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
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So, Just What The Heck Is A "Bubblegum Crisis" (and other such oddly named anime titles)?
August 14th, 2010 
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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
Piracy Wars: The Customer is Wrong! (or "How Dare You Want Something Other Than What We Graciously Give You?")
June 14th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy Piracy Wars: The Customer is Wrong! (or “How Dare You Want Something Other Than What We Graciously Give You?”) Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. –George Santayana This quote has been on my mind of late. It seems that folks in the anime and manga business cannot remember the failures
ANB Enters Round 2 of the Aniblog Tournament — aka: Drama Part 2
May 20th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy So, the blog enters the 2nd round of the Aniblog tournament with me up against Mistakes of Youth. The other card has Drastic My Anime Blog up against GAR GAR Stegosaurus so be sure to vote in both if you are of a mind to do so. ^_^ For this post, I hadn’t planned on
I’m #13 on the list of 50 Rockin’ Anime & Manga Blogs
May 7th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy I received word the other day that I made the Guide to Art School’s 50 Rockin’ Anime & Manga Blogs. Shockingly, I made number 13 on the list. I was amused to see that my Space Invader’s post caught the reviewer’s eye. Just goes to show that you never know what will or will not
FUNimation Scores Tsubasa OAD’s — Is There Hope For Negima! OAD’s?
May 6th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy On the FUNimation forums, there had been discussions of Chris Sabat at Anime Milwauke talking about how he’d been working on Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations. A voice actor talking means little to me until there’s an official announcement from the parent company, which FUNimation has gone ahead and confirmed — they have the OAD titles Tsubasa:
