The Manga Boom and the Backordered Backlist
Manga sales have been on the rise over the last few years, and 2020 looked to continue that trend. But once the pandemic hit,...
GameStop Chews On Its Future
GameStop is a regular topic in this column. That should be no surprise as it's the largest video game retailer chain in the world,...
The Data on Best Buy Beta
Odds are you either have an Amazon Prime membership or know someone who does. After all, about half or more of US households have...
Will Sony’s Deal Roll On?
After going back and forth for a while, this past December brought confirmation that Sony, owner of Funimation, would be buying Crunchyroll from AT&T....
Small Packets, Big Changes
All of Japan is in one timezone, Japan Standard Time, which, because of Daylight Savings Time, currently runs 13 hours ahead of the US...
Toys R Us Plots Its Comeback…Again
Toys R Us' bankruptcy led to one of the biggest US retail collapses in recent history. It was a brand that had been around...
Lucky Clovers
Today is St. Patrick's Day. And because it won't fall on a Wednesday again until 2027, I decided to have a little fun and...
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...
Goodbyes to Fry’s
The COVID-19 pandemic has been rough for people as well as businesses. Store closings were at or above record-setting levels, and this year is...
Seven Seas Sails Toward Some Revisions
Translation is an art. It's especially difficult when translating between two dissimilar languages. For native English speakers, Japanese tends to be one of the...