Hello there! I'm stararnold, and welcome to Pop Culture Rules!, a world dedicated to everything pop culture. I designed this site after theOtaku.com decided to include categories that have nothing to do with an anime or manga. Featuring written features and guides based on multiple topics regarding the anything of pop culture, including animation/cartoons/anime, comics/manga, music, books, video games, sports, and live-action TV/Film. Hope you enjoy your visit!

P.S. If you wish to submitt your own posts on a topic that fits into the theme of the site, please PM me first, and I'll add you to the "guest posters" list, then I'll PM you back an O.K. to add your posts to this world. Also, the polls and surveys here are open 24/7, and feel free to tell your friends about the polls themselves. I'm sure they'll have fun answering to them.

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About the WORLD's Host

Other WORLDS runned by the host
Sci-Fi Nation, Japan Fever, Leijiverse 999

Birthday
04/10/1986

Gender
Male

Where I live
LaSalle (Montreal), Quebec, Canada

Occupation
University Student (B.A. of Fine Arts Currently)

Member of theOtaku.com since
05/30/2005

Achievements
Medal for Meals-on-wheel's service, Medal for conflict manager team, Mabel Award at High School Graduation, Honouroll at college

Favorite Comic Book Superheroes
Batman, Superman, Robin, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Witchblade, Wolverine, Batgirl, Supergirl, Green Lantern, Captain America, Hulk, Black Cat, Punisher, Venom, Mr. Fantastic, Huntress

Favorite Anime and Manga Series/Multiseries
"Space Battleship Yamato" (a.k.a. Star Blazers), "Gundam", "Tetsujin 28-Go" (Gigantor)(only the 1963 Anime version), "Captain Harlock", "Galaxy Express 999", "Dragon Ball", "Tokyo Mew Mew", "Mazinger", "Rockman" (Megaman), "Mach Go Go Go" (Speed Racer)(only the 1967 Anime version), "Transformers", "Galaxy Angel", "Cardcaptor Sakura", "Mobile Police Patlabor", "Macross", "School Rumble", "Azumanga Daioh!", "Golion" (a.k.a. Lion Voltron), "Dairugger XV" (a.k.a. Vehicle Voltron), "Dirty Pair" (only the classic anime version), "Lupin III", "Bleach", "Death Note", "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"

Favorite Tokusatsu Multiseries
"Gojira" (a.k.a. Godzilla), "Ultraman"

Favorite Non-Japanese TV Series
"Star Trek" (all series), "Doctor Who" (all series), "Battlestar Galactica" (all series), "Family Guy", "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", "Scooby-Doo", "Superfriends", "American Dad", "12 Oz. Mouse", "Robot Chicken", "Angry Kid", "Futurama", "Puppets Who Kill", "Blue Collar TV", "Sons of Butcher", "MTV's UnderGrads", "The Daily Show", "The Colbert Report", "The Ripping Friends", "In Living Color", "Inspector Gadget" (classic series), "Megas XLR", "Chappelle's Show", "Jonny Quest" (1964 Version), "Space: 1999", "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons", "Red Dwarf", "The Ren & Stimpy Show", "Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast", "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law", "Reaper", "Supernatural", "Celebrity Deathmatch", "Trailer Park Boys"

Favorite Non-Japanese Movies
"Predator", "Dee Blue Sea", "Man's Best Friend", "Blankman", "Godzilla" (1998), "Planet of the Apes" (both versions), "Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Colon Movie for Theaters", all "Spider-Man" films, all "Superman" films, all "Batman" films, all "Star Trek" films, "Spawn", "Home Alone", "Rush Hour", "Fist of Fury" (a.k.a. The Chinese Connection), "Game of Death", "Kung Pow: Enter The Fist", "The Eagle's Killer", "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", "Spaceballs", "101 Dalmatians" (both versions), "Transformers" (2007), "Speed Racer" (2008), "Iron Man" (2008)

Quizzes of 11/18/2008

My results from this time's quizes after taking some: ...

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Polls: Adult Animation Excluding Anime

What Are Your Favorite Adult Cartoons Besides Anything Anime?

U.S. Vs. Japan: Animation Battles (Part 3)

Today, I post up part 3 of the list of possible battles that could occur if the the characters, vehicles, ships, and giant robots from U.S. Animation were to enter a cross-over war against those from Japanese Animation (alias: Japanimation). For each battle listed here, U.S. Animation titles on left, Japanimation ones on right. Right-click on each battle name to open a new tab to respond to the poll attached to it:

Keep tuning in to this site as more parts of the U.S. Animation Vs. Japanimation Battle list will come soon with a poll attached to each battle. Also, feel free to comment about the polls here, and check out Parts 1 and 2 of "U.S. Vs. Japan: Animation Battles" to see the other battle polls posted so far!

U.S. Vs. Japan: Animated Sexy Women

Over the years, both U.S. Animation and Japanese Animation each has been featuring a variety of sexy female characters (including those originally shown in comics and video games), and it is still today one of the various things people enjoy best about animated movies and T.V. Looking at U.S. Animation examples, there's Daphne (Scooby-Doo), Jane Jetson (The Jetsons), Lois Griffin (Family Guy), Wonder Woman (Superfriends), Debbie DuPree (Sealb 2021), Francine Smith (American Dad), Edna Krabappel (The Simpsons), She-ra (He-Man), Leela (Futurama), Black Cat (Spider-Man), etc. As for Japanese Animation examples, there's Jun/G-3 (Gatchaman), Motoko Kusanagi(Ghost In The Shell), Sayaka Yumi (Mazinger Z), Yuki Mori (Space Battleship Yamato), Maetel (Galaxy Express 999), Lum (Urusei Yatsura), Lacus Clyne (Gundam SEED), Lina Inverse (Slayers), Kanu Unchou (Ikki Tousen), Yoko Ritona (Gurren Lagann), etc. Today, I post up a poll where you, the website visitors can vote on which side you you find shows sexier animated women. Simply, right-click on the link below to open a new tab to the see and answer the poll.

U.S. Vs. Japan: Animated Sexy Women

Comments are welcome!

U.S. Vs. Japan: Animation Indecency

U.S. Vs. Japan: Animation Indecency Survey