I have to be at the polls at 6:15, so this will be very terse:
ICv2 has an interview with Rich Johnson about Hachette’s new graphic novel imprint, Yen Press. Johnson and Kurt Hassler will share the duties of director of publishing.
David Welsh has some good commentary on this week’s Comics List, and in his Flipped column he reviews Ode to Kirihito.
Pata links to YouTube videos of Patrick Macias being otaku about otaku.
Papo de Budega interviews Vampire Hunter D manga-ka Yoshitako Amano. (Via ANN.
And finally, don’t forget to VOTE today. I’m working today as a warden at my polling place, so I was reading the manual last night, and it was very clear: We can’t turn people away. In fact, we must work very hard to make sure that every eligible voter votes. If you recently registered or if you haven’t voted in a while, bring some ID with your current address (a utility bill is fine in most states). If you’re challenged, insist on your right to vote. If you’re not sure about something, go to Can I Vote? which will link you with your state’s website so you can check ID requirements and polling places. Or go to the League of Women Voters website (men can use it too!) and click on Vote411, then click your state. And then go pull that lever, fill in that bubble, stomp that chad, or touch that screen!
Yah! I completed my civic duty! ^_^
That movie was messed up.
“When you enter, it’s just like Japan! A world of otaku!”
“lol u no i dont liek American style its vary solid and Japanese is very soft u know the eyes ^^. and like, its very energetic”
-Spoken like a true artist.
“It’s more indepth, and the characters are semi-realistic. Fantasies are a little more mature such as blood and magic and all that.”
-Mature says the kid in a fan cooled Mekasawa costume.
“U know in Japam i meant litterally this nerd who spent most of his time making Gundam models hahaha. Um but you know basically here just really big anime fan.”
-Technically since it’s a loanword, wouldn’t it be the same in Japan as anywhere else?
“well i’d have to say YA IMMAN OTAKU ^Д^”
“And it was reallyyyy cute, and reallyyy sweet to see the fans that are sooo—, so commited and sooo in love with— these manga series.”
“American manga fans are so sophisticated, they want a genuine Japanese manga experience.”
The “otakew” in this movie were not sophisticated in my eyes.
I’m glad I voted. :-)
Ninja337: Perhaps Pata linked to them because they were so bad they were good?
Ardith and Sakura Kiss: Ten points for each of you! We had very high turnout in my precinct, probably about 75 percent, and it was wonderful. I like it when everybody votes!
There were a good 500,000 republicans missing at the polls yesterday.
Heh, I think Patrick’s point is that after years of being an otaku covering everything otaku… He is now an otaku about otaku. And that means appreciating the japanese ones, the american ones and as shown in his latest clips from the NHK (yes these clips are actaully on national/international TV from Japan) the Swede and Dutch ones.
Are they all sophisticated… obviously not. I mean these peeps consider themselves otaku, having social skills is not a part of the job unless you are a politics or high society otaku. So with that in mind presenting how that part of fandom has crossed over and is being embraced by a segment of a foreign population is still informative and I felt entertaining in a campy way.
And I saw great turnout in Illinois yesterday. Kinda sad the Green candiate for gov didn’t do better but it was great to see democracy work again (even if there were reports of voting machine/absentee vote problems… again)