My AnimeB diary has been at a halt for an exceptionally long time. While this does coincide with an exceptionally quiet period on the discussion board, I do not see a strong connection between these two things. It was months ago that I failed to report my finished comics here. Subsequently, I almost ceased to read print comics, and the time I spend reading novels and other books has plummeted as well. Instead I have visited two domestic anime-related conventions since Midsummer, made ...
Updated 31 Oct 2011 at 7:39 am by Katajainen
You know I have been planning a "green-on-white shimapan pack" for a short eternity. Sorted and unsorted pictures and bookmarks have been piling up ever since Wålf-kun and Pepe set the trend in the September of 2007 (see "The Pantsu Thread"). This year I learned that there are even shimapan meetings in anime conventions. It remains a mystery to me what the discussions and other interaction in such meetings are about, but if there is a get-together specializing in white and green, ...
Updated 4 Dec 2010 at 4:16 am by Katajainen
One thing keeping a distance between me and much of contemporary popular music is my love for horns. Both rock and R&B neglect the power of horns ever so often. I like the sound of several different brass and woodwind instruments, but not so much that of the saxophone. My favorites are the trumpet, the trombone, the tuba (the sousaphone looks even cooler), the clarinet and the flute. Give any of these a prominent role, and the odds of me preferring your song to anything played ...
Yesterday I downloaded and read another Tōhō dōjin, entitled "Witchbroom Troubles". The original was published in 2007 by a circle known as Aozora Market and, in some sources, Open Air Market. The artist's nick could be Sō or Ao, depending on whom I want to believe. Simple, isn't it? I read the English-language scanlation by Furball and Halbarad of Gaku-Gaku Animal Land. The artwork was between good and excellent, while not as personal as in Aozora Market's epic Marisa Kirisame ...
Updated 8 Jul 2010 at 8:37 am by Katajainen
Wataru Yoshizumi gives 0 points for love, even though she is the author of a girls' romantic comedy. Spoiler The explanation is that she likes tennis. Today I finished reading the second volume of "Marmalade Boy" (ISBN 1-931514-55-0). While good, it gets lower grades from me than MB I. The plot appears to be moving slower, and making the course of the big tennis match overdramatic was a bad move from the author. I would have gotten the point with tad bits of ...
Updated 6 Jul 2010 at 7:57 pm by Katajainen
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