Definitions by Snapper2001

Mainstream Oldie

A Mainstream Oldie is often a big budget anime or tokusatsu from the past.

Mazinger Z is a Mainstream Oldie, so is Astro Boy.

Mainstream Oldie by Snapper2001 May 29, 2026

Summerween

A Summerween is a mainstream escapist character with a growing international following, even on Halloween.

Mazinger Z is an example of a Summerween in the USA.

Summerween by Snapper2001 May 28, 2026

Mental Mess

A Mental Mess refers to the inner workings of a traumatised character’s brain in familial detail.

Shinji Ikari has the inner workings of a Mental Mess. Both he and Kouji Kabuto from Mazinger Z are good indicators that merchandise is part of the norm in real life.

Mental Mess by Snapper2001 May 24, 2026

Neural Wreck

A Neural Wreck refers to a character who still has a history of long term trauma.

Shinji Ikari has long been considered a good example of a Neural Wreck. Messed up teenage characters like him are a good sign that merch is key.

Neural Wreck by Snapper2001 May 24, 2026

Nepo Connector

A Nepo Connector is someone with connections to popular people but is sometimes not a Nepo Baby.

Masami Obari started as a Nepo Connector until he finally developed his own cam punch style from the mid 1980s onward.

Nepo Connector by Snapper2001 March 5, 2026

Kusomedia

Kusomedia refers to the glut of crap quality media that remains in home video and tv purgatory.

An especially famous case of Kusomedia turns out to be the various Dingo Pictures mockbusters.

Kusomedia by Snapper2001 March 3, 2026

Clankerfucker

A Clankerfucker refers to a businessman more egregious than other kinds of businessmen, especially tech-diving tech bros and other corporate fellows with the Dunning Krueger effect.

Well, as nuanced as it is, Cyborg 009 does surprisingly have a cartoonishly evil main villain who’s basically a Clankerfucker since he’s too detached to be like a typical human studying Clankerology, to the point of becoming quite a Clanker Cuck leading the Black Ghost Organisation.

Clankerfucker by Snapper2001 March 3, 2026