On December 27, 2006, I decided to delve into the world of blogging about anime, manga, and things Japanese. Prior to that, I wrote reviews (and still contribute on occasion) to Community Anime Reviews, starting in 2002. In all that time, my only real concerns about bothering publishers & distributors were my Negima! spoiler images
Posts Tagged ‘Viz’
Piracy Wars: AstroNerdBoy, Viz Media, TV Tokyo, and the DMCA
June 14th, 2013 
AstroNerdBoy 
Posted in Anime, AstroNerdBoy, Contributing Writers, Manga 
Tags: Piracy Wars, rant, TV Tokyo, Viz 
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Hayate the Combat Butler Manga Volume 21
March 5th, 2013 AstroNerdBoy ハヤテのごとく！/Hayate no Gotoku manga volume 21 review Hayate the Combat Butler Volume 21 –> PURCHASE FROM RIGHTSTUF! –> PURCHASE FROM RAKUTEN (formerly BUY.COM) –> PURCHASE FROM BARNES & NOBLE –> Purchase Japanese tankoubon from YesAsia! Since I’ve already reviewed this volume based on the Japanese tankoubon, this review will mainly focus on the Viz release,
Hayate the Combat Butler Manga Volume 20 (Viz Edition)
October 12th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy ハヤテのごとく！/Hayate no Gotoku manga volume 20 review Hayate the Combat Butler Volume 20 –> PURCHASE FROM AMAZON! Since I’ve already reviewed this volume based on the Japanese tankoubon, this review will focus on the Viz release, then some last moment thoughts. On the translation side of things, there is the much-appreciated, continued usage of Japanese
RIN-NE Manga Volume 09 Review
August 28th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy 境界のRINNE/Kyōkai no RINNE RIN-NE Volume 9 (manga) –> BUY FROM RIGHTSTUF! –> BUY FROM BARNES & NOBLE! –> BUY FROM BUY.COM! ***SPOILERS*** In brief, the events covered by this manga begin with Rinne asks by a male student to discover why he’s always so sleepy when trying to study for exams, leading Rinne to discover
RIN-NE Manga Volume 08 Review
August 26th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy 境界のRINNE/Kyōkai no RINNE RIN-NE Volume 8 (manga) –> BUY FROM RIGHTSTUF! –> BUY FROM BARNES & NOBLE! –> BUY FROM BUY.COM! ***SPOILERS*** In brief, the events covered by this manga start with Sakura noticing Shinigami children collecting animal spirits. Rinne has one bratty boy named Shoma staying with him for training, but the boy is
RIN-NE Manga Volume 07 Review
August 24th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy 境界のRINNE/Kyōkai no RINNE RIN-NE Volume 7 (manga) –> BUY FROM RIGHTSTUF! –> BUY FROM BARNES & NOBLE! –> BUY FROM BUY.COM! ***SPOILERS*** In brief, this seventh volume of RIN-NE features a client named Natsumi who gets Rinne to take her on a date at the summer festival in order to fix a curse that surrounds
Hayate the Combat Butler Manga Volume 19
March 2nd, 2012 AstroNerdBoy ハヤテのごとく！/Hayate no Gotoku manga volume 19 review Hayate the Combat Butler Volume 19 –> PURCHASE FROM RIGHTSTUF! –> PURCHASE FROM BUY.COM –> PURCHASE FROM BARNES & NOBLE SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Miki, who barely passed her exams, thus avoided extra lessons, convinces Hayate to go out on a club function to try to record a heartache video,
Piracy Wars: Viz vs. MangaStream
February 13th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Piracy Wars: Viz vs. MangaStream So, I was meandering through Twitter when I saw some buzz over a scanlation group named MangaStream being forced to stop scanlating Viz-licensed titles. Naturally, there were thoughts all over on the subject, so I thought I’d go and see what MangaStream said. Here it is. Dear MangaStream supporter, It’s
