Five Mistakes New Anime Shoppers Tend to Make
So you're a new anime fan. Welcome! But as you start down the path of otaku-dom, here are some mistakes and bad habits that you should avoid.
That goes for you, too,...
5 Things To Know About éclair: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your...
éclair: A Girls' Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart is here. Well, ok, the anthology will be up tomorrow. However, it won't be too long before manga readers can read...
Rikako Akiyoshi, Author of The Dark Maidens Interview
Rikako Akiyoshi's been a long time author in Japan. However, she has not had a work translated into English just yet.
Well, that's changed this year. Vertical acquired the license to translate The...
The Loss of Gamers Club Unlocked
A ways back, I wrote about Best Buy. Like many other stores, it has gone pretty heavy into trend collectibles and other merchandise, including anime items. However, the real draw of...
Otaku Coin: A Cryptocurrency for Anime Fans?
"Support the industry!"
All throughout the anime and manga community and beyond, fans and company workers have urged interested parties to, to put it bluntly, put up or shut up.
Want to see...
The Anti-Social Genius on Castle Point Anime Convention
After years and years of growth, The Stevens Anime Club (and likely the Stevens Institute of Technology) determined it was time. As in, time to finally move this event off campus...
The “Save Barnes & Noble!” Campaign
Last week, this article went viral. The New York Times' David Leonhardt opines the fact that monopolies have been allowed to thrive since the 1970s. He notes that it is ironic...
Spotlight on Robert’s Anime Corner Store
It's been a while since I've highlighted a retailer, so let's take a look at one this week: Robert's Anime Corner Store.
Overview
According to their About Us page, Robert's Anime Corner Store...
Non-Chivalry of a Failed Con
With planning any event, let alone a large scale undertaking like a Con, there are always things that can go wrong, or at the bare minimum, not as expected.
All Kickstarter projects...
An Interview with WaHa, Space Penguin on Artist Habits, Influences, and Growth
Collateral Damage Studios began in 2007 in Singapore when a couple of art enthusiasts got together to start a group. Since then, time has passed by, people around the world discovered...