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Sorry folks, Otaku has been on hiatus for most of this year, due to a combination of really crappy things that hit me like a runaway freight train. A lot of changes in my life, ones that affected me significantly, on a physical, mental, and emotional level.
Things are a lot better now (thanks for your concern, to everyone who contacted) and so we are set to relaunch in a BIG way. The first part of this relaunch is the all-new web site, which I hope you are enjoying. I’m still trying to sort out an issue where the theme may look strange to you if you’re trying to view the site at a lower resolution, but I hope to have that taken care of soon.
As far as a new podcast episode is concerned, be looking for one within the next two weeks.
The one good thing about my downtime is that I’ve had the opportunity to sample a LOT of anime, so definitely be on the lookout for some reviews coming up in the not-too-distant future.
Thank you all for your patience. Soon it shall be rewarded.
For those of you in the Southern California area, specifically Cal State Northridge, MikomiCon will be held THIS WEEKEND – Friday through Sunday, September 19-21. The convention will be held at the CSUN campus, at 18111 Nordhoff St., in Northridge. That’s at the cross of Prarie St. and Zelzah Ave. This relatively new convention (only in its third year) has gotten off to an excellent start. I was lucky enough to be able to attend for one day last year, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. This year’s convention is shaping up to be even bigger and better, so you won’t want to miss it! Guests of Honor include Rob Paulsen, Robert Axelrod, Johnny Yong Bosch, Kyle Hebert, Roger Gibbs, Leslie S. Klinger, Tone Rodriguez, and Erika Weinstein. Musical guests include Stephanie Yanez, Eyeshine, M3 Productions, DJ Helsing, The Black Crystals, Jishin Taiko, Vaeidos, Rusika, Makenai, and L2D. Aside from the usual Masquerade, Dealers Room, Gaming, Panels, and Video Rooms, other events include the Ninja Wall Challenge, Pirate Rum Party (gotta have balance in the Force after all), tag team watermelon eating contest, Bridget Shuffle Competition, Modeling, and even Sumo.
But don’t take my word for it – see for yourself the vast cornucopia of anime goodness that is the Mikomicon Program Guide; Download the program guide here.
Sadly, online registration is closed; you will have to register on-site. On-site registration opens bright and early Friday morning at 8 AM. At-door pricing is $40 for full con (all 3 days), and $35 for single-day attendance. (Child 12-and-under pricing is $35 for full-con and $30 for one-day.)
Sadly, I will not be able to attend this year. If you are able to make it, send us your review and photos/videos!
Once again, the fine folks over at the Cartoon Geeks blog and podcast have invited me onto their fine show. We talk about various random topics in the anime industry (as well as the animation industry in general). Listen to it here.
I’ve received some questions from a few of you asking me to clarify whether or not you are required to create an account in order to comment on these blog and/or podcast postings.
One of the main reasons why I decided to completely rejigger the website and move to a dedicated server is because our old Libsyn-powered website had NO spam protection measures whatsoever. In late July/early August we got hit by a flood of spams and I said “enough is enough.” So we are now running on WordPress software on a dedicated virtual Linux server hosted at Go Daddy, my hosting and domain name provider of choice.
WordPress provides an excellent plugin called “Akismet” that dramatically reduces (sometimes even eliminates) the threat of comment and trackback spam. When I set it up, however, I mistakenly thought that in order for Akismet to work, I would need to require you to register for an account here in order to post comments. This turns out not to be the case after all.
So, here is the clarification: You do NOT need to create an account on otakunopodcast.com in order to make a comment to any of these blogs or podcasts. There, I’ve said it, it’s official now.
However, if you wish to participate in the Otaku no Podcast forums, you DO need to create an account through the Forum software. The Forum software is a completely separate piece of software from WordPress, and it maintains its own database of accounts. Therefore, if you have already created an account here (on the main blog/site), and you also want to participate in the Forums, you’ll need to create another account through the Forums software. There is no way I can see of linking the two softwares’ accounts databases. (I suppose if I had the services of a class-A software wizard, but unfortunately, I don’t.)
Hopefully this will help to clear up the confusion.
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