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In a few hours, I'll be leaving the house to watch for the fourth time, the live action adaptation of the manga classic Rurouni Kenshin. While this sounds a bit too much (not for me really...I watched Titanic 6 times, Batman Begins for 3, and the Last Samurai for 4) I really enjoyed the movie. Rurouni Kenshin was a big part of my teenage years in the...

I had a conversation with a friend who once followed Morning Musume like me. We haven't talked about the J-Idol world for a long time so we exchanged views on the state of the Idol world, what has changed, what has not changed, and other stuff.

Since I've never really asked him why he left the fandom before, I took the opportunity. His answer was...

A few days after the rehearsal video of Morning Musume's 51st single "Wakuteka Take a Chance" was released, fans were spazzing and the single thread in the forum went on topic once again. The general feel for the single is positive: both in the actual song itself and the usual inanities that accompany idol singles (line distribution,...

As soon as I got home from work, I opened my computer for news. While the last two weeks have been disappointing for me, I was hoping against all hope that Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi had a few surprises in store. I was hoping that the character roster wasn't as small as reported, and that the story mode will encompass all the major events in the...

What am I, as a fan?

Reading Dran's blog entry make me think about a lot of things, especially how "fan" enough I am. Unlike most people in this community, I do not consider myself a "hard-core" fan simply because I'm not really inclined to go the extra mile for my Idols so to speak. I have not ordered official merchandise...