| 11:38pm | The False Positive Pitfall in Discussion of Anime and Manga | | | | “Intertextuality” is the idea that there is a conceptual space where ideas brought forth by books, movies, texts, etc. interact with each other. One way to think about it is the old addage that the “truth lies somewhere in between.” This is the space where differing (or similar!)... |
| 1:00pm | One of the Strengths of Modern Animation as Displayed by Mahjong Anime | | | | Incorporating 3D animation into 2D animation has always been a tricky thing, but as technology has improved the integration has become better and better. It can be a time and budget saver, and all it takes is using it intelligently. Enter the modern mahjong anime. The first screenshot is Saki, and... |
| 11:04pm | Drossel, the Best Figma | | | | How can I make such a wild claim that the Drossel Juno Vierzehntens Heizregister Fürstin von Flügel from Disney’s Fireball is the best Figma, when she’s only just recently been announced on their site? Simple. Drossel is a robot and also a girl. Despite recent attempts by Goodsmile to... |
| 11:41pm | Adieu, Geocities | | | | It’s the end of an era as Yahoo! has decided to completely shut down Geocities, the free site-hosting service that was one of the go-to places during the late 90s if you didn’t know a whole lot about html or web design but really, really wanted a website. I never used it myself, being... |
| 10:11pm | Mine Characters, Aye | | | | While bored on the train, I decided to do a quick (not-to-scale) sketch of a lot of the characters whom I considered to be “main” or “important” characters in the stories and worlds I made up growing up all the way up until now. If you see any recurring themes in certain characters,... |
| 6:27pm | Let’s Play a Game Using GONZO’s Woes | | | | The animation studio GONZO, unable to make up for much of its losses over the past few yaers, recently cut most of its staff and is planning on reducing their output by 50%, down to four shows a year instead of eight. As GONZO marches forward, trying to do what it can to survive (which includes big... |
| 12:28am | Sprkng! Early Observation of Dragon Ball Kai | | | | I don’t plan on making it a habit of blogging about Dragon Ball Kai, but seeing as I reviewed a very “special” remake yesterday, I felt I should talk a little about how the other, inarguably better remake is doing. For those of you who don’t know, Dragon Ball Kai is an HD re-mastering... |
| 1:43am | The Best Argument for Creationism: Dragonball Evolution | | | | Dragonball Evolution, what can be said about it? Well, I can certainly call it a “movie.” It is a series of scenes placed one after the other on a film strip and shown in a sequential order. Dragonball Evolution: People involved in a production to put a form of entertainment in theaters.... |
| 12:40pm | Glass Mask on Crunchy Roll | | | | You might recall that I called the latest anime adaptation of Glass Mask to be one of the best shows of 2005. You might also recall my lament that no one has ever finished fansubbing the series, and so even if you started watching you wouldn’t be able to enjoy it fully. Those days are numbered... | | |
| 5:47pm | The Fujoshi Files 9: Asou Akari | | | | Name: Asou, Akari (麻生あかり) Aliases: N/A Relationship Status: Single Information: High schooler Asou Akari is a thorough merchandise-grabbing otaku who is also a popular artist and cosplayer. Known among otaku for her hardcore yaoi doujinshi, one would never expect her to also be one of the... |
| 11:30pm | Time Warner Warned, Sane People Win | | | | In a previous post, I talked about how Time Warner was experimenting with tiered pricing plans, and the impact this could have on anime fans if it was approved for all Time Warner services across the United States. Thankfully however, the plan has had such a negative reaction with consumers in test... |
| 9:40pm | Examples of Anime’s Cel to Digital Conversion | | | | Though much less frequent these days as the anime industry has all but completely converted to using digital means to animate shows (Sazae-san I believe is an exception which still uses cels), it wasn’t so long ago that debates about the merits of cel animation vs digital animation were a common... |
| 7:18pm | The Exciting World of Ron Sharks: Akagi | | | | When you first look at an anime like Akagi, there might not be much to grab you especially if you’re an anime fan. The art style is very unusual, some would even say “awful.” You’re not even entirely sure what the show is about, and all you’ve seen of it are screenshots... |
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