Juniper Berries, vol. III

My AnimeB diary has been at a halt for an exceptionally long time. While this does coincide with an exceptionally quiet period on the discussion board, I do not see a strong connection between these two things.

It was months ago that I failed to report my finished comics here. Subsequently, I almost ceased to read print comics, and the time I spend reading novels and other books has plummeted as well. Instead I have visited two domestic anime-related conventions since Midsummer, made ...

Updated 31 Oct 2011 at 6:39 am by Katajainen

Tags: comics, history, touhou, war, wikipedia

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Last Friday (17th June 2011) I finally finished reading "Love + Sex with Robots. The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships" (henceforth abbreviated as "LSwR"; ISBN 978-0-06-135975-0), a book written by David Levy. Some of my readers might recall that I have mentioned it earlier, at least in the forum discussion thread "An actual chobits" [sic!] in November 2009.

My primary reason to read Levy's study was indeed manga-related: curiosity triggered by Clamp ...

Tags: artificial intelligence, chobits, english, negima, robots

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Already more than a month since my last blog entry? I have read stuff in the meantime, though. I should clear some of the backlog.

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Over three weeks ago, I returned to "L’Anneau des Castellac", a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo (in Finnish translation: "Järvilinnain sormus", ISBN 951-1-05188-1; seemingly not available in English). This album must be one of the earliest Franco-Belgian comics outside the Asterix/Lucky Like/Tintin triangle ...

Updated 15 Jun 2011 at 11:36 am by Katajainen

Tags: china, comics, guy delisle, peyo

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No-life is full of surprises. On Wednesday, I ended up watching "Fratello (Siblings)", the first episode of the first season of "Gunslinger Girl" (2003--04), in good company. The anime did not impress me quite as much as the AMV I presented in my last diary entry ("The Order of Bad End?"), which tells us something about the skills of the music video's maker. Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing more GG, and reading the original comic would be good, too. As depressing ...

Updated 7 May 2011 at 3:06 am by Katajainen

Tags: anime, gunslinger girl, hkss, spanish, the three caballeros

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On Saturday I finished reading Valérian and Laureline XX: "L'Ordre des Pierres", written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières (in Finnish translation: "Kivien järjestys", ISBN 978-951-887-381-8; also available in English under the title "The Order of the Stones").

I had read most of the book earlier, and it shocked me somewhat to realize the Finnish edition had been published in 2007. Once again that all too familiar feeling ...

Updated 3 May 2011 at 6:24 pm by Katajainen

Tags: black lagoon, comics, gunslinger girl, pierre christin, valerian and laureline

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