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#RandomThought: Running out of time, Digital release may be the better option

Japanese anime fans will surely be excited for this date, and most probably the producers as well. For movie distributors, maybe not.

OPINYON: Voltes V after 40 years, Kailangan pa bang ulitin?

Huling linggo na ng Voltes V sa telebisyon next week, samot-saring mga reaksyon at komento ang nakita ko noong bumalik ito sa GMA-7 noong Pebrero.

EDITORIAL: Is Facebook really turning a blind eye on Piracy?

The social networking site Facebook is once again in the spotlight on the technology scene, as well as mainstream news, because of the ever-popular Facebook Live platform.

REVIEW: Fairy Tail Vol. 1 in Filipino – The Good, Bad, and The Verdict

VIVA-PSICOM Publishing, for better or worse, has revitalized Philippine popular literature by acquiring publishing rights to popular fanfiction from Wattpad, editing them to remove references to the original material they were based from, and printing them on paperback

OPINYON: Bakit parating may isyu sa pag-dub sa Filipino?

Kapag pinag-uusapan ang Japanese anime dito sa bansa, isa sa mga laging mainit na isyu ay ang pagda-dub nito sa Filipino. Ito rin umano ang tinitingnan na dahilan upang ang isang dubber o ang isang dubbing firm/production ay gawin ang mga improvement upang dalhin niya ito sa mga susunod nilang proyekto. Minsan, sa mata ng mga nasa loob ng isang TV network, ito ang ginagawang batayan kung ipapalabas ulit ang anime title na pinag-ukulan ng komentaryo o hindi na (madalas, hindi ito nangyayari). At ang pinaka-“worst case” sa mga nagdaang panahon, ginawa umanong batayan ito ng isang TV network para tuluyang tanggalin sa kanilang programming line-up ang kanilang anime block.

DISPATCHES: A Knight’s salute to the Philippine Ragnarok Online

So, looks like Level-Up! Games finally announced it. We didn't see it coming, but we should have been ready for it. Ragnarok Online is closing its Philippine servers, and for everyone who are playing or have played the game like myself, it hurts and saddens us to the very core.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Japanese Anime is back on TV5, now what?

January 24 was a big day to Filipino anime fans, as terrestrial network TV5 returned to the anime scene with their two-hour anime block, which airs every weekend mornings. The line-up consist of four titles, including the highly-popular anime Sword Art Online. From the looks of it, the airing had paid-off as it had garnered enough attention that "Sword Art Online" became one of the trending topics on the social networking site Twitter during its airing that weekend. But now, the big question will be... now what?

OPINION: Exogenesis and the Visual Novel fandom in the Philippines

Compared to their Japanese pop-culture siblings, visual novels (VN) – an emerging medium that essentially combines anime/manga artwork with unique narratives – has a niche fandom.

EDITORIAL: BURNED OUT. Cosplay in the Philippines losing its luster?

If you attended a pop-culture convention in the country, you will surely see a lot of things that makes you feel that it is a bona fide convention, like booths, merchandises, food concessionaires and a stage. Any event that doesn't have any of those make some people either queasy or cringe worthy. No offense.

Don’t Forget Our Culture, Weeaboos.

It was a very amusing sight to behold that these expatriates, who stayed in our country for either a few weeks or a couple of years (one contestant said that he has been in the country for five years) and now, calling our country as their second home.