Category: Editorials
Conventional Wisdom: A Reflection on Congoing (Part 2)
Or, Full Court Press: a meditation on what it means to be fan and press at a convention, and how you can never go back again once you’ve gotten your first press badge.
Conventional Wisdom: A Reflection on Congoing (Part 1)
What congoing and convention coverage has meant to me. Contains unreleased photos and video.
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Yuruyuri – getting it right like no one else’s business
Ray August 16, 2011
Excuse me while I take my glasses off… (fantasizing and nose bleeding and making a river of nose blood…) Wow, OK. I almost died there!…
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Otaku In The Mirror Part 5: Uwamezukai
上目遣い。Uwamezukai (upward glance)! Killer seduction miracle!
Fan Service As Pop Genius: Project A-ko
wintermuted July 14, 2011
Superhuman action, mecha, galactic-scale collateral damage, and in-your-face fan service; as rote and perhaps expected as these elements are within the anime medium, it…