The Other Kind Of Fanwork: Tokyo Crystal Mew and MS Paint “Fanime”
My friends and I often say to each other that it's a wonderful thing we weren't born ten years later, in the age of Youtube, because kids like us would have shared a million awful videos
“Japanimation ROCKS!” And How It Fell Out Of Use
In the old days, when people were trying to figure out just what to call the stuff these tapes they got from Japan,
I Do Understand Burning Friendship! I Will Fight Evil People With You! - Animetal USA
Have you guys heard the Animetal USA album? (http://animetalusa.com/) It's been a while since it came out, but it's really impressive!
Anime Fanworks Based on The American Version – The “Abridged” Genre
I've talked before about how Japanese anime-- especially the kids' stuff-- is often cut, changed and censored before it's brought before American kids. Cultural differences and all that. Millions of kids
Anime Convention Black History: The Yaoi Paddle
In the previous article on the word “Glomp” I painted the open floor of the anime convention as a place where one runs the risk-- however small-- of being tackled to the ground
Anime Club Isn't Necessarily So Bad, You Know
If you went ahead and read KC Green's “The Anime Club”, you might have gotten the idea that every gathering of anime geeks in America
Deadman Wonderland Will Do Well, And Am I Too Old For Toonami?
Last Saturday night, I plopped down on my couch at midnight, put on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, and got ready for Toonami.
KC Green's “The Anime Club”
I'd been thinking about it for a while: is there a Genshiken or a Otaku no Video for the American otaku; an biographical work for the subculture
This Almost Happened: The Other Sailor Moon
In order to explain this story, I had to explain Power Rangers before. And Doozy Bots! Well, I was setting up for this story. It's a big one.
“I've Got A Headache!” - Zyuranger and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
When we started this column, I got the go-ahead to do articles on SFX stuff. I do watch Kamen Rider and sentai, but as far as American fans go,
“Do You Want That Subbed or Dubbed?”
“Subtitled or dubbed?” used to be an anime fan status-making question. If you said one or the other, other American otaku might just look at
What Would You Put On The New Toonami?
It's the question that's been tearing across the internet anime fan base. Say you were in charge at Cartoon Network, and you could just make anime series appear on that 12-6 time slot like magic.
Toonami Is Sort Of Back, Or At Least The Word “Toonami” Is
We have talked previously about the old Cartoon Network anime block Toonami, how it introduced millions of American kids to Japanese animation,
The Summer I Lived Initial D
A couple otaku tendencies from previous columns got me thinking, particularly paying big money for anime-related videogames: a way of trying to experience the world of one's favorite series first-hand.
Tentacle Bento Doesn't Sound Too Tasty
Even people who don't know or care about Japanese animation or cartoons have heard at some point about those crazy Japanese cartoons
“Hey Kids, Get Ready For Doozy Bots!” - What Might Have Been The American Gundam
One of the things that American fans often say about Japanese anime is that the situations are much more honest than the same situations in American animation.
A Maid Cafe in Brooklyn? Maybe...
Sadly, I have never set foot in a maid cafe, nor have very many American otaku. Aside from temporarily at anime conventions (where they're very popular attractions!), they don't exist here.
The Fear of Reverse Importation
Last time I was in a convention dealer's room, looking over the anime box sets, a friendly stranger turned to me and recommended Squid Girl. Then, as she paid for a few other series
