On August 17, 2011, JManga.com made its cyberspace debut. The site, the product of a distribution deal between its American owners and a variety of Japanese publishing houses, purports to offer dozens of manga titles that have never (officially) seen th… more »

(Disclaimer: I specify America in this post because a lot of the legitimate options aren’t available elsewhere. There are a lot of places in the world where people can only reasonably be expected to pirate away.)Again, again, Jesus Christ, again. The… more »

“I have six months to live,” exclaims Danny Choo.The audience at his Sunday Anime Expo panel, shaken from their early-morning bleariness, gasps. Someone screams, “No, Danny!”“Wait,” Choo explains, “I live life as if I only have six months to live… more »

The latest uproar in the online anime fan community concerns the announcement that everyone’s favorite criminals-turned-straight anime streaming website, Crunchyroll, will no longer be using Japanese honorifics (さん, くん, etc)… more »

There's nothing more self-gratifying and masturbatory than the fine art of bloggin', be it anime related or otherwise. Writing without guidelines about whatever your self-indulgent ego feels compelled to spew onto the Internet, anime blogging oddly lacks… more »

Another year, another 365 days of miserable disappointments and wretched follies foisted upon those of us foolish enough to still put in a half-cup of feigned enthusiasm over the dead art form of Japanese cartoons. Another 365 days of Japtoons we'll neve… more »

It's that time again — the festive decorations are all around, and people gather to share the holiday cheer, while the kids greedily eye the calendar while filling out their wishlists. But, we’ll level with you, anime bloggers: you’ve been very bad… more »