| 7:03am | Welcome to the NHK, Vol. 2-3: Divergence |  | | | Note: this is not a typical review of a manga. I am mainly writing my thoughts as to how this compares to the anime, which is one of my top 10 of all time–a key reason why I even started anime blogging. With these volumes, the differences from the anime begin appearing–most of which put... | | |
| 7:03am | Welcome to the NHK, Vol. 2-3: Divergence | | | | Note: this is not a typical review of a manga. I am mainly writing my thoughts as to how this compares to the anime, which is one of my top 10 of all time–a key reason why I even started anime blogging. With these volumes, the differences from the anime begin appearing–most of which put... | | |
| 3:46am | Manga ni Youkoso! |  | | | So over the weekend I was gathering a pile of manga to return to book off, in an ongoing attempt to lessen the amount of crap I no longer care about in our apartment, and JP handed me his pile of NHK ni youkoso manga. I was like “le gasp” I wanted to read that! So instead of going to Book... | | |
| 6:39pm | The Dragon’s Oath - Prologue | | | | This is the first draft of my story. Inspiration for it came from my own research in certain real life mythos, aswell as recent manga and anime I’ve read. Constructive comments are always welcome. Be warned, it is fairly long. The room is cold, dark, dank and musty, the only source of light coming... | | |
| 9:37pm | Manga Releases for September 2008 | | | | The list of Manga Releases for September 2008 include titles such as .Hack//G.U.+, Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, Gothic & Lolita Bible, Loveless, Princess Ai: Encounters, Speed Grapher, Welcome to the NHK, Black Cat, High School Debut, Kabuki: Flower, The Girl Who Runs Through Time and a lot more!... | | |
| 4:40am | Is the death knell for scanlations and fansubs approaching?? | | | | Of late there have been a large number of C&D (Cease & Desist) letters being sent to various groups in both the fansub and scanlation scene. Gonzo especially have been targeting groups that are doing their series. All but one group complied with the notice, one however stated they would keep... | | |
| 10:48pm | Are We Just Gravy? The Importance of American Market to the Japanese |  | | | Japanator’s Dick McVengeance issued a challenge in the comments of his response to my fansub controversy. He wanted to know if the American DVD sales of anime actually meant anything to the Japanese. Was the American market really important to the global anime economy, or were we all just gravy... | | |
| 5:42am | T.H.A.T Fall 2008 Anime Preview |  | | | You know that this will be a great season when I do not even know whether I will be blogging EF. Since poor Calawain wrote the previous summer season, it might seem reasonable that he has the invaluable experience to continue on this feature of T.H.A.T. Nonetheless, to relieve him of his pain and his... | | |
| 7:43am | Welcome to the NHK! Volume 1 | | | | I’ve decided to try something different and new for me–I’m going to try to review a manga series. I might as well begin with a story that I’m very familiar with, seeing as I loved the anime and reviewed the light novel some time ago. Having already judged the story to be one... | | |
| 7:43am | Welcome to the NHK! Volume 1 | | | | I’ve decided to try something different and new for me–I’m going to try to review a manga series. I might as well begin with a story that I’m very familiar with, seeing as I loved the anime and reviewed the light novel some time ago. Having already judged the story to be one... | | |
| 12:42am | T.H.A.T Fall 2008 Anime Preview | | | | You know that this will be a great season when I do not even know whether I will be blogging EF. Since poor Calawain wrote the previous summer season, it might seem reasonable that he has the invaluable experience to continue on this feature of T.H.A.T. Nonetheless, to relieve him of his pain and his... | | |
| 3:53pm | Otakon 2008 - My annual pilgrimage to the East Coast’s Otaku Mecca | | | | First Alphonse Elric I’ve ever seen = WIN. I am rather amused to admit that this past weekend (August 8th - 10th) taught me something very interesting about myself: three days with no Internet access and no way of checking THAT is enough to drive me up the wall. I really, truly adore you traps,... | | |
| 3:53pm | Otakon 2008 - My annual pilgrimage to the East Coast’s Otaku Mecca | | | | First Alphonse Elric I’ve ever seen = WIN. I am rather amused to admit that this past weekend (August 8th - 10th) taught me something very interesting about myself: three days with no Internet access and no way of checking THAT is enough to drive me up the wall. I really, truly adore you traps,... | | |
| 5:47am | Some Thoughts on Fan Service: the Editor Speaks! | | | | And now the truth can be told! Those of you who have been following the firestorm Rah’ra has caused in these here parts may have been wondering what I might have to say about these matters. Well, here they are. (This seems an appropriate time, too, to remind everyone that all opinions published... | | |
| 8:12am | Mike’s Summer 2008 Roundup, Part 2 | | | | So, what’s new? This roundup includes further or first looks at Xam’d: Lost Memories, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Mission-E, and Zero no Tsukaima: Princess no Rondo. Or maybe it's like RahXephon, as imagined by the artists of Kaiba Xam’d: Lost Memories (Bounen no Xamdou) Bones’... | | |
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