What’s On Your Merchandise Wish Lists?
If you've been an anime fan for a while, you've probably acquired a few goodies along the way. Perhaps a figure or two, a t-shirt, a plushie, jewelry -- there are...
2016 Flashback: The Biggest News & Trends of the Year
Regardless about how you feel about the events of the last year, there's no doubt there were a lot of developments in the anime and manga industry. Time to look back...
2016 Otaku Holiday Gift-Giving Ideas: Part 2
It's the second installment of my gift-giving guide!
Video Games
This section has similar rules to my previous guide:
No AAA series. Again, your friends and family have already probably heard of all...
Amazon Channel Won’t Catch ‘Em At All
It was only about a month ago that Amazon's Anime Strike service was shut down. As I stated earlier, the news was celebrated almost universally across the fandom, although I wondered...
A Farewell to Hastings
Well, it's official: all Hastings stores will be closed.
I wrote about the situation and its effects in an earlier article. While the company hoped to find a buyer and even had...
Bet, Wish, Trend: 2017 Edition
Okay, you know all those "kiss, marry, kill"-type games that are out there? You pick three people (or choose from a list of three people) which one to kiss, which one...
Fans are Thrown a Curve with the New VRV
The divorce rate in the US is about 50%. Well, the statistic has just hit the anime industry: the once holy union between Crunchyroll and FUNimation is no more, and Crunchyroll...
Valentine’s Day with Anime
It's almost Valentine's Day. Have you picked up the traditional gifts -- you know, candy, flowers, plush? Well, why not put an anime twist on these typical presents?
Hatsune Miku Hangers Figure...
Accounts Getting Hacked is Not FUNi
Do you remember last July? Ah, July. Seems so long ago. Convention season was in boom, anime like ReLife and Orange had just started airing, and accounts on FUNimation.com were compromised.
Wait,...
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...