Hi there. I write for Anime Diet, which means I review anime, manga, games, and possibly doramas, as well as discussing the occasional international incident and providing a bit of social commentaryI'm looking for international otaku on LJ as a means of connecting myself with the community. What cons do you guys go to? Why do you pick the ( Read more... )

And crack is pretty cheap (as is my understanding). Free love pushed the value of sex down to $0 and significantly shrank an industry.

- erinfinnegan


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Why is it that whenever an American politician takes a stand against anime or manga they invariably look ludicrous?

It happened with Joe Holloway, whose supposed push for decency was revealed to be simply an attempt to exploit moral panic to support his long-running voting habits.

Now it's happened again with Nick Levasseur, who claimed that anime ( Read more... )

How much can I say? There is secret, secret stuff at hand. Old conspiracies move. New players agitate. What will be born of the resulting conflict?


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Blogs are taking on new writers! Anime Diet has just finished its hiring cycle, adding electricv01, wintermuted and CirnoisaGenius to the team.  It isn’t alone; Ganbatte took on Cokematic and Natsuneko is searching for a new contributor.   Mbeasi moved from There it is, plain as daylight to Manga Bookshelf.

It’s a time of new beginnings, a time of ( Read more... )

Anime Diet East will be spreading its banner and once again making the sacred pilgrimage to New York for the New York Anime Festival. Oddly enough, the only set items on the schedule are the Del Ray pre-party, the Yui Makino concert, and a certain karaoke gathering for those of exceptionally refined taste and articulation.


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It's Cirno Day. Happy ⑨!  I just had to post something.

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Hey! Otakon is over but our video editing is just beginning. Stay tuned for coverage, like this transcript of Kikuko Inoue's panel.

It's up!

http://animediet.net/announcements/otakon-schedule

Yes, I will be at Otakon. Schedule forthcoming.

If you've been following my twitter feed, you know that I've been trying to organize an anime blogger get-together on the 17th (Friday evening) at 6:30 pm. It's at Pizza Uno, only 2 blocks from the convention.