Adult animation

Anime, the popular Japanese animation film format that is often used to tell complex dark stories, has also been inspiring film-makers who think it could catch on with older audiences.

"We used to hear that animation for adults wouldn't work, but now all our competitors are doing the same," said Mike Lazzo, senior vice president of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, the evening line-up of animated shows aimed at 18 to 34-year-olds, like Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

The latter has spawned the film, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres.

Made for $US1 million, it has already grossed nearly $US6 million at theatres since its April opening and is being hailed as a cult hit.

"We think the same thing will happen with movies," Lazzo said.

"Hollywood loves success and can't wait to pile on success. When Pixar started with Toy Story, everyone began to put an animated feature in production, if not three."

WTF Figures

Wearing nothing but straps that barely cover anything, Ringo from “Air Gear” also comes with a pink bag that can be placed over her head to conceal her identity!

Japanese dolls

What do you think, who are playing with such dolls?

Sex Reduces Pain

As the hormone oxytocin surges, endorphins increase, and pain declines.

So if your headache, arthritis pain, or PMS symptoms seem to improve after sex, you can thank those higher oxytocin levels.

In a study published in the Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 48 volunteers who inhaled oxytocin vapor and then had their fingers pricked lowered their pain threshold by more than half.

Lesbians!!

Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females.

The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an adjective, to describe characteristics of an object or activity related to female same-sex desire.