Category: Random Thoughts

Here’s a look at the selection of Secret of Blue Water production sketches that my local friend Chris M. donated to me.

I mentioned that a long-time friend donated a chunk of his collection to me. Here’s a look at the production cels he passed along to me. All of

I mentioned a little while ago that I sold nearly all of the duplicates from my collection to another collector/dealer. The entire lot of DVDs, books, doujinshi, video

A local friend and member of my anime fan club that folded ten years ago surprised me this week when he donated a chunk of his collection to

Once again this year, I may have more excess anime/manga merchandise than I can actually transport to my Necronomicon convention dealer’s table next weekend. And I’ll also need

Biblical history and esoterica have been subject to literary adaptation for centuries, from Milton’s 1667 dramatization of the fall of Lucifer to modern novels and movies like Left

Having grown up as a geek during the 1980s, the Hernandez brothers’ independent slice-of-life comic book series Love and Rockets defined the offbeat, alternative, independent comic book in

Numerous well-known manga and anime have wrestled with the hypothetical circumstances of human relationships with androids or artificial people, such as Ghost in the Shell, Android Announcer Maico

My final full day of 2014 in Tokyo began with a walk down the street to the bank to exchange a final hundred dollars. Along the way I

With the conclusion of my stay in Tokyo approaching its end, I considered how much money I had remaining and how much I’d need, and decided to walk

A variety of subtle and minor cultural differences between Japan and American occur to me as navigate Tokyo. During my two weeks here, I’ve seen about a half-dozen

I woke somewhat excited about the prospects of some sort of interesting publicity event surrounding the debut of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal being held in conjunction with

Because a photo was requested: foot-stamped “Bandai 1991”

For otaku in Tokyo, Akihabara and Nakano Broadway are the primary satisfying destinations and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Ikebukuro’s Otome Road is increasing in prominence

I’ve mentioned before that my fascination with anime culture and collectables is so intense that I’m entirely happy to just surround myself with fictional alternate rainbow-colored worlds and