A is for Arche Klain.
B is for Becky Miyamoto.
C is for Coquelicot.
Continue reading “Loli ABC”
If you look at Wikipedia page on fansub, the first citation you’ll see is the article “Celebrating the Two Decades of Unlawful Progress: Fan distribution, Proselytization Commons, and the Explosive Growth of Japanese Animation” by Sean Leonard. (Grab the paper here.) I’m writing this post to record what I learned from the paper, and I hope I can help you save some time.
Why is this paper important? Well, as far as I know, it’s the only peer-reviewed article that directly deals with fansubbing and its copyright problem, exactly the quagmire that we are all in. The main contributions of the paper are as follows:
- Despite being a legal paper, it gives a detailed history of how fansub started in the U.S. back in the 1980s, and recounts its relationship with Japanese anime companies. You might need this information to talk more deeply about fansubs. (You also get a lot of nice trivia on fansub history. For example, I was surprised to learn that an officer in the U.S. military was responsible for giving birth to a massive raw distribution network back then.)
- It formally presents the argument that fansub helps the industry promote anime, and gives supporting evidences. This means that, when you argue with someone on whether fansubs help or harm, you can use the rhetoric of this paper in the argument. I’ll talk more about this below.
- It suggests a practice that makes fansubbing of unlicensed anime legal, and justifies the practice in the light of theCopyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Now let’s get on with some details. Continue reading “Anime Readings #1: Celebrating Two Decades of Unlawful Progress”
I gave a talk on Nico Nico Douga at Barcamp Bangkok on January 26, 2008. The event itself was fun and I got to meet a lot of interesting people, many of whom shared some obsession with Japanese media like I do. I’m posting here a revised version of the talk script and the talk slide, in Lessig style. (Yeah, I’m a Lessig fanboy.)
Continue reading “The Evolution of Creativity: Nico Nico Douga and Doujinshi Subculture in Web 2.0″
It’s kind of late to say this, but happy new year! Let’s enjoy anime/manga/Japanese media together this year again. ^_^ Continue reading “Random Bits #7″
Seems like I’m suffering from Hiatus Disease. Yeah, your job can make you become a lazy blogger, especially one where you have to multitask. Continue reading “Random Bits #6″
I’m in the process of making an interactive database of Anime Saimoe 2007 Tournament using MIT’s SIMILE Exhibit and Google Spreadsheet.
A work in progress is available here: http://cardcaptor.moekaku.com/saimoe2007/by-character.html
The data are based on the following spreadsheets:
Stay tuned as the data entry process is painful indeed…
By the way, if there’s something wrong with the data, please tell me.
The End of Utawarerumono Radio
In an episode filled with Yuzu-nee’s “Yuzu-chan and Riki-chan are going to get mar…,” Yuzu-nee announces that the program is coming to an end for good by the end of June after running for about a year. (About two-three times as long as typical radio shows.) Aww… They run out of sponsors, perhaps? I mean, why else they would endorse Makabinbin (an energy drink for men… you know what I mean) in the program anyway? This mean we have about 3-4 more episodes to enjoy. Hope something exciting gonna happen in the last episode! Continue reading “Random Bits #5: The End of Utaraji, Doujin Work, and I Want to be Nagi’s Pet.”
I have been listening to internet radio shows of anime programs for quite some time, especially in the last two weeks. These shows are a great way to entertain yourself while you’re coding or working in front of a computer. The following are some that caught my attention lately: Continue reading “Anime Internet Radio”
Doujin Work anime: This is probably old news to almost everyone, but I was just informed yesterday by the cover of April’s Manga Time Kirara that Doujin Work is getting an anime adaptation. (You can read more about the manga in my earlier post.) The “I’m gonna try hard until it gets an anime adaption” prophecy Hiroyuki-sensei made in Volume 1 of the manga has come true, and I’m quite excited about it! Continue reading “Random Bits #4: Doujin Work Anime, Nanoha Car, & Hayate no Gotoku! Book 10″
I attended the 28th Wonder Festival today. Although I’m no figure collector, I do enjoy going there just to take photos. (I think I might have become a camera freak lately…) Here are some figures I thought were seriouly cool:
Continue reading “Wonder Festival 28″
