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″
I dig slice of life. Spice and Wolf should be slice of life, right? I don’t care about that any more. I’ll watch this show for Horo. She has all THE ATTRIBUTES. 250-year-old non-human who take a shape of a young girl? I dig that. Street smart? I dig that. Speaking like an oiran? I dig that. “Wacchi?” I dig that. Fox ears and tails? I guess I dig that. Staying naked for almost all the episode? Didn’t expect this, but YES!
I’m never wrong about assessing people. You are an ephebophile, a masochist, and a lover of furry. Continue reading “Spice and Wolf #1″
Over at his post on copyright, omo got into an argument with Avatar on copyright over anime. Avatar’s argument is that, since making anime is so costly, you cannot let people torrent anime like music, manga, or any other media. Animators has to be fed so that they get their jobs done before the next episode airs. Someone has to pay for all this.
True. But that doesn’t mean that free download should be more controlled. Anime studios (not distributors) may be able survive through other means. In fact, in Free Culture, Lawrence Lessig (who Avatar claimed was going to kill anime) suggested a number of ways to make money out of free content. (His context is music, but it should be equally applied to movies as well.)
This picture has nothing to do with the content of this post. It is merely a shameless attempt to attract readers. Continue reading “Making Money out of Free Anime?”
Yes, I’m still watching the series though my resolve to blog it is so really easily chattered. The series kind of went downhill for me because there has been nothing really happening story-wise. I’m also getting sick of Itsuki. Spewing kindness around to random human and ghosts makes him so unhuman.
But #13 is different. It’s about Honami and Addie! In their loli forms! Winnage! We also get some character development: Addie has been a bitch since then, and Honami’s strong resolve was due to the fact that she screwed up so bad before. All in all, nice animation and little conflict they build here in this episode.
My name is Adilicia Lenn Mathers, descendant of King Solomon. The only thing I can say now is “Forneus” (damn you lazy animators), but that doesn’t stop me from being an arrogant bitch. Continue reading “Rental Magica #13″
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″
Darkmirage blogged recently that Crypton sent Cease & Desist letter to a doujin circle that was trying to sell overpriced Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin dakimakura.
He purported that the dakimakura can be categorized as a mere bootlegger’s attempt to reap cash from the VOCALOID boom. As far as I understand his idea, CLOCK☆HEARTS is rightly served because it deviates from “the spirit of fan creations” by marketing, with an incorrect intention, products that lack creativity.
I don’t like the dichotomy of “good” and “bad” doujin activity he introduced. Here’s why… Continue reading “Crypton’s Cease and Desist Letter: My View”
A little known fact about the FSMism is that the Church has been well established in Japan since as early as 2001. Moreover, Tanaka Rie had a stint as a nun in a Pastafarian convent even before Bobby Henderson made the faith’s existence known to Americans in 2005. Continue reading “Tanaka Rie, a Pastafarian Since 2001″
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″
This episode is material-heavy. We learned that Itsuki’s eye turned into what it is today when he, led by Honami, entered a haunted house created by spirit wave contamination. They were chased by a translucent blob. Anime cliche #54 dictates that Itsuki the boy must protect the girl who will so love him in the future by diverting danger from her to himself, and that resulted in his right eye turning ugly. The irony has it that the girl felt so guilty that she became an expert magic user just so that she can protect him instead. (This last part might not be a cliche though. I have not seen it before.)
Continue reading “Rental Magica #2″
