An essay on the demise of Tokyopop - I wasn't following the Tokyopop story very much, but one point made in this essay was particularly interesting to me. Namely: The fandom needs young fans. They are numerous, and they spend money, even with those kids camped out in the aisle, not paying. They buy series that you don't like, they talk too loud at ( Read more... )

I blame the Matsuricon intro for this demented crossover thought process.

I can't draw, or I'd be on this as fanart riiiight now:

( Doctor Who new season 5/6 spoilers (implied) )

I'm afraid to post about anything this dorky on Facebook, even though I know everyone's over there. Go fig.

I'm taking point this year on the Matsuricon intro video. The theme for the con this year is "Fantasy and Science Fiction," and when it comes to footage, our fantasy anime collection is pretty weaksauce. We're OK on SF, but more choices can' ( Read more... )

YES! 2012, boo! The industry may have collapsed by then, to say nothing of the end of the world. Still ( Read more... )

Aha. To follow up on a thread the other day (week?): Viz's recent round of Netflix Instant offerings are subs. I have Nana and Honey and Clover on my queue already, but these are precisely the sorts of series that I always intend to watch and never actually watch. The queues lower the bar for that sort of thing. You don't have to actually watch ( Read more... )

Meanwhile, in the name of Market Research*, I started watching Axis Powers Hetalia on Netflix Instant. (Netflix carries dubs pretty regularly, so yes, it's the dub ( Read more... )

First, I bring you possibly my favorite sports logo ever. Thanks, dear. Our life together is fruitful and bizarre ( Read more... )

Yeah, it gets the squee icon.

As a break between making stuff for the con (which is going fairly well!), I've started watching Princess Jellyfish (a.k.a. Kuragehime) on Hulu, via ANN. Hello, possibly my favorite show of the last couple of years!

( No spoilers, at least any that you won't find in any other series description. )

On ANN: Kunihiko Ikuhara to direct a new TV anime. Miraculously, there's only a tiny bit of fighting and freaking out in the attached forum thread. Good job.

That's it for now. I've been writing notes for my Dresden game character and playing Fallout: New Vegas. The end.

Oh hey, good question.