Snapper2001's definitions

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.

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.

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.

by Snapper2001 March 3, 2026

Shinboism

A Shinboism refers to a symbolic indicator that’s so hard to capture in both words and speech.

Akiyuki Shinbo has popularised the Shinboism, to the point of elementally screwing over the anime industry, in order to garner faint praise from international meme culture from Urusei Yatsura onwards.

by Snapper2001 March 1, 2026

Rumification

Rumification refers to the huge international impact of Rumiko Takahashi in the anime and manga industries.

Rumification happened when the excess of Gekiga style anime was receding.

by Snapper2001 February 28, 2026

Rumiclone

A Rumiclone is someone who has followed Rumiko Takahashi’s style in the past and present.

It says it all when a distinctive Rumiclone named Hiromi Niioka has made a big long term impact on the anime industry with her powerful effects style.

by Snapper2001 February 26, 2026

Mech Feast

A Mech Feast is what happens when a show with mech pilots becomes a visual feast in itself.

Dragonar is a classic example of a Mech Feast due to Masami Obari’s own major role in bringing it to air.

by Snapper2001 February 19, 2026