Author: gendomike

Michael "Gendomike" Huang is the co-founder and was the editor-in-chief of Anime Diet from 2006-2015. He lives in the Los Angeles area and works as a software engineer, though he also holds a divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Mike has been a fan of all things anime, manga, and games for over 25 years ever since he watched Evangelion on a fuzzy video shared by a friend. He continues to watch, read, and play today.
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Scooby Doo and Charlie Brown…Mangafied!

More images available by this artist here. This is really impressive, though if anything these are the Charlie Brown characters as adolescents rather than preteen…

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On Retitling Anime, Part 2: Higurashi License and Haruhi Order

A couple of weeks ago, I made a few comments on poor choices of English titles for anime. The official announcement of Higurashi no Naku…

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Nodame Cantabile 7

Actual musical animation returns! For once, they finally spared the budget to show us musicians actually bowing and hitting keys. Even if it was, in…

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Posted in Podcasts Scattered Cels Podcast

Scattered Cels Podcast #8 — The “Old News is Better than No News” File

Missed us? School and other obligations, and numerous technical recording issues, held up the last podcast–which was recorded two weeks ago, so the news that…

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Asatte no Houkou – First Impressions

It looks like somebody in Japan watched Freaky Friday and thought: hey, wouldn’t this actually make a nice serious drama? That’s basically what Asatte no…

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Byousoku 5 Cm, Part 1 – the Raw Review

This shot pretty much captures Makoto Shinkai’s essence in a nutshell: light, shadows, gleam, and two kids holding hands. It’s a strange experience, watching anime…

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