Anime! Anime! has an article up about the lack of growth in Japan’s anime DVD industry. (Link is in Japanese.) The article focuses on DVD sales in particular, which traditionally does quite well in Japan. It also makes some comparisons to overseas markets such as North America and briefly mentions Singapore. Surprisingly, opinions voiced in [...]
Japan’s new amended immigration laws (改正入管法) kicked in today, making it the second country in the world after USA to implement a compulsory fingerprinting system for foreign visitors. Image shamelessly stolen from Stippy.com This is a particularly unpleasant development in my opinion, not because I am a strong advocate of individual privacy (I am not), [...]
I love dolphins as much as the next guy, but I really don’t see why they deserve the special attention that the feel-good self-proclaimed activists like to give them. Red Alert 2 nostalgia I am sure you have all heard of Hayden Panettiere‘s (Claire Bennett in Heroes) recent involvement in an attempt to disrupt a [...]
Or why I think it’s silly to harp on the past. So, I was just minding my own business and hopping cheerily around a scenic garden with a group of bunny rabbits and frolicking deer, when “BAM!”, wildarmsheero launched a huge flaming fireball in my direction like one of those Undead Mages I had to [...]
With the fall of Geneon USA‘s DVD sales department, are we looking at the beginning of the doom of all anime as we know it? Some people seem to think so. After all, Geneon is well-liked by fans and its releases receive positive reviews from most, there seems to be no reason why they should [...]
“Welcome to the woooorld of tomorrow!” I’ve made it no secret that I think distributing media through physical means is an archaic and rapidly shrinking trade. I sincerely believe that everything that can be digitalized will eventually be digitalized, whether you want it or not. It is a destiny that all media companies have to [...]
Lain for President! Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of teenagers at a political rally and encouraged them to tell their friends to participate in the political process. (via Kotaku) “I want you to tell them, ‘It’s time for you to turn off the TV and stop playing GameBoy,’” Obama said. “We’ve [...]
It’s been a while since I blogged about anything non-related to anime or Japan. Four million smiles This is an entry about Singapore. Please do not read on if non-anime entries bore you.
Zipang, or Zipangu, or Jipangu, or however you think it should be spelt, is the ancient European name for Japan. It was believed by foreigners to be a land of immense wealth and the name carries a somewhat mythical association. Zipang the anime is about Mirai, an AEGIS class cruiser belonging to the Maritime Self [...]
Yes, defence. It’s British spelling, okay? Deal with it. It seems like Bandai has been getting a lot of, to misuse tj han’s term, “negative energy” recently for the whole Solid State Society fiasco. Some people see my latest rant on the Long Tail phenomenon as an indirect attack on Bandai. The truth is, as [...]
If you follow any tech blog you would no doubt have heard of the term “The Long Tail” before. It’s not an entirely new concept but it’s gaining more and more media coverage in recent years due to the success that first-generation “long tailers” such as Amazon and Google are enjoying. The Long Tail is [...]
No Name Losers has recently completed their English translation patch for Wind -a breath of heart-. Only people who could prove to NNL that they own the original DVD copy of the game could get the patch directly in their IRC channel. Those who own the CD version need not apply. In order to prove [...]
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