Better Archive Those Old GeoCities Anime Sites It has been reported in many places that Yahoo is going to close down GeoCities, that now ancient-of-days free homepage hosting site that so many people used back in the 90’s when the Internet was new, fresh, and exciting. In recent years, I’m not sure how many people
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Mahou Sensei Negima! ~ Shiroki Tsubasa~ ALA ALBA — Final Thoughts
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Tags: KOBAYASHI Jin, Natsu no Arashi, Natsu no Arashi franchise, What I'm Watching 
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Posted in Anime Tags: Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, What I'm Watching 10 Comments »
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Posted in Manga Tags: AKAMATSU Ken, Mahou Sensei Negima, Negima, Negima Volume 27, 魔法先生ネギま 15 Comments »