Wow from around the Net: Giant Robots

We Dig Giant Robots!!!!

Megas XLR is one of the cartoons in the last decade that Brudar and myself agree is one of the best action cartoons. This gem of animation only ran for a whopping two whole seasons and I wish that there had been way more. The theme of this show will is on I will always carry with me and any time people mention robots I have to refrain for bursting into song.

Megas XLR is not what I plan on talking about however I wanted to share with you something way cooler, Actual Giant Robots. Man driven Mechanical Armor, or Mechs for short, are a major theme in a lot of anime and children’s cartoons and have been a topic for most geeks. These Mech Geeks have been busy at works it seems trying, as all geeks do, to bring their fantasy into reality.

Introducing the mighty KURATAS the latest leap forward in Mech suit technology is a project by Suidobashi Heavy Industry. This Geek project taken to the next level will probably mean that soon enough Mechs will be made by the Military. KURATAS has some pretty cool features including the smile shooter, essentially the twin BB Gatling gun is activated when you smile, which I think it would be hard not to smile while sitting in such an awesome piece of geek technology.

They even made a handy how to operate instructional video Check it out

Oh crap now that song is stuck in my head… YOU DIG GIANT ROBOTS, I DIG GIANT ROBOTS, WE DIG GIANT ROBOTS, CHICKS DIG GIANT ROBOTS …… nice

Sincerely Urban Yeti

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse: Zombie College

Looking for a way to burn some time to make the weekend come around faster, or maybe you are just looking for some way to amuse yourself for about an hour, well look no further. I have the solution to you weekday boredom in the form of an entertaining little internet cartoon series.

I have an affinity for things relating to anything to do with zombie fueled culture and this is no exception. I found this little internet gem because of a page a day calendar I have in my office that is about all things to do with zombies. I had to stifle a couple of giggles during the process of watching this web cartoon because I watched it all while working at my cubicle.

The animation style of this little show isn’t the best in the world but for a free animated short found on the internet it isn’t half bad. While watching this I realized that I recognized the voice of the lead doofus’s girlfriend but I couldn’t figure out from where, I like to play a game with myself of trying to place an actor or voice without looking it up. Finally I gave in and after a little bit of googling, wikiing and IMBDing I found out the voice actress is also the voice behind Bobby from King of the Hill.

One Miss Pamela Adlon lends her voice talents to this cartoon as well a extremely talented Mr. John Di Maggio, the voice of bender from Futurama. I thought it was cool that these the voices of prime time cartoons would help out with such a low budget cartoon.

Check out Episode 1 Here:

While writing this I was not sure at first whether to classify this blog post as a “How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse” post or a “Wow from around the Net”. I chose to put under the HSZA because as fun as it is, unfortunately the wow factor was not there. None the less this little show is worth a bit of a watch if only for a small amount of amusement.

Sincerely Urban Yeti