The sphere’s abuzz with news of the impending closure of One Manga, one of the more prominent English-language manga scan sites, and my personal favorite. But of course the sphere never buzzes at a single pitch.
Archive for the ‘Fandom’ Category
Lamenting, lauding, and otherwise considering the loss of One Manga
Posted 22 July 2010Interpretive strategies…in three distinct flavors
Posted 4 June 2010I haven’t been doing much in the way of nerdy Japanese media consumption. This will be rectified next week, when epic readings will be filmed (belatedly) and Slayers will be…thonned, I guess. But, for now, I have some thoughts on how different fans choose to interpret things, which may (or may not) interest you.
The many Minmays to my Hikaru (but who is the Minmay here, and who the Hikaru?): A selfish reading of that one love triangle
Posted 27 May 2010Every once in a while, two lines of inquiry collide in my head, and the resultant reaction inevitably takes some sensitive tissue with it. The questions that led to today’s post were: 1. if fandom is socially constructed like the rest of our personalities — if fandom is indeed part of one’s personality, and not a “mere” result of hobby choice — which of our discrete attributes incline us toward specific branches of (specifically anime/manga) fandom, and 2. what does Hikaru Ichijou see in Lynn Minmay, anyway?
Disorganized thoughts on subjectivity
Posted 22 April 2010And now I shall swing the makeshift club of social science at anime fandom yet again — taking a class in mass media theory is convenient that way — and talk about subjectivity. You might also read this as an attack vs. objectivity, but I don’t really think of it like that. No point in beating the deadest horse there is.
On turning female and gay
Posted 8 April 2010Well, no, I can’t do that, I guess. I am and shall remain male and straight; sorry if I got your hopes up.
I have this proposition, though. I don’t claim that it’s true; I don’t even claim it’s plausible, or that it has any foundation in logic or data; all I claim is that it’s something I’ve been thinking about, and it may seem relevant to you or it may not. Accept, reject, or modify it at your discretion.
Porno: the violent genre?
Posted 30 March 2010Is it still soon enough after the fact that we haven’t allowed our subcultural amnesia to rob us of Mr. Handley? I’ve said more than I care to say on the matter already — but, while combing through articles on media effects, I came across an interesting notion.
That being: pornography is “violent” media.
The Madaramean Principle at work in Strike Witches
Posted 14 March 2010Apologies for the delayed final few Strike Witches posts. It’s the end of the spring break now, which means it’s time for me to stop doing mostly nothing and start finish the schoolwork I’ve been putting off. Which, in turn, means I don’t really have time to sit down and hammer out the rest of the transcriptions right now — but I can, at least, present to you this curious example of contemporary anime art at work.
Avenues for loli-haters: on the Handley thing
Posted 19 February 2010Let’s talk about Christopher Handley for a minute. I don’t really want to, as I don’t much care to advertise my views on the matter. But there seems to be, as Anime Almanac’s Scott VonSchilling notes, a bit of an imbalance in popular opinion of the Handley case. Which is fine, of course, but it always bothers me when the underdog side of an argument isn’t standing on a solid foundation, as seems to be the case here.
So, if I may, I’ll make an effort at clearing things up a bit.
