Hatsune Miku Still On My Mind Over Thanksgiving, somehow conversation in the workplace turned to the recent piece I wrote about HATSUNE Miku, the personification from the Vocaloid music software in Japan. Now so you understand, none of my colleagues are anime fans in the least so it was interesting watching through their eyes as
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Negima!’s Akamatsu-sensei Leads The Way with Legal Japanese Online Manga Publishing
November 19th, 2010 
AstroNerdBoy Negima!’s Akamatsu-sensei Leads The Way with Legal Japanese Online Manga Publishing For a long time now, I’ve been wanting to see more inroads to legal, online publication of manga, both in the U.S. and in Japan. So when I hear that on the 17th, Akamatsu-sensei has a new initiative for legal publication of out of
I Swear, The Japanese Will Make Women Obsolete!
November 12th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy I Swear, The Japanese Will Make Women Obsolete! In the past, I’ve noted on the Japanese talking about androids and sex, 2D marriages, and the perfect female partner (also android). I’ve noted the multiple anime and manga titles on the subject from Chobits to Hand Maid May and beyond. Still, when blog reader Trenaway pinged
So, When Are We Getting Del Rey’s Former Manga Titles, Kodansha USA?
November 8th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy So, When Are We Getting Del Rey’s Former Manga Titles, Kodansha USA? It was back on July 1, 2008 that we learned that the Japanese manga publisher Kodansha decided to cut out the middleman in the U.S. and create a new division for US manga publications and sales called Kodansha USA. Then in 2009, Kodansha
Live-action Fruits Basket Movie — Another American Rape of a Popular Japanese Manga/Anime?
October 19th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy My work schedule being what it is, I sometimes don’t get around to catching all of the news as it comes out. However, I eventually found out that Fruits Basket has been licensed to receive a Hollywood live-action adaptation into a movie. At that moment, I immediately felt like throwing up at the thought of
Great, Another Japanese Honorifics Debate
October 7th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Great, Another Japanese Honorifics Debate You know, I’m really getting sick of this. Here it is the year 2010, and thanks to MX Media announcing yesterday that they will stop leaving honorifics in official subtitles, now the “Japanese honorifics debate” over the retention of Japanese honorifics in subtitles roars across the Internet again. One would
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Genshiken Nidaime — How’d I Miss This Announcement?
October 6th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Genshiken Nidaime — How’d I Miss This Announcement? With the recent buzz over Del Rey’s exit from the manga market as Kodansha U.S.A. replaces them, I suddenly became aware of a huge announcement made two weeks ago of a new Kodansha title that really has me excited. That title is Genshiken Nidaime, the sequel to
Goodbye Del Rey, Hello Kodansha USA
October 5th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Goodbye Del Rey, Hello Kodansha USA When Kodansha announced they were creating a U.S. manga division a couple of years ago, I think we manga fans all saw this as Kodansha attempting to cut out the middle man and increase their profits. After all, if Del Rey can make a ton of cash off of
