I’m a video games junkie (obviously), but I like to sprinkle a little manga and occasionally anime on my nerd platter. A rather unexpected email dropped into my inbox yesterday, and I ran smack into the massive video game, manga, and anime interest known simply as Otaku. Rapper MAJA (“Mey-juh”) just channels that passion into a musical, J-pop barrage of snappy lyrics and old school love.

Catchy, right? MAJA’s work continues to grow rampant throughout Youtube’s musical niche. In 2007 he joined CARTOONMOGUL and produced “Transformer,” which has accumulated over 130,000 views. “Anime” shot him into Japanese television stardom, and his album, The Amalgam Project (August 2007), further combined anime and hip-hop.

Rap and I still share a gaping space of emptiness and confusion between us, but sometimes Bayonetta beats and retro gaming funk just bridge that lonely mass. This could be a new and beautiful relationship … maybe.