At least Friday nights on D&A Anime Blog are! Hard to believe that just last week we were decked out in our signature cosplay for Zenkaikon in Lancaster, PA. Now we’re back here to give you guys (the fans) just what you’ve been looking for; some awesome anime, OVA, and manga titles to check out on the blog! If you’re familiar with a show called And You Thought there was never a girl Online, then you’re going to love How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend.
Looking for a classic space opera about two warring factions that have the same goals but different views and ideas on how to accomplish said goals? Then look no further friends, cuz’ we’ve got an anime OVA title called Legend of the Galactic Heroes for you to check out and stream! We’re not one to leave Manga of the Week hanging by the wayside, so we’ve decided to pick it back up with a manga title known as The Candidate for Goddess. (Be sure to check it out if you’ve never got the chance to read it yet.)
Now onto some update news regarding the blog/site. Thanks to a financial blessing we might actually be able to launch our music playlist page known as November Groundz: Kontrol Room, as early as mid-July of this year. The page will contain a track list of all the original songs (produced by Yours Truly as November Groundz) that will be a part of the playlist title called Kontrol Room. Among that is a new blog page dedicated to all the anime couples out there named Anime Couple of the Week, which will make its debut in June on our Miscellany Monday drop down menu. Plus, more anime conventions for the month of May are coming to the blog, so be sure to check in on our Cons Near U page to see which anime conventions are within your region or area!
That’s it for now. Come back for our Slash Saturday segment as we get ready for another wild weekend of Toonami, Samurai Jack, and all the anime that you can handle! ๐
Asides
Filler Page: 18 Month Anniversary Plans…
It’s kind of hard to believe that the 2017 year is almost half over. It feels just like yesterday that my partner and I started this awesome blog that has grown into the wonderful site that it is today, and we can’t thank our fans and social media followers enough for all the support. With that being said we’ve got some new plans and concepts for what we’re going to be doing for the blog on our 18 month anniversary, which is on June 11th of this year.
So you guys might be asking yourselves, “What’s next for D&A Anime Blog?” well guys, we’re about to tell you! Starting on the second Monday in June, we’re bringing you a brand new sub-page that will be added to the Miscellany Monday drop down menu called Anime Couple of the Week! For that segment we’ll be combing the web for some of the coolest, hottest, and most badass couples in anime (male, female, or both). We’ll also be working on getting an official domain for our site as well as establish a newsletter system, so that we can enhance our fan’s experience with the blog.
If we reach 10,000 or more views on our blog, then we’ll post a special s 10,000 WordPress Views video on our YouTube page. Many of our fans have been asking (begging) us to get an Instagram page, so not to worry guys, we’ll be getting an Instagram page soon enough! We’ve got more new features and updates that will be making their way to the blog within the coming months, so be sure to check in every so often to see what’s on the up-and-up.
Steak Sandwiches and Anime: Nothin’ Like Monday’s On D&A!
After coming home from yet another hard day’s work, don’t you want yourself a good sandwich, a nice drink, and an awesome anime title to watch? Well look no further my friends, cuz’ we’ve got just what you’ve been looking for! Looking for a lesser known anime title about helping your fellow man as well as giving joy, good will, and peace on earth? Then Tokyo Godfathers will be the answer to your prayers.
Wanna know what we’ve got cooking in the D&A kitchen? Then check out what’s on the menu on D&A’s Talkin’ Snack! Just as we’ve mentioned and said in our last post, we’ve just come back from Zenkaikon in Lancaster, PA. We met some new friends as well as some of our fans that have supported us throughout the (almost) year and a half that the blog has been going. Toonami T.O.M. Steve Blum and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn was there to add to the con’s excitement, plus all the wonderful panels, workshops, video games, cosplay, and late night DJ parties that you can handle!
The month of May has finally arrived, and that means some awesome anime cons to look forward to in May, which we will have on the blog/site before the week is out. Also, we’ve got a new highlights video from Zenkaikon that’s going to be posted on our youtube page REAL soon! As for now, we thank all of the awesome people that have helped us with our highlights video, as well as taken pictures with us! See you all at the next con! ๐
D&A Anime Blog: Zenkaikon was AWESOME!!!
After just coming back from Zenkaikon in Lancaster, PA we gotta say that our first time going to this anime convention, has been awesome! We did have just a little bit of trouble getting Uber set up but nevertheless we prevailed, and was able to go to this awesome anime con as part of our mini anime convention tour!
Upon our arrival we were welcomed with open arms by the staff as well as all the lovely con goers from the local area, as well as from the surrounding areas like York, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and everywhere else. (MD, NY, TX, etc.) We met up with some of our biggest D&A fans who have been following us around this tour, and they have been awesome to us! We even got to meet the legend himself Steve Blum, who is behind many of our favorite childhood shows that we’ve watched back in the early 90’s.
The atmosphere we’ve gotten from this con felt like many of the anime convention of the past years, or course that’s not to say that the current ones are bad, cuz’ they’re pretty awesome too!
We definitely see ourselves coming back to Zenkaikon next year, only this time we’ll make sure we book our hotel inside the convention center a few months in advance. (The one we stayed in a block from the con wasn’t too bad.) It’s probably too early to make this announcement but we’ve already got some locations/stops in mind for our 2018 tour; most of which are returning stops with a few new ones along the way.
If you missed us at this con, don’t worry, you can catch us at our next con. (Which will be listed on our Con Appearances page.)
SHOUT-OUTS!!
- KyandeHime (Gmail, Facebook, Instagram)
- Charles Dunbar (Facebook.com/StudyofAnime, http://www.StudyofAnime.com, Patreon.com/charlesdunbar, Twitter @studyofanime)
- Frank “The Shark” Sicurella (Twitter @LegendsFrank, Facebook.com/legendsoftheinterwebs, Youtube.com/legendsoftheweb)
- Knights of Fandom (knightsoffandom.tumblr.com)
The Road Ahead…
Ever since the inception of D&A back in late 2015, it’s been on our minds of what we wanted our blog/site to represent. At first it wasn’t really going to be an actual blog, but in fact a cosplay album where the cosplayers that we’ve taken pictures of while at anime conventions, could see their photos on our site. It has since grown from that point to where it is now; where we do reviews on anime and manga titles, have anime and manga trivia on our Twitter page, post anime convention mocumentaries about our adventures, and show you where you can find various other anime cons in your region.
To be honest we had no idea that the blog would turn out the way it did; with all the love and support that we’ve gotten from the anime community, as well as from North American Anime Distributors like FUNimation, Crunchyroll, Aniplex, Sentai Filmworks, and many more. We’re so excited to see what the rest of the year holds for us regarding our mini anime convention tour, as well as some new pages that are soon going to make their appearance on the blog.
As for what the road lies ahead for us, we’ve got some long-term and short-term goals established regarding the future of D&A Anime Blog. Next January at Baltimore’s AniMore anime convention, we’ll be doing our first official D&A Anime Blog panel, making this our first ever fan panel at an anime convention! (We won’t be doing just one panel, but we’ll actually give you guys two panels to enjoy, because that’s how much we love our fans!) We’ll also be working on trying to get some sponsors for us to help us with traveling costs, as well as get our own domain name and establish our own newsletter so that our fans will know what new developments are coming for the blog, and what’s new with the world of anime.
We’re hoping that for our tenth anniversary, we will be able to have our own anime convention known as D&A Anime Con! It’ll be an awesome three day anime convention filled with everything that makes anime conventions exciting; such as Voice Actor Q&A panels, awesome cosplay, special events, DJs and rave parties, and just flat out fun overall! To make this dream a reality we’re going to need your help. To make this future anime convention fun, we’re going to need the help of the many anime fans that are passionate about it as much as we are.
D&A for us is awesome, and its awesome because of you (the fans). Keep making D&A a part of you, and we’ll do our job to continue making you a part of us! ๐
We’re Back On Track, and that’s a Fact!
Last weekend we did have an unfortunate moment where we’ve experienced our first ever brain fart, but now things are really looking up for us as we come back strong for a Toonami-filled Slash Saturday! As always we bring you some action-filled samurai anime titles that many of you may (or may not) have seen, plus our male and female picks for our Samurai Hall of Fame!
Looking for a samurai anime movie filled with the action and drama that these Edo Period warriors had faced during that time? Then check out this title known as Ryo; where the son of a samurai who’s parents died during the invasion of English ships, is now the bodyguard of an individual who has a plan to fight for his country. Wanna know who we’ve elected to be in our Samurai Hall of Fame in both our male and female categories? Then check em’ out for yourselves to see if your favorites have been elected.
Next weekend we travel to Lancaster, PA for our first ever out of state anime convention, and the third stop on our 2017 mini anime convention tour; Zenkaikon! After the con is over we’ll fill you in on the details as well as update you on some new things we’ve got planned for the summer. With all that said, thank you to all of our fans who are following us on WordPress, Facebook, Twitter, and also thank you to our Youtube subscribers! Keep on making D&A a part of you, and we’ll keep on making you a part of us! ๐
Pardon Our Dust (The Return)…
Hey anime and manga fans! Once again we at D&A Anime Blog wanna thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and support that we’ve been getting from the blog recently. For the next couple of days or so, we’ll be doing some mild renovating of our site to make it awesome and exciting for newcomers, as well as returning our fans.
As for what’s good on our side of the tracks; we’re gearing up for our third stop on our D&A mini anime convention tour, as there will be a new cosplay page added to our Cosplay Hall drop down menu within a few weeks. If you’ve been following us on our Facebook and Twitter pages, we’ve mentioned that we’re currently working on getting some electronic music production equipment (laptop, MIDI controller keyboard, etc.) so that we can have the ability to introduce a new music playlist feature for the blog.
We’ve also noticed that when we’ve been doing our WordPress posts on the blog, that while many of them are good to read and rather informative, then ten to lack in deeper and exclusive detail. As our promise to you (the fans) we plan on making our posts a little bit lengthier, so that we can give both old fans and new fans the full D&A experience! We apologize for not being able to bring you our anime title picks for our Throwback Thursday and D&A Friday’s segments this week, but since we’ll be at Zenkaikon next week, we’ll only be able to give you guys some reviews on some classic anime titles on Thursday. (We’ll make it up to you the following Friday.)
Saturday night is another awesome night of Toonami, and a chance to redeem ourselves during our Slash Saturday segment. Until then, stay golden and keep on making anime and D&A, a part of you! ๐
Cosplay Nightclubs: Guess What World?! Nerds Turn Up Too!!
Meeting men or women at nightclubs may be the norm for many of us millennials in this modern day and age of dating (plus social media), but what about the percentage of us in America that society has labeled as ‘undateble’ due to ‘their’ standards? Yours Truly has been wondering and pondering about this topic for a few years but never really figured out how to bright it to the forefront.
In the past 20 years or so we nerds and otaku have been portrayed on television as smart and intelligent, but at the same time meek and socially awkward when it comes to finding dates and trying to get girls (and guys). Throughout middle and high school it was hard for me and A. Goldman to find a member of the opposite sex that liked anime and manga as much as we did. Hell, it was even hard for the two of us to even get dates or find other friends.
To your average awkward socialite those four years would suck pretty badly, but trust us when we say this; it gets waaaay better after high school! With anime conventions popping up all over the place as well as an awesome anime community that we look forward to talking to every time we blog about anime, you can finally breathe and be your true self and won’t have to worry about the outside world judging you, or laughing at you because they think you’re too old for cartoons.
Now here comes the reason why I’m writing this filler post; nightclubs for lovers of geeky things like anime, manga, superheroes, and sci-fi are just like going back to high school and being labeled as part of the nerd click. There are a lot of cool things that I’ve noticed since being a part of the anime community; you guys are very kind, very sweet, very supportive, and very protective against internet trolls.
But back to the nightclub thing; nowadays we’ve got nightclubs and events that are dedicated to us nerds, otaku, and even cosplayers! To be honest I’ve never actually been to a cosplay nightclub (and neither has A. Goldman), but after doing some late night Youtube surfing I made a shocking discovery; nerds turn up just as much as normal night-clubbers do! (Dancing, bumping n’ grinding, etc.) Where were these kind of nightclubs when I was in my senior year of high school?!
I’m gonna wrap up this filler post by saying this if you’re an anime fan in middle or high school; hang in there, it gets so much better after grade school, especially if you’re an otaku looking for love! ๐
Monday Cleanse: Of Spirits and Guts!
Sometimes whenever we as humans feel stressed out by the comings and goings of the day; such as work, school, responsibilities around the house, it’s nice to have a day to yourself where you can just cleanse yourself and also have time to yourself. Tonight for your Monday night we’ve done just that as we’ve brought to you our version of a ‘cleanse’, and that’s through some good old lesser known anime title and snack time fun!
If you’re already a fan of a previous title that we’ve done for our Slash Saturday segment known as Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, then you’re going to love its spin-off title called Mononoke. It tells the story of the Medicine Seller character from the 2006 aforementioned title, as he battles against the mononoke (an ayakashi spirit that has found its way into the world of the living) using his intellect of the supernatural, before killing the spirit with his sword. If you’re looking for a way to improve your digestive system, then try out some Yakult. It’s a probiotic product that will help improve and moderate one’s intestines and colon, and can even help boost immunity so that you won’t get sick as easily!
As of right now there are less than two weeks left until Zenkaikon, which will be our third stop on our mini anime convention tour. This will also be our first anime convention out of state as we gear up and prepare ourselves to meet the one and only, Steve Blum! We’ll have more Youtube videos coming soon as well as more updates regarding our plans for the summer, as well as the Fanfiction.net debut of a couple of our fanfics!
Once again, we can’t thank you guys (the fans) enough for all of the support that we’ve been getting, so continue to make D&A a part of your lives and in return, we will continue to make you a part of us! ๐
D&A Filler Posts: What Are They Up To Now?
If you guys are familiar with the concept of fillers or filler arcs in anime, then you might have an idea of what we’re getting at with this post. If you don’t then don’t worry, because we’re about to explain it to you! Every week on the blog we usually post anywhere between 3 and 5 posts a week. (Or about 1.5 a day for four days.) With that in mind we thought about ways where we can keep the momentum of the blog/site going, while at the same time continuing to cater to you (the fans) of what you wanna see from us. So far in the past fifteen months that D&A Anime Blog has been active; we’ve gotten over 30 WordPress followers, over 500 Twitter followers, over 25 Facebook followers, and we’re closing in on close to 7,000 total views on the blog itself!
We can’t thank you guys enough on all of the support that we’ve been getting from the blog, as well as from the anime community. Plus as always we wanna give an awesome shout-out to the crew at FUNimation, the voice actors, everyone at Crunchyroll, Sentai Filmworks, Aniplex, VizMedia, and to everyone that we’ve met during our 2017 mini anime convention tour. As for the filler posts that we’ve mentioned, they will fall into one of the following categories; Anime Episode Reviews, D&A’s Top 5 and Top 10, or Fan Posts. (Anything that you want us to write about.)
We’re also thinking about extending the length of our posts so that our fans can get an in-depth feel from what we post on our blog. We welcome any critiques that you may have as a D&A Anime Blog fan, in order to help us become a better anime blog and website, so that we can give you the ultimate anime blog experience! (Send them to us through our Contact Us page!) There’s no real time of when these filler posts will pop up, but when they do, you’ll know that that’s our way of making D&A more awesome, more attractive, and more a part of you! ๐
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