Category: Random Thoughts

Spent last weekend as a dealer at Tampa’s Necronomicon convention selling off some of my excess collectables and anime merchandise.

Finally got a display case for the treasure I acquired at the recent Anime Expo charity auction, a hand-drawn Kick-Heart illustration t-shirt from director Masaaki Yuasa with a

Yesterday several of the AnimeNation crew & extended family attended the closing reception for former AnimeNation employee & digital artist Alden Thomas’ first public exhibition. Two of his

Envision this: a mysterious wandering network security specialist with a terribly scarred face. When no one else can figure out how to stop a DDoS attack, or correctly

On a nostalgia trip, one of the former AnimeNation employees recently pointed out to me that the Wikipedia entry for AN Entertainment’s domestic DVD release of Miami Guns

What on Earth? I think the last time I saw the “bull horns” finger gesture in anime was in 1989’s Ranma ½. Yet it unexpectedly resurfaced in two

Last week I finally decided to submit my light novel manuscript to my publisher of first choice. I was informed that a response would take, “not long, a

Lately I find myself thinking more frequently about preparing my novel manuscript for submission to a publisher. When I began composing my anime-esque light novel last July, I

I’ve now had four different people (one of them being my mother) read my fiction novel manuscript. The reaction has been evenly divided between enthuasiastic praise and measured

GEN Manga wraps up 2012 with a solid issue 16 that’s satisfying if not exceptional. This issue, like its previous installments, brings English-speaking readers exclusive new indie manga

Second and possibly final draft completed! Over the next few days I’ll distribute copies of my 64,000 word light novel to about a half-dozen people whom I’ve asked

I just realized that Sony’s domestic release of Kurozuka was available, so I was about to purchase it, along with Ultraviolet: Code 044 and Viper’s Creed when I

After making considerable headway into my second pass through my sci-fi/fantasy adventure novel yesterday evening, I’m now at page 163 out of 242 (at present). In this revision

In 1983 the Suntory beverage company launched a series of animated TV commercials to promote its new canned beer. The unique, memorable spots evoked melancholy, nostalgic sequences from