In the wake of the pre-emption of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai and the cancellation of Kodomo no Jikan, aka Nymphet (remember the brouhaha over its English manga translation?), in Japan, and the worries of the Taiwanese regarding Death Note, I got to thinking about some concepts that I've been discussing in one of my grad school classes. Namely, ( Read more... )

I think I vomited a little in my mouth during last night's Avatar. ( Cut for spoilerage... )

So, there's been a little bit o' discussion on the Interwebs regarding "global manga," AKA Original English Language (OEL) or Ameri-manga. MangaBlog.net's Brigid started the conversation yesterday (read the comments to see what's discussed) by linking to an article/rant. In said article/rant on Comics2Film.com, the writer argues that to call OEL ( Read more... )

Happy Friday all! So, I haven't been posting much lately--we spent last weekend in Chicago (it was hot, humid, and then it rained...but we had lots of fun visiting family) and I've been busy with work and wedding stuff all this week.

But, I found a couple of interesting things that I wanted to share with you. So, remember Voltron: Defender of the ( Read more... )

So, even though I said I was supposedly back, I didn't post once this weekend. Distressing, isn't it (probably not, though XD)? Unfortunately, the man I'm marrying in a couple of months got really sick and I had to do my best and try to take care of him. Mind you, I practically wanted to kill him in his sleep a couple of times (boys are such ( Read more... )

I'm home sick today...with a new symptom no less! Not only am I congested, feverish, and achy, but now I have a ticklish/hacking cough, too. Joy!

Anyway, as I read through stuff on "the Internets" after waking up for the second time today (I woke up this morning thinking I could make it to work, then decided there was no way I was dragging my ass in ( Read more... )

So, I was just traipsing along in LJ, glancing through updates from my friends when, lo and behold, I come across this shit...Looks like some moralizing group is organized enough to have LJ strikethrough/permanently disable user accounts and communities based on "questionable" adult-themed posts and interests. Even something as innocent as ( Read more... )

So, I got a new laptop last week and have been adding on my bookmarks for my fav sites on the internets, when I ran across an ad banner for a new fanfic site, FanLib...

I didn't think anything of it, just clicked through to see what the hell it was about. I found myself quickly disinterested based on two things: 1) I've never seen a fanfic site ( Read more... )