Author: John

I’ll be the first person to admit that my collection of anime merchandise & memorabilia is neither the largest nor the most valuable. I collect what I like

I’ll be the first person to admit that my collection of anime merchandise & memorabilia is neither the largest nor the most valuable. I collect what I like

I’ll be the first person to admit that my collection of anime merchandise & memorabilia is neither the largest nor the most valuable. I collect what I like

I’ll be the first person to admit that my collection of anime merchandise & memorabilia is neither the largest nor the most valuable. I collect what I like

During this past weekend’s Tampa Bay Comic Con, Alden & I had some conversations with editors for a few professional comic book publishers. The discussions encouraged us to

Although Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, and American comic books are practically the same thing – narrative sequential art integrating text – I know from experience that manga and

This is a minor spoiler for two second rate shows: Toji no Miko & Megalobox. What is up with recent anime introducing techniques that the protagonists never use?

One odd difference that I suspect a lot of Americans aren’t used to upon reaching Japan is the difference in the way carbonated bottles are sealed. Americans are

First some initial reflections and thoughts. Comparing two brief snapshots may not accurately propose a complete contrast and summation, but Tokyo does seem to have appreciably changed just

With exhaustion setting upon all three of us, we woke rather late. Although we didn’t have a distinct plan for the day, we knew that the day was

The morning started late when Justin was still asleep at 10:30. When he woke and prepared for the day, the three of us took two medium-sized, fairly lightweight

Justin & Scott woke fairly early, but at 10:30am I was still asleep, so they woke me. We left the hotel bound for Odaiba to see the Gundam

For reasons unknown, I woke especially early – around 6:30am. At 9:45 I walked downstairs to the breakfast buffet in the hotel lobby while Justin & Scott slept

After getting back to the hotel room late after the movie and composing the blog record of the day’s events, I didn’t get to sleep until 5am. So

Since we qualified for only two free breakfast recipients, this morning Scott & Justin went for the morning meal while I remained in the room researching the relevance