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
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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
Apparently, I Should Watch Classic Gundam
September 1st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Apparently, I Should Watch Classic Gundam Shibuya246 has a photo piece on a wedding recently held at the giant Gundam model in Tokyo. This is amazing to me on many levels. Even though my time to watch anime and manga is severely limited these days, I am going to have to move the original Gundam
Let the catch-up begin.
August 14th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy I’m back from my vacation and man do I have a lot of catch-up to do. ^_^; I’ll work it in as best as I can. Still, I have to say that after ten years without a vacation, I was certainly overdue. It was great seeing so many friends and family members, hitting the beach,
Tenchi Muyo! OVA Blu-ray Release…if you don’t mind importing it.
July 29th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy As many of you know, I’m a big fan of the canon Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki franchise. As such, I get lots of questions about things Tenchi to include asking about the possibility of FUNimation or other company bringing back the Geneon USA-licensed titles such as the canon Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki OVA‘s (OVA 1, Night Before
Suzumiya Haruhi no Zangai
July 24th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Ever since Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (aka: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) came out in anime form, I was convinced that KyoAni had developed a marketing gimmick by which they developed a great deal of buzz and generated more ratings by doing something unthinkable — playing the episodes of their anime in non-chronological order. It
