Archive for the ‘Industry’ Category

Lamenting, lauding, and otherwise considering the loss of One Manga

Posted 22 July 2010

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.

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Pontifus (and Otouto-kun) vs. the industry and digital distribution

Posted 4 May 2010

The lesser of two evils is relegated to parenthesis today, as he mostly just agreed with me as I explained my ideal digital anime distribution service. And I don’t know if we could call it “ideal” in more practical terms, but I’d use it, anyway.

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External influence and (non-)canonical advertisement

Posted 19 August 2009

Baka-Tsuki hosts a partially-complete translation of the Fate/Zero light novels, and I suppose I’ll read them at some point. I might’ve started earlier today, but, while looking through the associated media, I got to thinking.

Well, I’d already been thinking — specifically, about the things that define the reading experience, textual presentation and prior knowledge and such; I suppose that’s sort of my thing now. It occurred to me that the promotional and “peripheral” media associated with a core anime/manga work will often include information about the characters and setting, information that doesn’t show up in the work itself.

But to what end, I wonder?

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What in God’s name is a syfy?

Posted 19 March 2009

So how ’bout that impending new name for the Sci-Fi Channel? Never mind that “Syfy” is, in my most humble opinion, an irreconcilably stupid word; this whole to-do has reminded me of certain traits of the people who produce the art we consume that I tend to forget from time to time.

Let’s examine a few choice morsels from the aforelinked article.

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