely on skill and guts instead of fluttered eyelashes in her attempts to gain the upper hand on Lupin in their eternal game of high-stakes one-upsmanship.

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It's here. Stop what you're doing; it's time for the world's strongest ninja to pummel your face... and your heart.

Watch it over on Crunchyroll!

Note that the "SD" in the title isn't the customary "Super-Deformed." In this case, the creators of the anime have specified that it stands for "Super-Determined."

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Courtesy of the lovely and wonderful Ms. Taco Attack, we bring you Creepy Stalker's favorite beer.

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Our friend Phil Kahn is one of the brains behind Guilded Age, and the cool thing we're telling you about today is that Guilded Age: Volume One is coming in April.

As Rob Perdue at Geekadelphia says,

Here’s what you do:

1. Head down to your local comics emporium. If you’re looking for suggestions check out this sweet Geekadelphia-curated foursquare list.

2. Politely approach the guy or gal behind the counter and let them know how badly you want to see Guidled Age on their shelves. Maybe even offer to pre-order that sucker.

3. Rest easy knowing that you’ve done your part to help get an awesome local web comic on store shelves. Also, come back and buy it when it’s available. Also, profit.

That’s it! Enjoy the comic goodness.

via: Geekadelphia, obviously.

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"A worker checks in a special room where the Parma hams are hung to dry in Langhirano near Parma. Prosciutto di Parma can only be produced in a very restricted area of 29 sq km (11.2 sq mile) around the town of Parma in the region of Emilia Romagna, just north of Tuscany. Around 10 million hams are sold every year, of which about 2 million are exported, mainly to France, the United States and Germany, which each consume about 400,000 a year. (REUTERS, file photo from 2009)"

via Boing Boing

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All evidence points to 2012 not being the year we finally get it right.

So don't get the year right. Get the next minute right. Build something, enjoy a song, or tell somebody you love them. Maybe even tell yourself that. Get another minute right and another. Get a streak going and watch yourself break it. Start another one when you're ready.

Get as many minutes right as you can and don't feel bad about the other ones.

Something amazing made you. Whether it's God, multiple gods or just an absolutely mindblowing cosmic coincidence in a universe we're just starting to understand, you are here - and I am so thankful for that.

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As nerds, it's one of our favorite guilty pleasures in life: swirly anime missile storms, best known to us through giant mecha battles in the various incarnations of Macross. But who knew it had a name? A lot of people, apparently - we appear to be the last people on Earth that didn't know this particular animation flourish is called the Itano Circus in honor of its originator, animator Ichiro Itano.



The Itano Circus is even better than the thing where one dude cleanly slices through another dude with a sword, there's a dramatic pause, and then the blood starts to fly. Does that one have a name?

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Pretty cool guy. Rock star physicist, or at least... former professional popular musician physicist. Apparently, in the United Kingdom, they can have smart people on television? Hmm.

In this clip, Brian Cox explains why atoms are mostly empty space. Simon Pegg assists.

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