A few days ago, I wrote a piece on the 1982 4-issue comic strip series called Wolverine, which the recent anime series used as a foundation for their own story. Considering how different the comic and anime stories end, combined with the current X-Men anime series which sees the villain character Mastermind lurking around, I
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X-Men in Japan Circa 1983 — Wolverine’s Wedding and the Seeds of My Love of Japanese Honorifics, Terms, and Culture
April 22nd, 2011 
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Goodbye, TokyoPop
April 16th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Goodbye, TokyoPop Times they are a changing. Last year, Del Rey all but completely dropped from the manga publishing field (save for a very few titles like xxxHOLiC). Yesterday, word came out that TokyoPop is going to close its publishing doors, meaning TokyoPop will now disappear from the manga publishing field as well. Turn the
The Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
March 11th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy I was sitting at work when one of the large monitors that endlessly plays CNN started saying something about a massive Earthquake in Japan. Since I had Twitter up on the side, I took a glance and saw folks from Japan beginning to tweet on the Earthquake. Azuma-sensei (Azumanga Daioh; Yotsuba&!) posted this on Twitter.
Manga Sales Suck! (It’s Stu Levy’s Fault and May Be the Cause of Border’s Bankruptcy)
February 27th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Manga Sales Suck! (It’s Stu Levy’s Fault and May Be the Cause of Border’s Bankruptcy) Several days ago, Toonleap had a repost of an article taking information from Japanese sources talking about the collapse of the manga markets in France and in the U.S. Completely absent from the quoted piece is anything about the general
TokyoPop Explains Why Series Go On Hiatus
February 26th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy TokyoPop Explains Why Series Go On Hiatus TokyoPop LillianDP has an interesting article describing the manga sales process of getting it from the publisher to the retailer. It really is a good piece and I encourage you all to read this. That said, I did want to address one aspect of the article, that being
Skydance Productions (and others) Apparently Want “Star Blazers”, Not “Space Battleship Yamato”
February 22nd, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Skydance Productions (and others) Apparently Want “Star Blazers”, Not “Space Battleship Yamato” I was reading what AICN reported about the attempts by Skydance Productions and possibly even Lucasfilm going after the rights to do a Star Blazers live-action film rather than a Hollywood treatment of Space Battleship Yamato. Well, you guys know my negative feelings
Busy, Busy!
January 4th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy “Busy! I’m so busy, my head is spinning. Like a whirlpool, it never ends. Its my job that’s making it spin. Its making me busy!” (Sung to the tune of “Dizzy” by Tommy Roe) *lol* Since I have a massive jukebox in my head and everything can be a song, my co-workers are often regaled
Happy New Year 2011! (Year of the Rabbit, Kannagi Style)
January 1st, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Happy new year, everyone! I hope that 2011 is better than 2010 for all of us. ^_^;;;; With the passage of another year, I thought I’d check back on myself to see if I’d accomplished any of the anime/manga related items I set out to do. Urusei Yatsura — I started 2010 on episode 126
