I was reading this paper the other day: Anime Fansubs: Translation and Media Engagement as Ludic Practice (PDF) Anime Fansubs: Translation and Media Engagement as Ludic Practice – Academia.eduThe democratization of new media technologies, particularly the software tools though which “content” can be manipulated, has invited a seemingly vast array of modes through which people…
Hi, my name is Ulysses and I’m very new to writing articles, but I enjoy sharing anime opinions with other people. I usually like to go in-depth about anime characters, their mental and physical struggles, world building, and power systems. In this blog, I’ll be talking about…
Where you intrigued by that title? Or did you think it was gibberish and are only reading this because you accidentally clicked ‘cause it was just under the post you were actually interested in….and you’re gone. For those brave souls that persevered and are still here, let me at least explain what I mean by…
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve done a treasure tropes post. These are posts in which I pick an anime or manga trope to examine. Today, I decided to look at the Kichiku. You may not have heard the term Kichiku before, but I bet you know the trope. The expression is meant to…
Right now, I’m involved in an ongoing Kaizen at work. Basically, my input is required to restructure our entire office procedures and set up, plus my usual responsibilities. This has been a time-consuming venture of debatable value, that has left me much less time than usual to write posts. Almost no time in fact. More…
At some point, my phone decided that I really wanted anime news (correct) and that I should get it from something called CBR (less correct). I’m not sure what CBR is but their anime articles haven’t impressed me much. I find better on WordPress every day. I get the feeling that they just realized that…
“Does Anyone Else Feel Like Buying Manga Every Day?” That’s the tweet that greeted me today when I opened my phone. For the record, the answer is “yes”. I do want to buy manga. I pretty much always want to buy manga even though I haven’t finished reading all the volumes physically in my house….
You run across it sometimes. Posts or comments that mention good vs bad reasons to start an anime blog. This actually exists in a lot of communities. Notions about having the right intentions behind a YouTube or Twitch channel are occasionally floated. And it’s sort of an odd concept. Like, do you really need to…
Are you a fan of Naoki Urasawa? I am! A huge fan. I actually only discovered his work a few years ago, I know, I’m way late to the party. For some reason, I had decided that I didn’t like 20th Century Boys but I finally tried to reread it a few years ago and honestly,…
I was thinking about it, and for me, there are 3 big reasons I read anime reviews. Basically, they boil down to information community and entertainment. Depending on the reason, I’m going to look for different be things in each review.
Over the past few years, I’ve been expanding my manga library. Both physical and virtual. And although I have never even been close to running out of things to read, I do often find myself actively looking for the next manga I want to try. Like a lot of people, I will go by word…
This might end up being a bit of an odd post, but I think it might be interesting to some of you. I’m not sure if the term “moe” is still fashionable. I don’t hear it much anymore. But most anime fans have come across it at some point. I recently had a comment declaring…
I don’t even know if all of you are familiar with one shot manga, to begin with. They aren’t all that common in traditionally printed manga but you run across them a lot in digital manga. So let’s start with a little description One shot manga or at least what I call one shot manga)…
You know I’ve been meaning to talk a bit about fanfiction for a while now. I was going to touch on the subject when I wrote about copyright and scanslation but honestly the intellectual property issues of fanfiction are fairly complex and a lot of the details are up for interpretation. So I decided against…
A couple of years ago, when Spy x Family only had one volume out and was considerably less ubiquitous, I was trying to convince someone to give it a shot. I was already hearing good things about this fresh new series, and I had gotten my hands on said first volume. I remember, I started…