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July 24th, 2011
02:54 pm - Post on writing
This is a post about the creative writing process; I've been getting requests on and off these past few years since I started writing stories again. Feel free to ignore it since it's kinda long.
( Rambling time! )
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May 31st, 2011
07:39 pm - Tokyo Demons
I've been buried very deep for a while, but I didn't want to publicly return until my current project was ready to go. So here it is: www.tokyodemons.com
I'm currently unemployed in the manga industry, since Tokyopop went under. *sniff* I've done editorial work and writing for other manga/anime companies in the past and I hope to do so in the future, but at least this happened when I had Tokyo Demons to keep me occupied. I don't feel right unless I'm connected to the geek industries in some way. (My nerdy day job in a lab doesn't count.) I fully intend to chase down rescued licenses of my series, though. If someone saves Saiyuki, I'm going to be knocking on their door.
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May 1st, 2010
05:42 am - I CANNOT WAIT.
There are no words for how much I CANNOT WAIT. Why did they release these screens? I'm going to die a little bit every day until the first episode of the OVA is released in June. Dammit, Tyrant Falls in Love...I love you too damn much. ...More screens! MORE!
GIVE ME THIS AAAAANIIIIMEEEE.
*Note: Gentle readers under 18, please do not watch this anime.
*Added note: Or read the comments for this post. Potty mouths abound.
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January 7th, 2010
10:38 am - Yet another thing to start your morning off angry.
I really like reading activism blogs, but I don't feel qualified to write much activism stuff myself because I'm sort of new to complex social dynamics outside of "It sucks how everyone isn't born equal because societies are unjust." Well, I guess I've talked feminism and on female adolescence at Sleep is for the Weak through a bunch of reviews on shoujo and such, and I'd like to expand on those because feminism in media is something I do feel pretty educated on by now, but that's just the tip of the activism iceberg. I'm just a baby in the worlds of anti-racism and anti-ableism, for example. I have a lot more reading to do and privilege is a hard thing to tear down.
Anyway, I do like sharing a few "activist pieces" here from time to time, because I think they can provide good, eye-opening reading for everyone. So here we go with a truly rage-inducing example of how media can be misogyny wrapped in a pretty package, from one of my favorite websites:
http://contexts.org/socimages/2010/01/06/danish-women-as-tourist-attractions/
I'm just...floored. That video was really, really difficult for me to get through, knowing it was supposed to be encouraging tourism to Denmark. Sometimes I don't understand how marketing people sleep at night.
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December 1st, 2009
05:15 pm - I'm 10 years old again.
And it feels so right.
Edit: I just found the best response to this trailer on Youtube:
so it's true!? I watched this commercial two nights ago at my friends house and I thought I was just really stoned and seeing things! Cowabunga!!!!
I just laughed so hard I think I pulled something.
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September 25th, 2009
10:33 am - Tokyopop and work news/yet more girl game ramblings
Since Tokyopop's been announcing their new lineup lately, I can actually confess to the new titles I have. I can't remember which of these I've mentioned in the past, but here you go:
Bloody Kiss
Alice in the Country of Hearts
Happy Cafe
They're all girly and awesome. Alice in Wonderland's been the most fun so far, mostly because it's an EXCELLENT adaptation of a girl game with a great story that was crippled with crappy gameplay. No gameplay worries in the manga! The art in the manga's better than the art in the game, too. I couldn't have hoped for a better adaptation. *stews excitedly* The first volume of Bloody Kiss is already out, and the other two series start early next year, I think.
I also got another biochemical job--one at a big pediatric hospital across the street from the general hospital I work at now. So it'll be two days a week working in OB anesthesia (with humans), and three days a week working in genetics and genome biology (with lots and lots of mice). Weekends are for manga scripts, nights are for whatever sleep I manage to catch. And guess what this means I kinda have now? MONEY. I'm writing this from my brand-new Mac Mini, actually.
And speaking of spending my money on new things and cutting back on my sleep, I had no idea this trailer came out:
I hate the character designs, but I'm not in it for the character designs: I want it to be as crazy as Kichiku Megane (link slightly not safe for work). I have a feeling it won't be, but I can hope. I want more super intense sexual psychology in my adult games! I want more Togainu no Chi, less Ijiwaru My Master. I'll give a pass to Under the Moon because it wasn't mind-numbingly stupid, but it would be nice for the girl x boy stuff to have a bit of depth to it so I don't have to constantly run back to Boy's Love. Oh! Except Gin no Kanmuri, Ao no Namida. That game is downright josei and pure awesome - and as an adult lady, I must say it's nice to sometimes see adult men actually ACTING LIKE ADULTS in a game for adults. And an adult female lead who has a job. She's not the best heroine ever, but boy, playing that game certainly was refreshing.
...And I don't only play the grown-up otome games, I swear. I already won Ren Tsuruga in this and Zero Kiryuu in this. And I just decided to buy this game and this game. Plus I have this and haven't even played it yet. Aaagh...if only my Japanese were better, I could probably not take FOREVER to play these things. That and I actually have a life outside of playing video games. More hours in the day, please.
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August 26th, 2009
03:35 pm - I think I'm in love with Matsuri Hino.
Matsuri Hino's the mangaka of Vampire Knight, right? And I recently read her slightly older romantic comedy, MeruPuri, and I was shocked that I loved it and actually laughed out loud quite a bit while reading it. Now check this out:
Quite possibly the best thing ever.
I love women in comics. LOVE THEM.
P.S.--I own that Zero bedsheet. And now you know my terrible secret.
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July 29th, 2009
01:14 pm - You're doing it right!
Oh my God, this makes me so happy:
http://www.mmada.org/6352.html
I've gotten so used to questionable, half-thought-out Islamic and feminist stances from people that I just sorta assumed I'd never see something that made me feel so thoroughly warm inside.
Why can't more activism be like this? *swoons from glee*
And yes, good activism makes me swoon. I'm a nerd like that!
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July 20th, 2009
May 27th, 2009
01:31 pm - Anime North/manga in general
Anime North was pretty much the same as last year--40 hours of work in three days, fueled by pure geek. It went very well, considering. And I didn't even get exhausted enough to puke! NotHayama's sick as a dog, though. *sniff* We're getting too old for this kind of lifestyle, maybe.
I didn't get to buy or do much at the con because I was so busy working, but I did manage to nab a Zero plushie for a friend (although the plushie was smiling...which is unnerving, considering Zero) as well as the two-volume Don't Blame Me manga by Yugi Yamada that Casey raved about a little while ago. And you know what? It's as good as she says. It's one of the best yaoi I've ever read, period. Even NotHayama read it and liked it, which is an extremely rare occurrence with her and yaoi. I really have the desire to read more Yugi Yamada titles, like, right now, but I'm at work, so it'll have to wait. (My favorite of hers up until this point had been No One Loves Me...)
I also bought and read the final volume of Flower of Life by Fumi Yoshinaga. I was wondering where the sobbing boys in this story were...but in volume 4, boom! All boys in Fumi Yoshinaga's books are destined to burst into tears at some point. I came for the crying men, and I left satisfied! I also teared up, too, by the way, because Fumi Yoshinaga is one of the best mangaka on the planet and her stories get me right here. *taps chest*
Oh, and I'm pretty sure no one who reads this listens to drama CDs, but the DECOY CD just came out, and it is PURE AWESOME. I was listening to it on my work commute and was so engrossed that it was physically painful to remove my headphones and do my job. Saki Aida, I want to have your babies. Only her S series is available in English right now, but if companies keep picking up yaoi light novels, it's only a matter of time.
Life has been very busy lately, so I can't wait for the weekend. I really want to eat take-out in my pajamas while playing video games. Oh, and I wanna go to the movies! Pixar's new film is coming out, and I MUST SEE IT. It has a fat kid and an old man bitchfight in it. MUST. SEE.
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