FUNimation Hiring New Staff! After the cuts in staff at the beginning of the year, FUNimation is now hiring again. Here are some openings for those interested. Systems Admin/SQL Development Accountant Marketing Brand Manager I asked about the jobs and FUNimation told me that, “…things are still rolling pretty good here. Anime is still selling
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First "Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari" Trailer Up
November 20th, 2008 
AstroNerdBoy For those interested, the first preview trailer of Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari is up on the official site. Just some of Kajishima-sensei’s concept art and what appears to be background images. http://www.seikishi.com/special/trailer1/index.html The character pages are also up on the site. I may have a ton of free time starting next week, but even if
Baka-Updates Forum HACKED!
November 17th, 2008 AstroNerdBoy Because there are losers in this world with nothing else better to do than to jack with what isn’t theirs, some idiot kid has hacked and trashed the Baka-Updates forum. The site has not been touched, which is the good news. Below are captures of the hacked forum and the message nitwit sent out to
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari Website Up!
November 7th, 2008 AstroNerdBoy The AIC teaser site has been up for a while, but the domain site (http://seikishi.com/) has not worked for me. It works now and shows an official image for the anime. Looking good, y’all. ^_^ MASAKI Kenji Kenshi is the boy. Originally posted at astronerdboy.blogspot.com . If you are now reading this on another blog,
More Confirmation of Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari
November 6th, 2008 AstroNerdBoy ANN has a piece citing Moonphase which states that the December issue of Newtype has confirmed that the Tenchi spinoff Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari is in fact in production. I kinda thought we had that confirmation back in October, but likely this announcement is to get Newtype some extra sales from the Japanese Tenchi otaku.
Another Record Month (with a Record Day Too)
November 1st, 2008 AstroNerdBoy October’s stats show the continued rise of the old blog here to record heights, and this despite the fact that I’m reviewing two old school anime titles (Yamato 2 and Urusei Yatsura) which are not exactly big drawers (though they do get a few hits). Traffic is up over 7% from last month and a
Legalize 2D-Real People Marriages!
October 31st, 2008 AstroNerdBoy Legalize 2D-Real People Marriages! The Telegraph (in the U.K.) has an article about a new push to have the Japanese law allow people to marry their favorite manga, anime, or game character. There’s apparently over 1000 signatures in the online petition, which will then be presented to the government. What?! I understand the appeal of
Things to Do in Tokyo — Swim in the Imperial Palace Moat!
October 9th, 2008 AstroNerdBoy Oh, this is just funny and sad at the same time with some 40-year old guy from Spain (though a British citizen) decided that the moat of the Imperial Palace is just too good to pass up for a swim. Here’s a Japanese report. Another Japanese news clip on this. And a video from Sky
