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3:00 PM on 08.20.2010

'Hey kids, stop all the downloading' Hen Zemi author says

TAGRO, the person behind manga like Hen Zemi and artist behind Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt wants you to know that he is not pleased with your illegal downloading activity.After hearing Yana Toboso, the creator of Black...

Lauren Rae Orsini

10:00 AM on 02.26.2010

What Manga's Been Up To: Fansubs are Funny, Part 4

Some days, I am really happy I can't speak or read Japanese as well as I'd like. Why? Well because then, I'd be robbed of the pleasure of fansubs. And they are delightful. Especially when they're flubbed or just dead wrong. I...

Colette Bennett



What Anime's Been Up To: Fansubs are Funny, Part 2 photo
What Anime's Been Up To: Fansubs are Funny, Part 2
by Colette Bennett


12:00 PM on 10.29.2009

First Impressions: Kampfer

Summary: German gender-swapping magic leads to fanservice galore. Oh, and sometimes they fight too.I'm a big fan of gender-swapping anime, to the point that I will watch any show that includes genderbending as part of it's pr...

Jon Snyder

10:00 PM on 10.27.2009

Japanese companies try a new way to combat Internet piracy

It seems that asking people nicely to stop downloading illegal anime isn't enough. Since approximately 40,000 anime are illegally distributed online on a monthly basis, this is a serious concern for companies involved. After ...

Danica Davidson

1:00 PM on 06.15.2009

Japan passes new copyright laws, aimed towards stopping downloads and fansubs

Just the other day, the Japanese Diet passed some amendments to their copyright law aimed towards illegal downloads and Internet caches. The first bit, dealing with illegal downloading, now makes it punishable if you download...

Brad Rice

1:07 PM on 05.05.2009

Where was Bubble Man when the anime industry's bubble burst?

A recent article in Asahi Shimbun has stated something interesting, something incredibly obvious, but interesting. Yasuo Yamaguchi, the head of the Association of Japanese Animations, states that the anime industry bubble bur...

God Len

1:27 AM on 12.30.2008

Rant: Stop with the 'F' bombs already!

You know what grinds my gears? When fansubbers constantly use swears in fansubs, or simply drops one every now and then. Nothing takes me out of the moment more than when someone like Goku drops an ‘F’ bomb instea...

God Len



First Impression: Macademi Wasshoi photo
First Impression: Macademi Wasshoi
by God Len


1:08 AM on 10.14.2008

Those who watch fansubs in America are now 'effed' in the 'A', thanks to a new law

There is this little thing called the United States Bill of Rights, and in this bill there is an even smaller thing called the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive f...

God Len

12:26 AM on 08.12.2008

Three more fansubs off the internet forever; time to get the Dragonballs

FUNimation’s heavy boot kicks more fansubs off the internet today; however the world misses nothing. Monochrome Factor, Nabari no Ou, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn! were forcefully removed by FUNimation’s power-of-att...

God Len

12:57 AM on 07.30.2008

Featured Fan Art: Fansubs are funny

First, let me just say that fansubs are art; in fact I predict in a thousand years people will look back to this time and remember us for our fantastic and utterly wonderful artists known as fansubbers. Or maybe this is all j...

God Len