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  • Two months later…

    Two months later…

    At the beginning of the year, I made some resolutions. I had intended to write an update at the one month mark, but procrastination took over until the timing was no longer relevant. So, as February comes to an end, I decided to do a two month update instead. Let's see how they're going...

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  • Right Stuf proclaims 2009-2010 "Year of the Otaku"

    Right Stuf proclaims 2009-2010 "Year of the Otaku"

    Kicks off celebration of anime fans with downloads, contest for RightStuf.com gift certificates & more!

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  • Otaku Resolutions

    Otaku Resolutions

    Stating the obvious: Today is the first of a brand new year. It's probably the closest humanity will ever get to pressing a "reset" button.

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  • When interests collide

    When interests collide

    Long before I thought of myself as otaku, I was a fanboy (basically, an American version of otaku for comic books and related media). I have G.I.Joe to thank for that. Growing up in the 80s, I was inundated with a variety of action figures and the animated series they spawned, so it was only natural that I would discover the existence of G.I.Joe comic books. Hell, they actually had commercials on TV!

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  • Animail – Saturday edition

    Animail – Saturday edition

    This perplexes me. It's too soon for the order I had shipped to my house (instead of work) to arrive. It's a decent-sized box, too... Since there's no sense in delaying the inevitable, I cut the box open. Inside were the Mermaid Forest DVDs I had ordered through Amazon's marketplace.

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