Three Years of Anime and Manga Blogging! Man, has it already been three years since I got my late start into anime blogging? Wow! I should have started blogging sooner, but I was writing for CAR way back when and writing a blog didn’t seem to be something I wanted to do. It wasn’t until
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy Happy Thanksgiving! I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone in the U.S. a “Happy Thanksgiving!” ^_^ I rather imagine much of the following images will be going on today. *lol* Followed by some football and no doubt, some napping. ^_~ I hope you all have a fun and good day. ^_^
Astro Boy (2009) — Another Anime/Manga Adaptation Failure?
October 24th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy It seems that when it comes to manga and anime getting adapted by Hollywood, the powers that be first assume that since anime and manga are cool in the U.S., that will mean an automatic cool factor for the big screen. Then, they turn right around and do all sorts of stupidity which ends up
Thanks For an Incredible Month!
October 1st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Hey gang! It has been an incredible month for the blog. Despite the main counter application being down for a few days due to a server move, the stats from it show a huge explosion of traffic last month like I’ve never seen before. ^_^ So I wanted to thank you all for your continued
Chiba Drift Racers Arrested After 193rd Race
September 19th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy So while I’m taking a break from playing the old school “Starflight 2” and procrastinating from anime and manga blogging, I read this article from Japan Today about how six people were arrested in the Chiba Prefect for drift racing. No big deal, right? Then I read this. Since January, the group of six has
Kodansha’s Recent Crackdown on Manga Helpers
September 17th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy I’ve had a few people ping me for my thoughts on Kodansha’s cease and desist order against Manga Helpers to remove all of the raw scans of various Kodansha properties, to include Negima! So, I will post my thoughts. How soon we forget. It wasn’t that long ago that certain Japanese fans were scanning entire
The Japanese Woman and the Purse Snatcher
September 15th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy This is an older video that was only recently brought to my attention of a Japanese woman in an elevator and a man who attempts to snatch her purse. The video is most likely staged, but that’s not the point. When I saw this, I immediately thought of one of the Full Metal Panic
I Get Busy and Look What Happens!
September 2nd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy I’ve been VERY busy of late what with work, Japanese classes, home projects, etc. and so I haven’t been as active as I once was. So I appreciate all of you guys who have alerted me to some news developments so that I could comment on them. ^_^ Item 1: ADV is no more. On
