I’ve seen writings by DrmChsr0 on fansubbing VS buying DVDs before, and a recent one is titled, “Addressing hypocrisy in regards to the fansub issue“. I’m not sure there’s all the kinds of hypocracy DrmChsr0 says, but there’s also a lot more out there which wasn’t said, so it must even out somehow.

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“You got Characterization in my Cute!” They’d be great together, no?

Over at Mega Megane Moé, CCY writes about the concept of “moé” in the post, “Moé Rising: The line between cute and characterization“.

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I left two similar comments tonight on blogs, so I’m putting them together here.

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I recently posted a comment on a topic about translated names in English dubs of Japanese anime.

While the first half of my comment deals with Japanese dubs, the more enjoyable part to write was on the topic of names which hold a meaning. Consider the opening of Randall Miyashiro’s post:

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Over at THAT Animeblog, an editorial by Crusader about low and high classes of fanservice generally reflects my own views:

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