Piracy Wars: The Origins of Fansubs Because of the rapid advances in computer technologies, we are able to transfer vast amounts of data over the Internet in only a short period of time. We can convert movies and TV shows into video files that are compressed a great deal to save on space, yet
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Piracy Wars: Causes for Manga Sales Fall
April 10th, 2012 
AstroNerdBoy Piracy Wars: Causes for Manga Sales Fall I periodically see articles published about how manga sales are down, and being a fan of manga and anime, this kind of news is of interest to me. After all, I purchase a great deal of manga, both official English releases in the United States and some select
Totoro and McDonalds
April 3rd, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Totoro and McDonalds Hey gang. It has been a wild and massively expensive last few days, but totally worth it (I hope). Just have some legal paperwork to finish up today. Sadly, I can say no more about that, but it does leave me a bit short on the blog front. So, since a couple
SUZUMIYA Haruhi no Yubiwa — A Cute Doujinshi Cover (No April Fools!)
April 1st, 2012 AstroNerdBoy 涼宮ハルヒの指輪/The Marrige Ring of Haruhi Suzumiya [sic] SUZUMIYA Haruhi no Yubiwa Hey gang. As some of you may know, I never did get on the Haruhi Suzumiya bandwagon (check the link for my various thoughts on the subject), even though I did watch the first anime series. That’s because I saw the “brilliance” of that
New Proposed Japanese Law the Reason Ken Akamatsu Ended "Negima!"?
March 22nd, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Hey everyone. Akamatsu-sensei’s ending of the popular Negima! manga has left a bad taste in the mouths of many fans, especially since there are so many unresolved plot threads. While many fans have focused their anger on Akamatsu-sensei for what they feel is his giving them the shaft, I’ve always felt there was something else
K-On’s Mio-chan is a Manchester United Football (Soccer) Fan?
March 12th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy It is a busy day for your’s truly, so I’m doing a cheap post, courtesy of British anime fan “Emily-hime,” who sent me this image of AKIYAMA Mio from K-On, showing whom her favorite British football (that’s soccer to us in the good old USA) team. Being a fan of many British shows and comedies,
I Think I Need Some "Hand Maid May" Time
March 6th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Whew! The last couple of days have been very busy for your’s truly, as I attempt to FINALLY clean up all of the old blog posts that have their images jacked up. Its a very tedious task and prior to two days ago, was a task that took an insane amount of time as I
Some Minor Negima! News and Clarifications
March 3rd, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Negima! fan Hata provided some information on February 29, 2012, regarding Negima! from Akamatsu-sensei, including some addressing of rumors. — the final Negima volume 38 will be on sale May 17th, there will be no LE edition. — Ken starts the final chapter today (Feb 29, 2012), even though he still has 58 panels to
