The Hunt for Anime Black Friday Deals: 2018 Edition
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and that means Black Friday is hot on its heels! So while you should by now know to check out the sales at Right Stuf, Sentai Filmworks, and...
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...
Drama Fans Go Fever-less
In mid October, viewers of Asian dramas fired up their DramaFever app...and couldn't get it to work. Well, much to their surprise, it wasn't a server interruption; it was a service...
The Root of a New Game Style?
There's little doubt there's a live action boom going on right now. Everything from flying elephants (Dumbo) to stretchy pirates (One Piece) to rom-coms (My Love Story!!) has a live action...
Toys R Us Resurrection?
By now, you've probably heard plans to bring back Toys R Us from the land of the dead. First, earlier this month, there were murmurings that employees may be able to...
Pirate Hunting
Can you tell the difference between these two products?
Well, one is an official product, the other is a knock-off. It's easy to tell because the official has the Toei sticker on...
Deal Shopping for Beginners
On my own blog, I post deal roundups every now and then. One of the questions I get fairly regularly is,
"How do you find deals?"
The answer may not include any groundbreaking...
The Many Ways to Deal With All Your Old Anime & Manga
Do you remember when you bought your first anime or manga volume? Maybe your first video game? Ah, that was a special time, wasn't it? That purchase led to another, which...
Dirt Cheap Cosplay
Halloween. It's the one celebrated day of cosplay that comes each year.
So far in this column, for Halloween, I've done costume deals and reusable costumes. This year's theme? Dirt cheap cosplay.
The...
What’s the Best eBook App for Manga Fans?
As more and more manga go digital only, I got to wondering:
Who has the best eBooks platform?
By now, most of us know about Barnes & Noble's woes and how their Nook...