I’ve been VERY busy of late what with work, Japanese classes, home projects, etc. and so I haven’t been as active as I once was. So I appreciate all of you guys who have alerted me to some news developments so that I could comment on them. ^_^ Item 1: ADV is no more. On
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Apparently, I Should Watch Classic Gundam


Apparently, I Should Watch Classic Gundam Shibuya246 has a photo piece on a wedding recently held at the giant Gundam model in Tokyo. This is amazing to me on many levels. Even though my time to watch anime and manga is severely limited these days, I am going to have to move the original Gundam

Let the catch-up begin.


I’m back from my vacation and man do I have a lot of catch-up to do. ^_^; I’ll work it in as best as I can. Still, I have to say that after ten years without a vacation, I was certainly overdue. It was great seeing so many friends and family members, hitting the beach,

No Negima Chapter 261 Spoiler Images


It is a break week which means no Negima! 261 spoiler images today. Bummer, I know. However, as is my tradition, I am posting an image I found somewhere for the series. Ah, remember the simpler time when the story took place at school? *lol* Vacation continues for me — beach, fishing, movies, visiting friends

It’s AstroNerdBoy’s Birthday! ^_^


Wow. Another year has come and gone and I’m now 40. ^_^;;; How the heck did that happen? ^_~ Well, since I’m writing this well in advance (like two weeks ahead of time), I don’t know exactly where I am at the moment, but I’m thinking I’ll be in a place much like this. Well,

Tenchi Muyo! OVA Blu-ray Release…if you don’t mind importing it.


As many of you know, I’m a big fan of the canon Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki franchise. As such, I get lots of questions about things Tenchi to include asking about the possibility of FUNimation or other company bringing back the Geneon USA-licensed titles such as the canon Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki OVA‘s (OVA 1, Night Before

Suzumiya Haruhi no Zangai


Ever since Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (aka: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) came out in anime form, I was convinced that KyoAni had developed a marketing gimmick by which they developed a great deal of buzz and generated more ratings by doing something unthinkable — playing the episodes of their anime in non-chronological order. It

So, a Live-Action "Space Battleship Yamato," eh?


TokyoGraph reported on Saturday that ISHIGURO Noboru, the animation and episode director of for the various Space Battleship Yamato anime series (MATSUMOTO Leiji being the main director) confirmed at the 2009 Otakon convention that the Japanese are doing a live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie and that the part of Kodai will be played by SMAP