Time For Tears!? Anime Secret Santa: Clannad
Where does a young studio go after adapting Full Metal Panic (Fumoffu and The Second Raid), Air, Haruhi Suzumiya, Kanon, and Lucky Star into moderately successful anime? You go and adapt...
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...
Sentai Filmworks on Licensing The Sword Oratoria: On The Side Anime
Sentai Filmworks announced today that they have acquired the spin-off to Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (DanMachi), On The Side: Sword Oratoria. Directed by...
Instant Analysis Plus: Saving Life, By Mario Kaneda (NSFW)
The best way™ to describe Saving Life (which was formerly released by TOKYOPOP eons ago) properly is to mention that the story revolves around a rich kid who's tired of being...
Spotlight on Best Buy
Best Buy is one of the few big-box electronics and entertainment stores still around. While it is often compared to Amazon, Best Buy is, in some ways, a better outlet for...
Ishikawa Rose’s My Pathetic Vampire Life Has Ended At Two Volumes
Seven Seas has confirmed to TheOASG that Rose Ishikawa's My Pathetic Vampire Life has ended. Announced as a license acquisition two years ago, two volumes of the series have been released...
The Theatrical Revolution
For years, going to the movies has been a popular outing. Whether it was a romantic date night, a school field trip, or just a spur-of-the-moment thing to do, the theater...
12 Days of Anime 2017: What’s it Like Watching Detective Conan All This Time?
Ok, so, super important note. I actually caught up to Detective Conan (Case Closed, but Detective Conan) last year.
It was Dec 16, so some time away before 2017. I meant to...
A Hasty Goodbye?
A week can go by in a flash. That's why I try to keep ideas for this column in mind. So when I got a huge box from GoHastings.com back in...
The Great Mangamo Manga Tour! Part 3
A couple weeks ago manga subscription service Mangamo launched, which, well...we think you already know. And in fact the CEO of Mangamo, Buddy Marini, is aware of the issues. So hopefully...