9. J.P.Meyer on Crunchyroll

   Quite a few people got their panties in a wad over the Crunchyroll last week; the industry-leaning inhabitants of AoD forums especially were bubbling. I didn't cover the PR condemnations by Funi et.al. because I assumed everyone knew about it anyway, and it would play itsef out in time …

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10. SDB on Naruto

    Steven is trying to stir up trouble... And it may even work, I'm going to watch the comment section. Meanwhile, the thought to fisk the post and expose his massive ignorance has crossed my mind, but somehow it does not seem like fun. It would play like this:

    What does …

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11. Wakaranai on Macross

    Wakaranai:

    Because I like to be different, and I’ve had a long-held, almost superstitious aversion to the mecha genre, I’ve never really been keen on getting involved in the fandom of either of the two mecha giants, Gundam or Macross. In my ignorance, I dismissed both franchises as …

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12. Japan ISPs to disconnect users

    Yomiuri (via Owen on IRC):

    The nation's four Internet provider organizations have agreed to forcibly cut the Internet connection of users found to repeatedly use Winny and other file-sharing programs to illegally copy gaming software and music, it was learned Friday.

    Nice. But this is not all. Here's the Japanese …

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13. Donation Drive

    Regarding the donation meter I added to the sidebar, here's what Maestro has to say about the donation drive:

    AnimeBlogger.net has always been supportive of new writers all over the world to establish their blog for free. As we continue to expand and include new bloggers to the anime …

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14. Patlabor begins

    It's old, it's mecha, and it kicks butt. Say what you want about Patlabor, but it certainly is entertaining [1]. It oozes with forgotten simplicity of purpose (or at least this is what I think so far).

    

    BTW... I became so used to the cliches from the turn of the …

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15. Jason Miao on Azumanga

    DbD:

    So what if a series has a shallow premise? Azumanga demolished deeper series on the strength of Chiyo-chan’s and Osaka’s memorableness.

    Jason may not see it, but Azumanga is a powerful tale of innocence. In addition, while in most series innocence is framed by contrast, usually over …

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16. Poor Naoko-chan

    And so, Takao Doi rocketed into space today, while one and the only seyuu astronaut remains on the ground. From the mission planning standpoint, there is no controversy. Mr. Doi is a veteran and his previous performance was excellent, so it makes sense to select him. On the other hand …

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17. The sky is falling slowly

    Here's another article about the depletion of anime talent pool (via). Unfortunately I forgot to save the last one, so I cannot compare and contrast. This one has numbers, which is always welcome.

    [...] A storyboard artist in the business may average a partially feasible monthly pay of JPY 280,000 …

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18. Tomeru and haneru

    The Successor of The Game With The Longest Name Ever, or, in short, KanKen 250man, throws the following at me sometimes:

    

    I completely failed at solving this, but J. Greely has a more extensive background (do you know why a 5-yen ball has 9 characters on it?), so he ovecomes …

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