A moment of introspection, if you please. [Cue the spotlight.] I read a very interesting blog post called “The Two-year Death and History Repeating Itself in the Aniblogsphere” recently and it ushered in a legion of thoughts about blogging, anime`, and human motivation. First, it does seem that there’s a lot of churn in the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘anime’
The Two-year Death Sentence
Posted in thoughts, tagged aniblogging, anime, blogging on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Anime Business Model Has Become Sane
Posted in thoughts, tagged anime, business model, sentai filmworks, taisho baseball girls on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I became acquainted with the taste of my own words. Humble pie. Crow. Mmm, good. I thought that Taisho Baseball Girls would NEVER EVER be distributed. But as it turns out, a company called Sentai Filmworks has indeed distributed it for the North American market. Sure, that means they’re using subs instead of dubs, [...]
Mourning MiniNova
Posted in thoughts, tagged anime, mininova, sites, torrents on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past week, they (a Dutch court) officially put the last shovel of earth over Mininova, which had been my #1 site for anime` torrents. To comply with the court order, Mininova took down ALL unlicensed material, which of course meant all fan-subbed anime`. I’m totally down about it. MiniNova was unique in torrent-land, because [...]
Kuromi From Onegai My Melody
Posted in pictures and videos, tagged anime, girls, goth, my melody, onegai my melody, pictures, shoujo on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just a little something different, here. I occasionally watch Onegai My Melody. (Why, do you ask? I tend to like shoujo series because they can have well-developed characters, and this one does. It also doesn’t take itself seriously, and it is humorous. In short, it has better-than-average writing.) Anyhow, episode 23 features Kuromi, My Melody’s [...]
What Is Bandai’s Problem?
Posted in rant, tagged anime, bandai, business model, fansub, shigofumi, true tears on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What is Bandai Entertainment’s problem? It’s been nine months since True Tears and Shigofumi were postponed. Nine months and they’re still missing in action. I understand that it takes a while for series to be translated, voiced, the DVD booklets and covers to be designed, and the finished product to be distributed, but you’d think [...]
What Happened to Gunslinger Girl?
Posted in rant, thoughts, tagged anime, business model, economics, gunslinger girl on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone has probably heard of the stages of grief (the Kubler-Ross model): denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. As the theory goes, everyone passes through at least two of these stages, but not necessarily in the order given. One of my favorite anime`s of all time is Gunslinger Girl, but it trails the manga by [...]
Anime` is Not Politically Correct
Posted in thoughts, tagged anime, essay, political correctness, politics on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I first got into anime`, I was surprised and refreshed that the animation medium was being used to illustrate important themes. Having grown up on American animation, those deeper themes were few and far between. I found several points of interest. Anime` takes a positive view of self-defense, especially of weapons ownership. From The [...]
