Author: gendomike

Michael lives in the Los Angeles area, and has been into anime since he saw Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1999. Some of his favorite shows include Full Metal Alchemist, Honey and Clover, and Welcome to the NHK!. Since 2003 he has gone to at least one anime convention every year. A public radio junkie, which naturally led to podcasting, he now holds a seminary degree and is looking to become Dr. Rev. Otaku Bible Man any day now. Michael can be reached at mike.huang@animediet.net. You can also find his Twitter account at @gendomike.
Posted in Editorials

Fangirls: Please Educate Us Ignorant Fanboys!

We have, at last, retired the venerable and successful “Favorite Fanboy Fetish” poll. Thanks to the nearly 400 of you who voted! I have even…

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Fellow Bloggers: What Keeps You Going?

Lately I’ve been thinking about how having a growing anime blog and podcast has changed my viewing and even writing habits, and about the motivation…

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Posted in Anime Reviews

Hayate no Gotoku 24 – At Last! Character humor!

I’m still watching this show? Indeed, I am, mostly out of habit more than anything else. It has been a long while since the humor…

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Posted in Anime Blog Collective Editorials

“I’m Only Interested In 2D Girls!”: On Lust, Animated Desire, and Gender Expectations

This is part of a series of articles about anime and gender across the blogosphere. Visit here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here…

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Thanks to you, Japanese otaku, Konata’s creators can eat it right too!

Japanese DVD sales of Lucky Star have been excellent by anime DVD standards, with volume 1 selling 60,000 copies, and the second volume expected to…

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Hikki’s “Beautiful World” Tops the Charts in Japan

The Anime News Service reports that Utada Hikaru’s “Beautiful World,” the ending song to the first Evangelion Rebuild film, is now #1 on the Japanese…

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