Comic Site Rant: Cheerio!
Here is a comic. Updated today instead of Saturday because I wanted to get it out while the news is still kind of sort of maybe fresh. With hope a comic about the Eva movie trailer next week. The joke here is rather cliche, but I enjoy the over the top presentation. Also, it’s a Death Note parody, mostly parodying the anime. I think the art turned out better than expected. Would have liked prettier/more of Tina though, but the nature of the comic lent itself to showing Rets more, so I did. Also, here’s the podcast I forgot the upload last week. It’s kinda super old now, as we talk about Gurren Lagann from the point of view of ep 10! Chances are I’ll be recording with another guy about episode 15 and other things.
A week or so ago I wrote about how I may not get this Cardcaptor Sakura book that I ordered off eBay because I stupidly shipped it to my address in Boston. I should have more faith in the United States Postal service, as that mail forwarding thing actually worked, and the book came in yesterday! Sure, they’ve missed some important things (like, I dunno credit card bills) but thankfully they came through here. the book itself is quite nice. Pictures follow.
It’s been hard on the anime front lately. In addition to acquiring some new DVDs (Haruhi 2, PPD 4, Tenchi TV) the summer season has just started. It’s too much to keep up with! I’ve still not watched Sky Girls or Moetan subbed. Maybe I’ll really have to drop some things… I’m looking at both of you, Xenoglossia and Romeo x Juliet.
Despite what I’ve said about previous Otakons, I’m actually looking forward to Otakon 2007. I already have a hotel room and I’ve paid for my tickets. I’m meeting up with a good number of people, and should be getting some things signed, so it’ll be good. Also, I love the dealers room. While most of it is stuff you can just find online, there is just something about looking at this stuff with your own two eyes before you buy it. While the con probably will suck (which is apparent from the panel list, though they just let 4chan in and the lack of schedule so far) I know I’ll probably have fun.
Anyway, that’s all for now. Time finish this chapter of Kodomo no Jikan…
You lucky bastard… Imma have to get me a copy of that artbook, too.
stop watching romeo x juliet.
just because its gonzo doesnt mean you have to watch it.
also, xenglossia is pretty much all fanservice.
really.
start watching charge otokojuku instead.
BP:
Why do people always say I’m lucky? I WORK to earn this stuff, you know!
Plounted:
If anything, Gonzo making a series is reason enough not to watch it. I’m watching RxJ because I want to see what them wacky Japanese do to the story.
Also, I probably started watching Otokojuku before you started watching Otokojuku, as I spoke back and forth between the people subbing it, and they made it sound like gold. So naturally, I downloaded the first episode right as it was available.
as did i. ive been watching it since the first one came out which i discovered a few hours after it was posted.
also, gonzo has made some pretty kickass stuff, including welcome to the nhk, which was really good (in my opinion), and my personal favorite, blue submarine 6.
i was really dissapointed in rxj though.
also, what do you think of zombie loan?
Is genshiken popular in japan? I mean I like it, but..
Also I’m just now starting to leave the newb phase of loving anime and manga, which means basicly I’m leaving youtube and finding other sites for subs and watching harder to find anime. Could I be inclined to ask for a few URLs of good sites?
Smokey: Sorry, I was going to answer your question about Genshiken then got distracted by something small and little girlish. I can’t really speak for Genshiken’s popularity in Japan, since I don’t live there, but at best I can say it has a somewhat decent following. I mean, they are making a second season. You’re going to have to ask someone who lives there and follows otaku trends, though. So, make your way over to the Heisei Democracy.
As far as finding anime goes, you’re going to want to learn how to use bittorrent, since that’s how you’re going to download everything. Some sites you can use are Anime Suki, Baka Updates and my personal favourite, Tokyo Toshokan.
oh, yeah I’ve been to some tooent sites but didn’t really understand what they wanted me to do, like downloading packs and putting them back together but if thats the best way I’ll look it up tomorrow. Looking forward to your next comic…
Bittorrent does all that for you. Basically, you’re going to want to download a BT client, download the torrent you want and open it in that client. The rest should be fairly straight forward.