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I’m not gonna lie. I got pretty angry last night. A friend of mine who I also work with on events released, with good intentions, the controversial “Robama” ad that has been picked up on nearly every major anime and comic book website.
There are a lot of angry anime and manga fans because they feel the ad is threatening to themselves and their favorite Japanese comics. Some of the concerns they have are pretty valid too.
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A post about A Comic Shop broke out on Bleeding Cool that got a bunch of anime bloggers and journalists in a huff on my twitter feed.
For whatever reason, they feel like the ad above in question that will be used for part of a flyer is insulting to both manga and fans of manga and some have even called it nationalist propaganda!
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After years of talking about it with my closest of college buddies, I am finally on my way to check out Austin, Texas! I’ll be landing next week on the 26th and will be staying for several days.
On this trip, I hope to see much of the city’s culture and attractions and hopefully get a perspective on what it’s like to explore a real big city.
One of the main ventures will be on 6th street to see the nightlife and live music that Austin has to offer. (And hopefully the holidays won’t put a damper on that like it does here in Orlando.) You’d best believe that Arcade UFO will be a stop. And of course, I’ll be be hitting up The Salt Lick for their famed barbecue.
Now, I don’t know too much about the city besides all that so it should be a good learning experience. However, if you have some stops to recommend, I’ll make it a point to check it out. And I’ll certainly do my part to keep Austin weird.
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Last Friday, Propeller Anime, Anime Spot, Cosplay Deviants, and A Comic Shop teamed up to put together a pretty sweet event known as Anime Geekgasm. The event was free and the first three groups each put on an awesome event in A Comic Shop’s nerdy lounge known as “The Geek Easy.”
WWE RAW flushes interest in this year’s Survivor Series down the drain in less than 30 seconds. Great move, guys!
WWE was planning for the Survivor Series to be a big deal this year. It would be part of their plan to kick off the road to Wrestlemania early, and they were wanting to make it a bigger event than it ever has been. Survivor Series will be in the newly renovated Madison Square Garden AND it will feature the in-ring return of The Rock!
The last time The Rock wrestled was at Wrestlemania 20. That’s more than seven years! He’s more popular with WWE fans than the entire current roster! How do you fuck that up?!
In this somewhat late edition of Casual Anime Fan, we cover what might possibly be the best and most accessible anime of 2011.
I know I said I’d get this out every Thursday but it turns out with my busy work schedule I can’t. However, I do practically nothing on Saturdays until the sun goes down so with that, we’ll switch this column to come out every Saturday.
You know something? I didn’t go out to see any of the superhero movies this Summer. I missed out on Thor, Green Lantern, Captain America, and X-Men: First Class. The primary reason is because I’ve seen those movies every year and they rarely change.
Another reason would be because I already had my superhero fix going on since April. And that brings us to today’s feature.
In this edition of “Attack of the Green Mist”, we cover WWE’s latest release, “Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart,” featuring a very personal look at the careers of two of pro wrestling’s best. A little bit of trouble was gone through to acquire the definitive collection of one of the most intense rivalries in pro wrestling. Was it worth it?
Months ago, legendary commentator Jim Ross announced that he be working on a special project or the WWE that would bring former friends and bitter rivals face to face to have them candidly discuss their careers and the many times they crossed paths, including how their final match ended in great controversy.
Welcome to “Casual Anime Fan!” In this first edition, we lay out the goals of what this column will accomplish every week moving forward.
Japan makes cool cartoons but they make a lot of bad ones too. Back in the day it was easier to be an anime fan.
Companies were very careful about what they brought over to America, with only a few that selected the best that Japan had to offer from over several decades. Fansubs on VHS were also limited to the more important series. It was really easy to find the good stuff. (Or at least, stuff we thought was good at the time!)
However…
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In the inaugural edition of Attack of the Green Mist, we examine how the #2 company in American professional wrestling built itself in a position to usher in a bold new era with one of its biggest shows, only to squander it for the sake of one man’s giant ego.
This past Sunday was TNA/Impact Wrestling’s biggest show of the year, Bound For Glory. It featured one of the best pay per view wrestling cards of the past few months and had a great amount of build up in the weeks leading up to the show.
The company, more ambitious than it has been in a while, had much riding on the success of this pay per view event. Fans would wonder if this would be TNA’s chance to step up their game. The question is… did they?
This week, I will have two weekly columns up that you will enjoy. If they do well, I may turn this blog to be more towards quasi-journalistic writing than about my own personal exploits. Not that I will completely stop promotion of my projects and events. There will just be more variety in the content.
Anime Weekend Atlanta, prepare for an anime event that is FOR MEN BY MEN. Like Fist of the North Star, Berserk, and Golgo 13 and want to see what else can put some hair on your chest!? Get out the beef jerky and get ready to headbutt someone because this is the MANLIEST panel of them all!
I will be cruising to Atlanta on an epic roadtrip with my esteemed colleague Shawn Wilson to host “It’s MANIME! The Manly Anime Panel!” once again at Anime Weekend Atlanta! We’ll be on Friday night from 8:00PM to 9:30PM in Galleria 106. (Check your convention maps!)
It’s been a while since some dodgeball was played. Earlier this year, I coached my soldiers of Propeller Anime Club to victory over Anime Spot. It was fun times(until it poured) and great bonding. Now, the weather has gotten better and interest to go out again has been building so in the words of Jack Burton, “why the hell not?”
