Shiroyukineko Translations is one of the 4 major websites on the net in regards to xianxia translations. It was started about the same time Gravity Tales but its debut was quieter than the other xianxia websites. Slowly over time, Shiroyukineko has grown and while it doesn’t have near the same amount series being translated, the […]
Month: April 2016
Gravity Tales Review
Gravity Tales is a website that popped up soon after Wuxia World was created. It started off slowly but by doing the right things in the right way the site has grown to be one of the giants of the xianxia scene. The site has 11 series being translated and 5 original series being released […]
Akiba Game Stores and Arcades
This post in the series is the hardest one so far because I really wanted to talk about Akihabara Game Stores and Japanese Arcades separately. By necessity, I will create another post covering most of the unique arcade games in detail and instead will only give a general overview of the arcades in this post. […]
Wuxia World Review
Wuxia World almost singlehandedly created the wuxia/xianxia scene for the English market. This site and its creator RWX set the model that almost all wuxia/xianxia translators follow. In my very long article, Manga to Anime to Light Novels to Xianxia I mentioned how I found the Stellar Transformations translation on spcnet.tv forums and got hooked. Soon after I […]
Hulu Review
Once upon a time, I was so frustrated with the Hulu executives that I wanted to take a baseball bat to their heads. To make such a great site with great content but no matter what require me to watch ads? If I become a member and pay you $7.99 a month I would get […]
FUNimation Review
FUNimation is one of the oldest and best-known anime licensing company in the US. They have handled the dubbing aka English voice acting for Pokemon, DBZ, One Piece and countless other anime in the US. I actually hated FUNimation for years because without exception their dub’s were awful, with the highlight of it having the […]
Crunchyroll Review
I have mentioned Crunchyroll quite a few times in my posts. Crunchyroll was the first legal anime streaming site on the net and pioneered the methods used today with other anime streaming sites. Of course, Crunchyroll wasn’t actually legal in the beginning of its life and it took a lot of nimble footwork to stand where […]
The Irregular at Magic High School Review
The Irregular at Magic High School is one of those novels that is hard to get into but once you do the payoff is great. Reading the description on the back does only the bare minimum of informing you what it’s about. Nominally it’s about the Shiba siblings and their high school life, but it […]
Anime to Manga to Light Novels to Xianxia
In What is an Otaku? I talked about how I became an otaku. While writing that article I realized just how long I have actually been one and I suddenly had the urge to write a historical retrospective of how I started and how the anime, manga, light novel and xianxia scene has changed. Looking online […]
Akiba, Electronics and Anime
Being the only electronics store located on the east side and even having its own entrance to the Akiba train station Yodobashi Camera is this gigantic, 8 stories tall mega store. Take some time to look at it and soak it in. It looks more like a shopping mall that what it truly is, a […]