The Manga Guide to Electricity <–Buy from Amazon.com! The Manga Guide to Electricity is the latest in the Manga Guide series to provide educational material in an entertaining way. The standard format of having a manga story to cover a chapter’s topic followed by a more traditional, in depth look at the subject is used.
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Minami-ke Okaeri — Final Thoughts
April 16th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy Minami-ke Okaeri — Final Thoughts Minami-ke is such a great series that when Minami-ke Okawari came out, I was very excited. However, Minami-ke Okawari ended up being a great disappointment both in terms of humor, in changes to story presentation, and the inclusion of the “Black-san” characters. With the announcement of Minami-ke Okaeri, I had
Clannad After Story — Final Thoughts
April 8th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Clannad ~After Story~ After having enjoyed Clannad so much, it is no surprise that I would be looking forward to the sequel, Clannad ~After Story~. Fortunately, it pretty much lived up to the Key standards for these visual novel adaptations by Kyoto Animation. The story picks up where Clannad leaves off and follows the same
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Tags: Clannad, Clannad After Story, review 
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Toradora! Final Thoughts
March 31st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Toradora! Final Thoughts I was watching Kannagi and enjoying the humor when I noticed that there was a great deal of buzz about a series called Toradora!. People were comparing the two series and trying to figure out which of the two titles were the best of Fall 2008. Some people even mentioned it here,
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Space Battleship Yamato 2 — Final Thoughts
February 27th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Space Battleship Yamato 2 — Final Thoughts Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2/宇宙戦艦ヤマト2 Having enjoyed Space Battleship Yamato well enough, I looked forward to seeing its sequel, Space Battleship Yamato 2. I liked the idea of “space marines” (“space cavaliers” actually) being added to the mix and for there to be other ships other than Yamato. Unfortunately,
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Negima!? Final Thoughts (Review)
February 21st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Negima!? Final Thoughts (Review) After the extreme disappointment of the Negima! anime adaptation, I hoped that with the transfer of the franchise to SHAFT that maybe we’d see a reboot and a proper manga adaptation. Alas, that was not to be as it was announced that SHAFT would create Negima!?, which would be a reboot,
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The Manga Guide to Databases
February 14th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy The Manga Guide to DatabasesBuy From Amazon! No Starch Press is back with a second book in the “Manga Guide” series, this time The Manga Guide to Databases. Since I have worked in the IT/IS field for years and even have some database training, this book gives me a chance to look at the subject
The Manga Guide to Statistics
December 2nd, 2008 AstroNerdBoy The Manga Guide to Statistics The Manga Guide to Statistics Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a way to combine manga and education, thus making something that takes a difficult or seemingly difficult topic and place it in a format the Japanese are quite comfortable with. This is why The Manga Guide
