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Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons Graphic Novel Review
It's kaiju and pirates in this ahistorical take on the dragons found on old treasure maps—but it doesn't quite deliver on its fantastic elevator pitch.
Why does it take so long to add new area pages to the Tokyo Stroll web supplement?
Why does it take so long to add new area pages to the Tokyo Stroll web supplement? While the chapters in my book Tokyo Stroll covered…
Mastering Isometric & Isomorphic Game Design: A Quickstart Guide to Unlocking 3D Potential in 2D Worlds
Explore the depth of isometric game design! ✨ Swipe through our tips and tricks to revolutionize your game’s environment. From flat to fantastic – it’s all about perspective!…
Flying Ben
Treasure maps, spies, secret elixirs, family feuds and loads of action mark this supernatural canine adventure from the God of Manga himself. My next series is Flying Ben…
Misadventures in Dungeons & Dragons: Part Two
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m still in the process of unpacking the diverse refuse of my life into my new apartment, and…
New to Sunday: Miyu Morishita's "Ogami Tsumiki to kinichijou"
Now with the second of two new serials arriving in Weekly Shonen Sunday! Like Ota before, Morishita has done a few oneshots in the Shougak...
I visited the real life setting of my favorite anime, Sound Euphonium.
Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Part travel vlog, part video essay, part documentary, this is a love letter to a TV show, a city, and an animation studio…
Sound! Euphonium, Liz and the Blue Bird, Maps, Treasure Island
The Nineteen-Year-Old’s Map (十九歳の地図, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1979)
An alienated young man maps out moral failure and eases his sense of futility through empty threats of violence in Mitsuo Yanagimachi’s dark youth drama.
Maps.Me now has some charges
Maps.Me has now instituted a 10 map download limit for free maps. To get more maps you have to pay for a pro account. If you are using…
With that, I will close my discussion on the topic of creating a virtual tour here. I hope you all…
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting At some point later this year I will likely be presenting on this topic at a local convention, and–as such– I’ve decided to share…
Case Closed, Maps, Metropolis, Natsume's Book of Friends, Ranma ½
Unleashing Creativity: The Incredible World of User-Generated Maps in Gaming Culture
Are you ready to explore the vibrant and endlessly creative world of user-generated maps in gaming culture? From the sprawling landscapes of Skyrim to the hidden dungeons of…
Day 4 - Nezu Shrine, Ameyoko, Ni No Kashi Candy Store, Yamashiroya Toy Store, and Ichiran Ramen in Ueno
Back to Day 3 - Back to Shibuya for New Parco, Nintendo Store, Pokemon Center, Miyashita Park This morning, I was heading out to see the NW...
Is Monster Hunter Rise good enough? | Deep Dive Review
Want to see ALL videos early? Support me on patreon for exclusive access! https://www.patreon.com/oceaniz CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:51 - HR1: To Build a Monster Hunter (Graphics and Performance) 0:25:48 - Gathering Quest:…
The Taisho Café Orchestra
Back in early 2015 during the second half of my first exchange year in Tokyo, I was walking with a friend around Aoyama and Omotesando in Shibuya. It’s…
Fighting Old Battles Again: Age of Mythology: 20th Anniversary
It is very difficult on this, the 20th anniversary of Age of Mythology, to put everything this little game means to me into words. So I suppose it…
Ikebukuro web pages added to the supplement.
This one took over a week to get done as I had to correspond with some folks in Japan as to the status of several shops. The pandemic…
More Tokyo Stroll supplement updates.
I have updated the bookmarks files for MapsMe and Google Maps. I also created new supplement pages for the Asakusabashi/Kuramae/Torigoe Ar...
Updates on the Tokyo Stroll supplement.
I've added additional entries to most of the Tokyo Stroll Supplement pages related to specific chapters in the book. This started out when ...
Marunouchi To Nagatachō page created plus updated map bookmarks
I have created a new page for the web supplement to Tokyo Stroll for the Marunouchi To Nagatachō chapter. Presently it only has one new en...
Tokyo Stroll bookmarks updated
I have just uploaded the updated the bookmark filess for the MapsMe and Google Maps applications to the Tokyo Stroll web supplement. You ca...
2021 in Review
The world continues to go to hell in a handbasket. The pandemic continues to rage. The world supply chain is borked. Inflation is rampant. W...
Rain Boy, Yawara!, Bakumatsu no Spasibo, Super Cub, Horimiya
Bakumatsu no Spasibo
Yet another project that began in the deep, dark past. Bakumatsu no Spasibo ( Gratitude in the Bakumatsu ) is a 1997 movie about Russian adm...
A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose, Fire Emblem, Tree in the Sun, Bakumatsu no Spasibo, Initial D First Stage
Tokyo Stroll Bookmarks updated.
I have updated the bookmarks files for Tokyo Stroll. These are .kmz files which can be imported into the MapsMe app, and a few other mappin...
Sakugan #03 — Multi-Spatial Cartography
Maybe less time spent arguing about maps, guys. Impressions: The thought behind this episode was perfectly fine. Obnoxious super genius is puffed up on her own hubris,…
Blue Sonnet
Akai Kiba Blue Sonnet ( Crimson Fang Blue Sonnet ), usually known as just Blue Sonnet , is a five-episode OVA series from 1989. It is based...
Maps, Nozomi Witches, Reign: The Conqueror, AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave, Kiba
86 – 03 – The Bitter Truth
The third episode of Eighty Six begins ominously, with Lena apologizing for the loss of Kirschblüte, and another pilot looking ready to explode into a tirade. But before we…
MAPS (Inka-Orphan)
We did a joint project with Orphan on MAPS - Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-tachi ! Check it out on their blog! And grab it off Nyaa!
MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-tachi
Here's a wonderful example of the "wide-screen baroque" school of anime science fiction, the 1987 movie MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-t...
Out of Gas
You've probably noticed that Orphan's releases this year lean heavily towards re-releases of past projects or of previously fansubbed material. Basically, the group is out of gas; our…
Nijuushi no Hitomi, Sakyo Komatsu's Animation Theater, Ambassador Magma, Fighting Beauty Wulong, Maps
Musings and Reflections – Winter 2021 Week 7
One Phrase impressions Yuru Camp 2 (Ep. 7) – Solo-camping funHori-san to Miyamura-kun (Ep. 7) – Everybody has problems, eh?
Ideas for 2021
After 2020, "plans" seems altogether too strong a word for Orphan Fansubs' projects in 2021. So rather than write down some impossible set of goals, or even an…
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!, Idea, Ambassador Magma, One Pound Gospel, Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro
S3E22 - Vinland Saga, With a God and a Cat, Every Day is Fun!
In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy voyage all around Northern Europe with some unsavory folk in Vinland Saga before retiring to home safe in the…
Berserk, Berserk, Maps, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, VINLAND SAGA
S3E22 - Vinland Saga, With a God and a Cat, Every Day is Fun!
In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy voyage all around Northern Europe with some unsavory folk in Vinland Saga before retiring to home safe in the…
Berserk, Berserk, Maps, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, VINLAND SAGA
Manga the Week of 9/16/20
SEAN: Mid-September, and, for once, quite a light week. We do have some very impressive debuts, though. J-Novel Club has two new digital light novels. The first, and…
Episode 107 - Dr. Ian Miller (Harvard)
In this episode, Dr. Miller maps the contours of environmental history in Japan and charts how attention to the human interrelationship with the world around us reshapes our…
get a haircut.
12 Days of Aniblogging, Day 7Hair is an important attribute! It’s something I focus on disproportionally in people, and this applies to anime as well. Most of the…
Episode 82 - Dr. Jordan Sand (Georgetown)
In this episode, Dr. Sand maps the urban change of Tokyo following the Meiji Restoration, highlighting material and spatial changes along with continuities and discontinuities in Tokyo planning…
Episode 43 - Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki (ANU)
In this episode, Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki de-centers the history of the Meiji Restoration by refocusing our attention on the territorial incorporation of Japan’s frontier areas: Ezo, Sakhalin, the…
Episode 18 - Dr. Radu Leca (Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives)
In this episode, Dr. Leca (Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives) charts conceptions of spatiality in the Tokugawa period and maps continuities in understandings of geographic space into the…