I’ve decided to start uploading my attempts at fan-art into individual posts, especially seeing as how my Anime Drawings page becomes an eternal scroll; that’s before I even have a lot of pics to show.
Anyways, this last attempt is of Urd from Ah! My Goddess when she reverted to her childhood form. Can’t remember exactly [...]

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After 3 years of providing South Africa’s fledgeling anime-community with information, reviews, write-ups and interesting news, the editor of the mag announced in the latest issue that the Otaku Anime and Lifestyle magazine has reached the end of the road.
The reason? Well, sadly, it all comes down to economics again. According to ZeroJ, Otaku’s editor, [...]

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Every little Otaku has to start somewhere, for me that somewhere was Saiyuki. It has been many a year since I first opened its tempestuous covers to uncover a world of debauchery and violence. Believe me when I say, its set the standard of what I expect out of my manga.

Loosely based on the Chinese [...]

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Ever sick of hearing those cutesy sweetie-pie descriptions so typical of shoujo manga? Have a tendency to chuck frag grenades at bug-eyed big-headed girls (and boys)? Unfortunately for all those dedicated to the purge of lovey-dovey series, Fruits Basket is not one of them.
Sure, getting taken in by the Prince-sama of your school after he [...]

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Well known manga-publisher Tokyopop announced this week that the company would be undergoing what it terms “progressive reorganization” – a move that will split the company into two groups: Tokyopop Inc, which will handle the company’s publishing activities, and Tokyopop Media LLC, which will be handling the group’s digital media.
The move also means a 39 [...]

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