Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (左様なら絶望先生)

Sayo(u)nara Zetsubou Sensei is a comedy about a teacher (Nozomu Itoshiki) who hates all aspects of life. Throughout the series, Nozomu tries various methods to escape from his dreaded life. Each episode revolves around a particular aspect of life, culture, etc. These aspects are usually explored by using an extreme or hyper-literal interpretation or by using random humor (like in Azumanga Daioh). Not much more to say really besides that it's the funniest anime I've ever seen about a suicidal teacher (although suicidal teacher anime are hard to come by).

Search story

I made one of those google search story things. Yes, I was bored.

Full Metal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師)

Full Metal Alchemist is the tale of two brothers (Alphonse and Edward Elric) who try to restore the life of their dead mother using alchemy. However, their attempt goes horribly wrong and the brothers end up losing their bodies (well, only Alphonse loses his body and is sealed in a suit of armor,Edward only loses an arm and a leg, which are replaced by artificial ones). From here their quest turns to finding the philosopher's stone to restore their original bodies (but give up on their mother?). Full Metal Alchemist and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood both stick to the same basic story, but Brotherhood sticks more closely to the manga. I, personally, like them both so I will post both.

Pants on the Ground

Everyone who watches "American Idol" (or at least the auditions) knows Larry Platt, the 62 year old who performed his original song "Pants on the Ground" for the judges. The song became an instant hit and now crowds YouTube and many peoples' MP3 players. However, The Green Brothers are trying to take credit for Platt's song, saying that it is a ripoff of their song "Back Pockets on the Floor". I'll let you be the judge.

Here is Larry Platt's "Pants on the Ground"



Here is The Green Brother's "Back Pockets on the Floor"




Finally, here is an interpretation by Jimmy Fallon impersonating Neil Young (for the lulz, not for comparison).

More fun with dubbing

The following are two versions of the same scene from Azumanga Daioh. The first of these is in the original Japanese (with English subtitles) and the second is in English (with the subtitles from the Japanese version). This can be somewhat disturbing (even if it is one of my favorite Azumanga scenes, that just makes the dub more awful). You have been warned.

First, the original:



Now the dub of the same scene (with the same subtitles):