Category: Editorials

The Speakeasy #021: Golden Dream, Digital Revolution

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Anime 3000 presents The Speakeasy Podcast:
Drink #021: Golden Dream, Digital Revolution

In this episode, we talk about the digital revolution! Anime for the last couple of years has started getting on board with the digital age, and this year we’ve seen manga start to do the same thing. The systems aren’t perfect but steps in the right direction. We discuss different methods and what we like best plus give some suggestions about what we’d like to see in the future.

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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink:

Golden Dream

3/4 oz cream
3/4 oz orange juice
3/4 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz Galliano

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.


Tiger & Bunny: Single Dad Saves Superheroes

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Superheroes have been in mainstream news a lot recently. Between Marvel’s new Ultimate Spider-Man, who debuted this month, and DC’s reboot of 52 comics including all of their most classic characters, which also started this month, everyone has been hearing hero talk lately. Both cases have brought up conversations about the dwindling readers of superhero comics and what can be done to interest new and fallen fans. Tiger and Bunny might have some suggestions.

Japan is not known for liking superhero comics. If Robert Downey Jr. is playing Iron Man on the big screen then, like most of the world, they will go see it in theaters. But they will not rush home to order some Iron Man comics. They all see these movies as American summer blockbusters but with no greater interest in the source material. Really the only people who read superhero comics in Japan as a small subsection of Otaku. Otaku are already a fringe group in Japan so superhero fans are a minority within a minority. Even attempts like the Marvel and Madhouse co-productions have done little to change this sentiment. Then along comes Tiger and Bunny.

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Jojo’s Bizarre Survival Guide

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hisuiconAfter reading 100 volumes of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure I have had a divine epiphany on true survival strategy. The world of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is a hash one with minor characters and NPCs dying left and right and even major characters being no stranger to the call of the reaper. Despite the story taking place in over a century’s time span and in multiple parallel worlds there are a few universal tips that transcend everything. If for some reason you find yourself trapped in the world of Jojo’s (surely after someone has used their Stand power on you) I have 5 handy rules to keep you alive despite all odds. Continue reading →