While scouring the interwebs, I found an interesting Washington Post article on the culture and historical roots of Halloween in Japan. I think it’s an interesting read for anime fans since it explains a lot of the demon traditions that we often see in anime and manga.
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Apparently this is a video taken by an extra in an audience scene where ChiChi and Mai fight. The quality is bad…but it seems to match the quality of the acting:

I dunno. I’m really not looking forward to this movie at all. A lot of the promotional stuff so far has either been [...]

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Just a friendly reminder, Rightstuf is having another 40% off Bandai stuff sale. It ends on the 20th though, so get your orders in! www.rightstuf.com
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Michael Turner, legendary comic artist, died on Friday. He battled bone cancer for many years. His most notable work for anime fans was on the Witchblade comic which later became a popular anime series produced by GONZO. He was a masterful artist, well known for his work on various comic covers for [...]

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From xorsyst.com, a collection of fashion designs from André Lima that are based on origami paper designs. Fashion has always been weird, but this is kinda taking it to a new level.

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Sorry if things are a little wonky or misaligned, I finally took the plunge and switched this blog over to Wordpress so there are a few technical tweaks to be made.

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This new movie is the first installment of the return of the animated Clone Wars series to Cartoon Network and TNT. The film…

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This is a few days old now, but I gotta put it up here. The image: DragonBall Z, if Matt Groening drew it.

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Now on IGN, my article on some of the best and worst English Anime adaptations. It should come as no surprise that several 4Kids adaptations fall into the unfavorable categories.

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I stumbled upon an interesting photoblog entry today. The focus of the piece was anime cosplay fans. It’s quite beautiful.

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When shooting this series of photographs (published in Fandomania: Charac…

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