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Queen La (Tarzan)

Queen La (Tarzan) is a character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels, the queen and high priestess of Opar, a lost city located deep in the jungles of Africa.

Queen La (Tarzan) first appeared in the second Tarzan novel, The Return of Tarzan (1913), and reappeared in the fifth, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916), the ninth, Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1923), and the fourteenth, Tarzan the Invincible (1930). She is also mentioned in the juvenile Tarzan story Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-Bal-Ja, the Golden Lion (1936), the events of which occur between Tarzan and the Golden Lion and Tarzan the Invincible.

by Snapper2001 September 30, 2018

Freakbeat

Freakbeat refers to a usually British music style which has bridged the gap between the clean pop of early British Invasion acts and the more experimental/psychedelic rock that followed.

Freakbeat places high emphasis on psychedelic graphic design, sometimes utilising photographs of bands associated with the genre.

by Snapper2001 November 11, 2025

Seijin

Seijin, which refers to humanoid aliens from space, means a ‘Person from the Stars’ in Japanese.

Ultraman is the most popular Seijin in both Japanese popular culture and the pop cultures of many nations in general.

by Snapper2001 May 15, 2023

Getter Robo Go

Getter Robo Go is the first major Getter Robo sequel, and the one that finally defined creator Ken Ishikawa’s own style as being similar to Jack Kirby’s while still being its own thing.

The manga version of Getter Robo Go still remains much better than the hastily made and hurried anime version by Toei.

by Snapper2001 November 9, 2025

Studio Break

Studio Break are a freelancing indie group of batshit legendary doujinshi artists and animators.

Studio Break as a group has an undeniable impact on how we understand the many, multifaceted possibilities of animation in general.

by Snapper2001 November 8, 2025

Tarzanesque

Any character inspired by Tarzan.

One famous Tarzanesque character is Marvel's own Ka Zar.

by Snapper2001 October 30, 2020

Mangani

Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and of the invented language used by these apes.

In the invented language, Mangani (meaning "great-ape") is the apes' word for their own kind, although the term is also applied (with modifications) to humans. The Mangani are represented as the apes who foster and raise Tarzan.

by Snapper2001 October 1, 2018