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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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Thoughts on dubbed anime

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Yumeka

Fruits Basket – one of the best dubs ever Despite what we may think nowadays, the majority of us got our start with anime through dubs on TV, whether it was shows like Astro Boy and Voltron in the old … Continue reading →

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Is anime going to die?

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Yumeka

I’m sure many of you have read a recent editorial posted on Bang Zoom!’s Anime TV web site. The relatively short article (which can be read here) consists of Bang Zoom! president Eric Sherman’s bleak prediction of the future of … Continue reading →

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Haruhi Suzumiya English version novels review

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Yumeka

Yen Press and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers released the official English version of the first Haruhi Suzumiya light novel, “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya,” in April of this year. Volume 2, “The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya,” recently came … Continue reading →

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Nostalgia: Rewatching Digimon Adventure in Japanese

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Yumeka

Back when I first became an anime fan about 10 years ago, I didn’t have cable TV or high-speed Internet, so I was stuck with watching mostly Americanized “kiddy” anime on local channels. Thinking back, many of these series were … Continue reading →

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Veteran Pokemon voice actress Maddie Blaustein passes away

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Yumeka

Earlier today it was announced that English anime VA Maddie Blaustein, most famous for her role as Meowth in 4Kids’ dub of Pokemon, passed away unexpectedly last Thursday at the age of 48…

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Fansubs and what the R1 industry needs to do

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Yumeka

This has been a pretty hot topic amongst the English speaking anime world lately, especially with the collapse of Geneon and with ADV barely holding on. Now I don’t know much about business, licensing, finance, etc., nor about the inner … Continue reading →

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Bleach movie: Memories of Nobody US theatrical release

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Yumeka

Last night I went with my one of my friends to see the US theatrical premier of the first Bleach movie at a theater in Woodland Hills, CA. Like the US premier of the Death Note live-action movies back in … Continue reading →

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Anime is a luxury…

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Yumeka

I could’ve used this money to pay off my debts… From what I’ve seen during my years of anime fandom, there are generally two kinds of fans; those who mostly watch their anime by buying the official DVDs and those … Continue reading →

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