How about a coincidence? First, Jackson of Sketch Comedy promises a "parody week":

That’s right: I’ll be hitting you with new hand-drawn comics every day next week, spoofing everyone’s favorite film noir mecha anime from 1999.

Then, Spherical Cows throw off a remark:

I always wondered what the citizens of Paradigm City spent all their time reading. The newspaper, of course, but what’s in it? I feel that whatever it is must give us great insight into the culture and current state of Paradigm City. There are no books seen within the series, save for a library full of empty books, so turning to newspapers is our only hope to gaining information on this very unique piece of history, from an even more unique time that has, unfortunately, passed.

Reminds me about the recent Onion piece on Daily Planet and the end of print journalism. You can tell that Big O is from 1999!

BTW, I'd love me some Big O, but unfortunately I remember that ending sucked badly.