Ah, Sleep! (and a bit of Yotsuba&! love) Man, the last three weeks have been absolutely nuts for me. Not only have I not had the time I normally reserved for blogging, but sleep has suffered as well. Fortunately, I was able to get a good night’s sleep and so as I finish out my
Posts Tagged ‘Random Thoughts’
Posted in 
Tags: 
This Is How To Market an Anime (Mostly)
September 27th, 2010 
AstroNerdBoy My friend JSM made a post on his blog about something he saw on the show “The Soup” from E! Entertainment Channel. I’m not 100% sure of this, but I think this may have first appeared on G4TV’s “Attack of the Show.” So, what is this clip from? The show is called Dai Mahou Touge
Kodansha Loves OAD’s, Eh? (Ah! My Goddess)
September 23rd, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Kodansha Loves OAD’s, Eh? (Ah! My Goddess) The folks over at Goddess Relief Office alerted me to the fact that Kodansha has gone back to the OAD (Original Animation DVD) format, this time adding their long running and very popular Ah! My Goddess to the mix. Very shortly after, long time Japanese anime and manga
What Classic Anime To Watch Next?
September 2nd, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Now that I’ve finished watching the Dirty Pair TV series, to include the Lovely Angel 2-episode OVA’s that were originally supposed to be part of the TV series, I found myself needing to add another anime title to the list. Granted, I never did finish the last Inuyasha anime (I may marathon it one day)
So, Just What The Heck Is A "Bubblegum Crisis" (and other such oddly named anime titles)?
August 14th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy So, Just What The Heck Is A “Bubblegum Crisis” (and other such oddly named anime titles)? I was recently doing some reading and for some reason, I thought about the odd titles that the Japanese come up with to name their anime, manga, or light novel series. When I came to Japan in the late
A Toradora! Happy Birthday to Me! ^_^
August 4th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Another year has come and gone. Sadly, I won’t be having the blast I was having last year at this time, but that’s the nature of the economy. Still, I’m told there will pizza involved, with tons of cheese, sausage, and pepperoni, just the way I like it for most of us and a vegetarian
1-Million Plus and Going Strong!
July 27th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy I just noticed that the blog has now had over 1-million visitors, something which amazes me greatly since I had no idea when I started if anyone would bother to drop by or not. So I wanted to say, “Thank you” for making my little blog such a huge success. ^_^ OK, just a quick
Goodbye, Sasuga Japanese Bookstore
July 8th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Goodbye, Sasuga Japanese Bookstore It was a very sad moment for me when I received a couple of notices about Sasuga Japanese Bookstore closing shop. So I went to the website and there was this notification. 6 July 2010 Dear Friends, It is with heavy hearts that we must inform you that Sasuga Japanese Bookstore
