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 ‘Industry’ Category
Lamenting, lauding, and otherwise considering the loss of One Manga
Posted 22 July 2010Pontifus (and Otouto-kun) vs. the industry and digital distribution
Posted 4 May 2010The 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.
External influence and (non-)canonical advertisement
Posted 19 August 2009Baka-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?
What in God’s name is a syfy?
Posted 19 March 2009So 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.
