I’ve been an anime fan for a few years now, going back to 2002, and a manga fan for nearly as long, going to 2003. As such, I know how the Japanese anime, manga, and light novel markets work to an extent. Depending on the series, an anime adaptation of a light novel or manga
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Hayate the Combat Butler: Illustrating Failure of U.S. Anime/Manga System
October 20th, 2012 
AstroNerdBoy 
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Tags: Hayate no Gotoku, Hayate the Combat Butler, Random Thoughts, rant 
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Thinking of 10 Years of Anime Fandom On My Birthday
August 5th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy So, yesterday was my birthday, which I spent with my crew eating burgers, chicken, and entirely too many deserts. Just thinking about sugar makes me want to barf. *lol* Still, with another year come and gone, I suddenly realized that back in May, it had been ten years since I became an anime fan. That
Piracy Wars: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
June 24th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Recently, ANN posted a small article about how illustrator, animator, and composer KANZAKI Hiro (aka: ODA Hiroyuki), who uploaded a couple of song videos to the Japanese site Niconico, which he (1) had permission to do and (2) actually drew the artwork used in said videos. However, because of the massive protectionist nature of copyright
Over 2-million Served and Counting ^_^
April 20th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Hey everyone. Just got informed earlier that the blog has now received over 2-million unique visitors since its inception. Wow. It seems hard to believe, but all of you great visitors keep coming. So, I guess I need to keep busy and make sure I get another 2-million, eh? ^_^ Anyway, thanks to everyone for
Piracy Wars: The Origins of Fansubs
April 16th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Piracy Wars: The Origins of Fansubs Because of the rapid advances in computer technologies, we are able to transfer vast amounts of data over the Internet in only a short period of time. We can convert movies and TV shows into video files that are compressed a great deal to save on space, yet
Piracy Wars: Causes for Manga Sales Fall
April 10th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Piracy Wars: Causes for Manga Sales Fall I periodically see articles published about how manga sales are down, and being a fan of manga and anime, this kind of news is of interest to me. After all, I purchase a great deal of manga, both official English releases in the United States and some select
New Proposed Japanese Law the Reason Ken Akamatsu Ended "Negima!"?
March 22nd, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Hey everyone. Akamatsu-sensei’s ending of the popular Negima! manga has left a bad taste in the mouths of many fans, especially since there are so many unresolved plot threads. While many fans have focused their anger on Akamatsu-sensei for what they feel is his giving them the shaft, I’ve always felt there was something else
Piracy Wars: Do Scanlations of Manga With Poor Endings Really Hurt U.S. Sales of Said Manga Titles?
March 15th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Piracy Wars: Do Scanlations of Manga With Poor Endings Really Hurt U.S. Sales of Said Manga Titles? For the longest time, I have lamented the fact that School Rumble was cut short in the U.S. As is typical of U.S. publishers, there’s this need (whether forced upon them by contracts with Japan or not) to
