Convention Circuit Roundtable: Anime Expo, SDCC, and Otakon Edition
The summer conventions -- Anime Expo, SDCC, and Otakon -- have now come and gone, so it's time to reflect on what ended up occurring during the month of July since...
2021 in Review: Part 1
Even though most people would agree the year 2021 was better overall than 2020, it still has been a rather long year. So let's look back at all my columns for...
Anime NYC 2019: Panels Overview
It was another panel buffet at Anime NYC this year. There were a few panels I was interested in going to, but two things stopped me -- time conflicts and uh,...
Let’s Go Retro
Each
year, anime fans anxiously await news of what manga or light novel is getting
an adaptation or what completely new show their favorite director/studio is creating.
But there is still a lot of...
What To Expect This Holiday Shopping Season
Now that it's November, the stores are now pushing aside the Halloween decor and moving all the winter seasonal up front. And as they do so, they also are plastering various...
Nonon’s Best Anime of 2020
You know it, and I know it: 2020 has been absolute hot garbage. There's no point in going into all of the little things that have happened this year because there...
AT&T Directs DirecTV to the Exit
AT&T's struggles have been well-documented. And one of the things they've been planning on to help them is to get rid of DirecTV. And now they've done it!
...Sort of.
When AT&T...
An Unusual Holiday Shopping Season Arrives
Tomorrow is October 1st. Usually, October is the start of the holiday sales drive. Sure, the pressure truly turns up a notch in November -- and especially during the Thanksgiving week...
Dark Horse Embraces Its New Home
Neon colors. Big hair. New wave music. Arcades. Indiana Jones. Full House. Transformers. Care Bears. Blockbuster stores. The 1980s introduced a lot of trends and media, many of which remain popular...
Simon & Schuster Will Probably Need to Find a New House
November 2020. Suffice to say, a lot was happening then. But one of the many headlines from that time period was that Penguin Random House, the largest book publisher in the...