Author: John

Part of the fun of collecting is showing off the collection. This is the stuff I purchased from this past weekend’s Glass City Con dealer’s room. I was

I’ll be attending this weekend’s Glass City Con in Toledo, Ohio, presenting a few panels and hosting some friendly trivia contests. So if you’re in the area, drop

I still collect domestic anime DVD/BDs. The mailman just arrived.

This is a good example of why I love vintage anime magazines: rare promotional images like this Galactic Patrol Lensman publicity still drawn by Yasuomi Umetsu, who worked

The Fuji TV on Demand service has announced that its original supernatural suspense anime series Osiris no Tenbin (Balance of Osiris) will premiere at midnight this Saturday. The

While watching the first episode of the 1992 historical drama anime Oi! Ryouma, I was struck by a particular scene that occurred in the middle of the episode.

Twitch Film has published a

While this video clip isn’t brand new, it may still be enlightening to many of you. After all, it’s a window into contemporary Japanese culture, and Funassyi has

Our friends that deliver the monthly Power Up Box geeky cool subscription assortment have let us know that subscribers can now earn a free month’s deluxe box by

Motivated by mild curiosity about the difference between last January’s Seiken Tsukai no World Break and last month’s Seiken Tsukai no World Break Retake version, I watched both

Over the past couple of days I’ve had a difficult time recollecting the titles of a few anime series, specifically: Hagure Yuusha no Estetica Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

Surprise subscription boxes are the best idea for geeks, otaku, and collectors since merchandise itself. Receiving wonderful new collectable toys, treats, and sometimes even collectable treats is supremely

Via some Ebay research I just realized yesterday that the hardcover Lone Wolf & Cub volume 1 manga is quite probably the most valuable of all English language

Ever notice that anime characters never have shoe lockers on the bottom row? It’s just not as graceful, stylish, or funny to see characters kneeling down to retrieve