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
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
Piracy Wars: Do Scanlations of Manga With Poor Endings Really Hurt U.S. Sales of Said Manga Titles?
March 15th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Piracy Wars: Do Scanlations of Manga With Poor Endings Really Hurt U.S. Sales of Said Manga Titles? For the longest time, I have lamented the fact that School Rumble was cut short in the U.S. As is typical of U.S. publishers, there’s this need (whether forced upon them by contracts with Japan or not) to
Lupin III Back As a TV Series — Lupin III: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna
March 8th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Lupin III: A Woman Named MINE Fujiko LUPIN the Third ～峰不二子という女～ So, the word is out (NSFW WARNING!) that after many rumors going back and forth, after twenty-seven years, Lupin III will be back on the air as a TV series, starting in April. While this new series will have the whole Lupin crew, including
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
A Certain Magical Index — A Weekend Plan
February 18th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy I’m down to the final four episodes of A Certain Magical Index (first series), so I’m going to try to watch these during my weekend break and get a series review up. In the meantime, I couldn’t help be struck by some things. Had I not watched A Certain Scientific Railgun, I’d have no clue
Negima’s Ken Akamatsu’s Exclusive Contract With Kodansha Ending
February 15th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Negima! fan Hata reported a couple of things from Akamatsu-sensei’s recent tweets. Here’s the first tweet in question. Basically, Akamatsu-sensei is answering a question posed to him on whether his next manga series will be published in Weekly Shounen Magazine or not. Akamatsu-sensei’s answer confirms that he’s no longer exclusive to Kodansha, and has a
