Ray gives a heartfelt confession of what anime, fandom, and God has meant to him over the years. Another entry in the “Diary of an Anime Lived” series.
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A musical memoir about how Mike, a classically trained pianist, learned to swing in his high school years, with reference to the new anime Kids on the Slope. Includes a terribad piano solo recording of “Moanin’” from 1998!
Today, April 4th, is Okama Day in Japan. Alternatively, LGBT’s “T” day. Or rather, “T” stands for “trap”?
Citing financial difficulties, Aniplex is expected to announce tomorrow that The Blackstone Group is taking an eighty percent stake for an undisclosed sum estimated at $230 million. The rise in the digital distribution of entertainment has eroded the Japanese production company’s margins. This comes at a time when Blackstone, headquartered in New York City, seeks [...]
Zuko is the most feminist character in Avatar. Sure, there are a lot of other contenders – a fact which reflects well on the show. Katara’s competence at waterbending, her slight motherly bent, and her suffer-no-fools attitude combine to make her the most obvious choice. But while Katara has power, it also comes with a [...]
The Fortune 100 company announced that it’s pulling all figurines from Air off the shelves immediately. Air is an anime TV series that aired in 2005. It is based on a hentai game of the same name. The decision came earlier this week after a student at the Castlemont Elementary School noticed a classmate playing [...]
Otakus go “buhi (oink)” as moe pigs when they have moe.
Koneko-chan, ahh, I dearly miss her! Too bad Highschool DxD ended. One cours was too short!
Wintermuted’s tribute to the director of Macross, Space Battleship Yamato, and Legend of Galactic Heroes.
Wintermuted discusses what he’s really looking forward to for 2012: a revival of Yamato, the new work by Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe, some upcoming feature films, and more!
Yoshizawa Akira would have been 101 years old today, if he was still living. He is credited with popularizing and introducing to the world the wonders of modern “origami.” Origami is Japanese for paper folding, and while this centuries old origins of folding origami has been sketchy or challenged. Across the globe, people uses the [...]
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