News & Updates in August 2019

I have successfully restored most of the forums, topics, posts, and user accounts that were lost in the great server crash of 2013. The restoration was no easy task, and merging into the existing forums was even more difficult but it seems to be working okay. More details can be found in the Blast from the past: pre-crash forums restored... mostly thread.

Speaking of the past, my friend Conor sent me a couple pictures he found of me that he had taken back in the mid-to-late 90s sometime. I was so skinny with huge glasses! I completely forgot that I used to have my desk angled like that instead of flat against the wall. I'm not sure of the exact year the pictures were taken, but it had to be at least 1995 because that looks like Windows 95 or 98 I'm using on my computer and I have a Power Rangers Falconzord on top of my monitor which was released in 1995. It was also before 1999 as that's when I moved to Redding. Can you find any more clues in the pictures to narrow down the year?

Posted the article Why Dragons are Common in Anime.

Posted the article The Best Japanese Anime Films You Should Watch.

Posted the character profile of Yusuke Yagami (from Stepmother's Sin).

Posted the character profile of Mysterious Gentleman (from Stepmother's Sin). Comments are now available on review pages. They might have been before the August 1st site update, I can't actually remember, but after the update comments were not available on those pages.

Forum logins should be working again.

Posted the article The 5 Most Binge-Worthy Anime Styles Ever. Added the alphanumeric navigation bar to the bottom of last section of the Anime List and Characters List as I thought it would make moving to another page a little more convenient once you end up at the bottom of the list. Made some minor updates to various profiles. Fixed a bug where the "This is not Japanese animation..." message was not showing up on some non-Japanese animation cartoon pages.

Posted the article The Cost to Produce One Anime Episode.

Posted the character profile of Yusuke's Mother (from Stepmother's Sin).

Made of additions and corrections to multiple pages.

Posted the anime profile of Bungo Stray Dogs.

Posted the article Many Hollywood Films You Know Are Inspired By Anime.

I went to see The Biggest Little Farm last night at the Empress Theater with my parents. It was a very interesting documentary about a husband and wife team who decide to start a sustainable farm. After the movie there was a Skype session with the farmer/filmmaker John Chester where he talked more about what it was like creating both the farm and the film, and then took audience questions.

Posted the article What Makes Anime So Popular Internationally?.

I just realized that Netflix's She-Ra and the Princesses of Power season 3 is already streaming on Netflix! Seems like we just watched season 2, how is time getting away from me so fast!

Posted the article Ways to Satisfy Your Love for Anime.

Posted the article Unique and Fun Ways to Celebrate Your Birthday.

Posted the article What Makes an Anime Better Than Cartoons?.

Posted the character profile of Osamu Dazai (from Bungo Stray Dogs).

Well, all profile pages should now be using new PHP scripts that build and display the content rather than my pre-built pages that I upload. I've spent the last three weeks working on this so hopefully it all goes smoothly. I did an awful lot of testing and fixed countless bugs but undoubtedly a few will show up here and there so if you see any please let me know so I can get them fixed. I also removed a skyscraper banner from the sidebar as I felt it was just too much. I hate how many ads I currently have.