AnimeShinbun May Contests

17d ago ... Hey everyone! Hope you all had a good Easter break. =) I'll be updating this post over the weekend with the prize winners from last month (since it'll take me a while to go through everyone's contributions to figure out how entries will be weighted on the contributor contest), but I figured you'd want to get the details of this month's contests as soon as possible. ;) So with this mont...

Should mangakas reveal the true reason behind their hiatuses?

17d ago ... If there is one thing that fans of manga or light novels hate, it is when their favorite author chooses to take an extended hiatus without giving any reason for their stoppage in work. For example, Hunter x Hunter's writer Yoshiro Tagashi is notorious for taking long breaks from writing his manga, and the author of Highschool of the Dead has also been MIA for over a year at this point. While...

Is English Dub quality and popularity on the rise?

23d ago ... When I first began watching anime heavily about 4 years ago, the mindset for most of the people I spoke with was that English dubs were absolutely atrocious and everyone preferred reading the English subtitles for anime releases instead. Now a few years have passed and interestingly enough, that mindset seems to have shifted drastically. Now this is obviously still a matter of choice for the...

What makes anime so red

25d ago ... I had been watching anime since I was a child and up to now as a teen, though there are a ton’s of anime that I still haven’t watch still on those that I’ve watched I observed that a lot (but not all) of our favorite anime appears red whether it's their hair, shirts, eye's, weapons, etc. Let’s take a look first of some of our favorite anime title’s such as bleach, Dragonball, Naruto, Fairy...

Would you import anime from Japan if it included English subs?

31d ago ... Occasionally there are games that are announced and released in Japan that gamers know will never ever see the light of day in the Western world unless they choose to pay the extra money to import the game. This obviously isn't the best option for most games, as not only does it cost more money but the titles aren't localized at all, meaning players will need to experience a title they barely u...

What gives with short animes based off long mangas?

48d ago ... It has been a long time since I have been here. I have felt compelled to write about something that is bothering me. I just finished watching Deadman Wonderland and it was a pretty good but gruesome anime. It only lasted 12 episodes and the manga is currently at 51 volumes. What!?!? Yep. The things I hate the most, never having any real closure like in Mass Effect 3. I don't mind reading man...

Who has been blocking rival sites? This practice must stop

65d ago ... Is it true that some users on this site have been "blocking" rival sites? I have seen reviews of Anime Shinbun on Alexa, here are 2 of them: 1st review "...I used to use it a lot. The staff consists of one guy who made mods of 2 people from contributing sites. The 3 of them began to block "rival" sites which consisted of every site that wasn't their own." 2nd review "I used to us...

13/03/12: 60% increase in Shinbun traffic, and more stats analysis (alexa rankings)

66d ago ... Based on the latest alexa rankings. Comapred to the last month, site traffic has already increased 60%, but the month has not ended yet. So will keep increasing. Source: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/animeshinbun.com# SOME STAT CHANGES IN LAST MONTH: (1)Site went from 231,458 most viewed site in the world to 126,499 (2)Reach increased by 60% (3)Page views...

How to improve this site, and some annoying limitations

67d ago ... I have tried so hard to make this site more popular. My intentions for doing so is that if its popular, more people from N4G will discover anime (and am a huge anime fan). Ways to improve this site 1. Allow people to add "Manga" and "Gaming" tags, this is crucial. Currently we have "anime serie" which is spelt wrong by the way, but dont have "manga series" or "games" 2. Allow posting pol...

Underrated anime: Ashita no Joe

71d ago ... Ever watched Hajime no Ippo, that boxing anime? Did you like it? Well Ashita no Joe is better than Hajime no Ippo and is the grand father of sports anime like Hajime no Ippo, yet many refuse to watch it. Why? Because it has an old style of animation from the 1960-1970's like Lupin. But the story is amazing, its about a ruffian who grows up in a deprived neighbourhood and moves from pla...

A Forgotten Gem: Cyber City Oedo 808

80d ago ... While there are many great anime being produced right now, there are also some that have been lost in time. One such anime is the classic OAV, Cyber City Oedo 808, which was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The animation is excellent and it has an interesting setting in a futuristic cyberpunk world. The visuals alone are enough to recommend this title, but the story and characters add even more t...

Anime You Should Be Watching; Redline

81d ago ... I watched this anime a few weeks ago and all I can say is "amazing." This has got to be one of the best looking anime movies out there. It should be one of the best as it took 7 years to make and 100,000 hand drawn frames to look as good as it does. The story is very simple, its stars a guy who just wants to be the best so enters into a race that happens once every five years, but to get to...

Anime you should be watching; Welcome to the NHK

88d ago ... If you have not seen this anime I Believe that it is something that most people would enjoy. The series focuses on a shut in or, Hikikomori, named Sato. The series basically focuses on his life and his desire to break this addiction. He gets himself into a lot of situations as he goes down the path of curing his addiction and in some instances trades one addition for another. Through ou...

School Days: Why all the hate?

122d ago ... I checked this anime out about a week ago.(SPOILERS) I did have some thoughts after watching this anime. The first being how long did Mokota and Kotonoha actually date, including the time he was cheating on her. I could believe that Kotonoha went crazy, given enough time and under the right circumstances, but it felt like only a couple of weeks had passed. Second Issue is Sekai friend who was...

Gantz; Anime and Live action

138d ago ... (SPOILERS)I just finished watching Gantz the live action and anime and thought I might share my opinion . I have to say that the live action version is quite good, but there were some things that did annoy me the first was their inability to pull the trigger, they have a gun that seems to have infinite ammo, but yet they hesitate to pull the trigger as if they are trying to line up the perfect...

AnimeShinbun 12 Days of Christmas Contest 2011 - Day 12

139d ago ... Hello everyone and welcome to the final day of our 12 Days of Christmas Competition. While we've had a good number of entries, this competition was from almost the first day a close race between four particular entrants, narrowing down to a field of 2 from Day 8 onwards, and that's reflected in each day's results. So, before we get into today's question, it's time for me to go over those!...

AnimeShinbun 12 Days of Christmas Contest 2011 - Day 10

149d ago ... Hello everyone and welcome to our 12 Days of Christmas Competition. =) As we previously mentioned in the main competition blog, with this competition I'll be making a new blog every day, with an anime/manga/otaku question or riddle for you to solve. The questions will be challenging, though not too challenging. They'll be things I hope that you won't be able to get with a single Google searc...

AnimeShinbun 12 Days of Christmas Contest 2011 - Day 9

150d ago ... Hello everyone and welcome to our 12 Days of Christmas Competition. =) As we previously mentioned in the main competition blog, with this competition I'll be making a new blog every day, with an anime/manga/otaku question or riddle for you to solve. The questions will be challenging, though not too challenging. They'll be things I hope that you won't be able to get with a single Google searc...

AnimeShinbun 12 Days of Christmas Contest 2011 - Day 8

151d ago ... Hello everyone and welcome to our 12 Days of Christmas Competition. =) As we previously mentioned in the main competition blog, with this competition I'll be making a new blog every day for the next 12 days, with an anime/manga/otaku question or riddle for you to solve. The questions will be challenging, though not too challenging. They'll be things I hope that you won't be able to get with...

AnimeShinbun 12 Days of Christmas Contest 2011 - Day 7

152d ago ... Hello everyone and welcome to our 12 Days of Christmas Competition. =) As we previously mentioned in the main competition blog, with this competition I'll be making a new blog every day for the next 12 days, with an anime/manga/otaku question or riddle for you to solve. The questions will be challenging, though not too challenging. They'll be things I hope that you won't be able to get with...