Monthly Archives: January 2011

Anime lateral thinking puzzles

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Yumeka

After my previous post, which garnered a lot of discussion and more extensive comments than any post I’ve written in the past couple of years, I’m taking it easy today with something fun…

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A possible method for combating anime piracy

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Yumeka

As many of us are aware, a couple of incidents involving Funimation and anime piracy have recently come up. The first incident involved the halting of Funimation’s simulcast of Fractale by the anime’s production committee until Funimation put a stop … Continue reading →

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Pokemon Black and White English release preview post

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Yumeka

BLACKWHITE by ほう It’s now a little over a month until Pokemon Black and White make their American debut on March 6th (and, for the first time, Europe will be getting the games two days before America on March 4th). … Continue reading →

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First impressions of the winter ’11 anime I’m watching

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Yumeka

As usual, here are my initial impressions of the anime I’m watching this season…

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Nostalgia: Remembering DOS games

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Yumeka

Long before the 2010 film… For the past few days, I’ve been flashbacking about two decades and reliving my very first encounters with computers, particularly computer games of the early 90s…

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Anime powers I would like to have

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Yumeka

I’m sure this is something we’ve all given thought to at some point during our fandom. I was inspired by a post from Glo about anime powers I would like to have, and have since come up with a list…

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The changing trends of anime titles

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Yumeka

A while back, I wrote a post about the structure of anime episode titles. Today I’m going to focus on the actual titles of anime series and how they’ve changed over the years…

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Welcome to my anime haven

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Yumeka

*Click the image for a larger version* It’s now been a year and four months since I last posted photos of my room, which is covered in anime posters and goodies. My room actually got featured in ANN’s Shelf Life … Continue reading →

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Commenting on anime blogs

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Yumeka

Even though I started my own blog and became familiar with the blogshere in late ’06, I’ve only been commenting regularly on blogs, my own and others, within the past couple of years…

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The World God Only Knows: can true love exist outside the real world?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Yumeka

The World God Only Knows started out as another light comedy series that pokes fun at an aspect of the otaku world. However, as the series progresses, the arcs involving each of the girls that Keima encounters became increasingly more … Continue reading →

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