After reprinting them in a doujinshi, I have now released the reprinted versions of my two Mechademia articles online! You can now read my essays on the music and animation of Liz and the Blue Bird, and on anime pilgrimage and the media mix for free!
With an auteur director working on a shoujo romance adaptation, I can't help but expect something like Kare Kano
Which is to say, I'm immensely excited
Aniplex's countdown announcement was revealed to be a TV anime adaptation of manga series Dengeki Daisy by Studio DEEN to start airing in 2027.
Director: Souta Ueno
Script: Sawako Hirabayashi
Character Design: Ayaka Murakami
Music: Masaru Yokoyama
https://t.co/z9LBo0Ie7F
@jesseguyherman@mvchlv God, that would be so good
I will be annoying, though, and say that even in that other timeline, we might not have Maglev in service yet...even Japan hasn't implemented Maglev for passenger service yet (they're still testing it)
@animetrends Orbaugh is in fact very anti-censorship...this post is a complete misrepresentation of her point
For an example of what she actually believes, see this bit from the book "The End of Cool Japan," where she argues against censorship
@sabato__n Although there is an old-fashioned SF con specifically focused on zines that is still going on (Corflu), that takes much more of an investment to travel to than, say, a Tokyo-based event for many Japanese fans
https://t.co/8UGJc5zyAk
@sabato__n SF fan culture in North America had an extensive network of zine distribution, but although there was distribution at cons, I think a lot of it was still via post
@sabato__n (Though I just saw your tweet about the issues with zine fairs in the US, too, which I didn't know about but is totally fair. At least from my perspective as an attendee of 3 US events so far, I was very excited to see a number of people making manga...