Category: Editorials
NPR on AMVs
Imagine my surprise yesterday morning as I was waking up to hear the words “Otakon,” “Haruhi Suzumiya,” and “anime music videos” coming from my public…
Taking Stock: How are We Doing?
The new logo is just the beginning: there are some changes underway for both the website and the podcast. But before we embark on the…
Hirano Aya’s photo Journal book – Banzai to My Otakuness!
Being a fan of Hirano Aya, I naturally kicked myself when I read that she’s coming out with a photo journal book/magazine, and I didn’t…
Fansubs VS Licensed DVDs – Are fansubs killing the industry? Or the industry people’s crying wolf?
At AX, the industry claimed that fansubbed shows have been killing DVD sales. One of the points (thanks to Chibi Tokyo and other podcasts for…
Sub or Dub? A fiery exchange has forged my part 2 on this issue.
Here are some heated xchanges (of verbal blows, perhaps we can categorize them this way) among some folks at MAL, including me (I don’t know…
They Need to Make Animes Out of This Material
Earthquake Sets Japan Back To 2147 TOKYO —”Our society [is] temporarily reverting to a pre-cyberunification era,” said prime minister Shinzo Abe, speaking non-telekinetically for the…