Why read the Hayate the Combat Butler manga? When it comes to anime, many anime titles are in fact adaptations of a popular manga or light novel series. Such is the case with Hayate the Combat Butler (Hayate no Gotoku in the Japanese). So if you’ve watched and enjoyed the Hayate the Combat Butler anime
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Why read the Hayate the Combat Butler manga?
May 8th, 2014 
AstroNerdBoy 
Posted in Manga, Other 
Tags: HATA Kenjiro, Hayate the Combat Butler, Random Thoughts, Why... 
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A Farewell to the “Ah! My Goddess” Manga
March 25th, 2014 AstroNerdBoy A Farewell to “Ah! My Goddess” Manga With the recent news that Fujishima-sensei is ending the long-running manga series Ah! My Goddess (aka: Oh My Goddess) after over 25 years, I thought I’d take a moment to say farewell to a manga title that has a very special place in my heart. As many of
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Hayate the Combat Butler: Illustrating Failure of U.S. Anime/Manga System
October 20th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy 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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Thinking of 10 Years of Anime Fandom On My Birthday
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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
