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I recieved Just this announcment from Rightstuf. Time to Stock up on DarkHorse Products! Megatokyo anyone?
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Here's a great one for the manga fans! Time to stock up on reading material, because you'll go berserk over the savings we're giving you on Dark Horse!
We've slashed prices down so you can easily pick up some wonderful titles like Berserk, Blade of the Immortal, Hellsing, Trigun, and perhaps even the upcoming
Vampire Hunter D novel!
From now until 3/2, get 33% OFF Retail price on all Darkhorse items!* That includes novels, graphic novels, t-shirts, lighters, everything!
Plus, if you're a Got Anime Member, you can use your membership and get savings that will frighten everyone you know!
How? Just use the following reusable coupon code when you check out through our online store:
Coupon code: berserk
Expires: 3/2/05 at 11:59PM CST
Not sure what products are from Dark Horse? Just use their Advanced Search Option to find everything they produce!
I finally pulled the trigger and sent out my "Shameless Self Promotion" announcement that we are officially live. I guess you can call it my one-and-only SPAM announcement.
"Euuh, I don't like Spam!"
Yeah, me either, but you have to start someplace. Regardless, if you are visiting as a result of that email, welcome! Feel free join in the forum and the fun! Things are still a little sparse at the moment, but you need to start someplace.
Again, thanks for stopping by ...
"Euuh, I don't like Spam!"
Yeah, me either, but you have to start someplace. Regardless, if you are visiting as a result of that email, welcome! Feel free join in the forum and the fun! Things are still a little sparse at the moment, but you need to start someplace.
Again, thanks for stopping by ...
Well, Googlebot, MSN, and Yahoo! have all finally found us - look Ma, we have some real readers now!
After several months of playing with the site - moving from static pages to a true CMS (content management system), posting some real reviews, getting retail affiliates, and finding the right look for us - things are really starting to take shape! We still have plenty of work to do, formating and such ... but things are almost to the point where I'm happy with it. Now you guys just need to start speaking up in the forums (a slow process I know, no one likes an empty forum - it's on my list).
Anyway, since there are quite a few new eyes on us, I'd thought I'd take the opportunity to reintroduce ourselves.
Who are we? Well, Animation Unlimited my little slice of the animation pie. It's my chance to talk about any type of animation I want... no holds bared, nothing is off limits. Well, nothing within reason ... we'll try to keep it clean.
Why animation? There are several hobbies I know best: computers and video games, Jeeps, old Star Wars Trivia, how to brew beer ... and animation. To be honest, I have tried making static sites dedicated to all those other things in the past and they just did not keep the creative flow going. I work on computers all day so I don't like to talk about them much (my wife would disagree), there are others that know Jeeps a heck of a lot better than I do (the people at SouthernJeeps.org are a good example), and beer is hard to comment on to the masses (few people know what East Kent Goldings or Fruggles are and it's not legal for younger audiences).
Animation is fun, and it has a growing universal appeal. 'Toons are not just for kids anymore. I generally watch a cartoon of some sort almost every day, something I can't say for my other hobbies, so I figured this might be the right subject for a creative outlet. So far, so good, I am really enjoying myself here.
For the time being you will read the musings of myself and VHex, a buddy of mine who will give you animation reviews that are a bit on the lighter side. If you care, you can read more about us in either of the links below. Others may follow.
Who is Johaan?
Who is VHex?
So poke around, read our musings, join in in the forums, and most importantly have fun.
After several months of playing with the site - moving from static pages to a true CMS (content management system), posting some real reviews, getting retail affiliates, and finding the right look for us - things are really starting to take shape! We still have plenty of work to do, formating and such ... but things are almost to the point where I'm happy with it. Now you guys just need to start speaking up in the forums (a slow process I know, no one likes an empty forum - it's on my list).
Anyway, since there are quite a few new eyes on us, I'd thought I'd take the opportunity to reintroduce ourselves.
Who are we? Well, Animation Unlimited my little slice of the animation pie. It's my chance to talk about any type of animation I want... no holds bared, nothing is off limits. Well, nothing within reason ... we'll try to keep it clean.
Why animation? There are several hobbies I know best: computers and video games, Jeeps, old Star Wars Trivia, how to brew beer ... and animation. To be honest, I have tried making static sites dedicated to all those other things in the past and they just did not keep the creative flow going. I work on computers all day so I don't like to talk about them much (my wife would disagree), there are others that know Jeeps a heck of a lot better than I do (the people at SouthernJeeps.org are a good example), and beer is hard to comment on to the masses (few people know what East Kent Goldings or Fruggles are and it's not legal for younger audiences).
Animation is fun, and it has a growing universal appeal. 'Toons are not just for kids anymore. I generally watch a cartoon of some sort almost every day, something I can't say for my other hobbies, so I figured this might be the right subject for a creative outlet. So far, so good, I am really enjoying myself here.
For the time being you will read the musings of myself and VHex, a buddy of mine who will give you animation reviews that are a bit on the lighter side. If you care, you can read more about us in either of the links below. Others may follow.
Who is Johaan?
Who is VHex?
So poke around, read our musings, join in in the forums, and most importantly have fun.
Tonight I saw some Comcast trucks rolling through the neighborhood for no apparent reason. They were working in tandem, one on each side of the road, lights blinking. My cable has been working fine so I did not think there were any issues ... but I had about what could be going on. I turned on my TV, cable box, and pushed the "On Demand" button on my remote - to find glorious video on demand. Cartoon Network on demand, Anime Channel on demand, Boomerang on demand - as if I did not have enough toons before - Comcast put more at my fingertips!
I know they may have turned this on within the last few weeks,and my finding it tonight was coincidence, but I have been waiting for this for a long time ... and not just the two years I have been living in this house aware that Comcast was working on it.
Sometime around 1992 I was in a pre-req Journalism course in college, "Mass Comm and Society." While he was on one of his many tangents, my professor told us about all the new media technology was supposed to be coming down the pike. A new form of Laserdisc, a video on demand service, and something called HDTV, he said, all were supposed to hit the market in about 5 or 6 years. (Incidentally, that same year I wrote a paper on something called the Internet that I thought would change the media forever ... I even had to petition the College of Engineering to get an email address ... boy things were different then. And I guess you can say I nailed that one!)
Well, he missed the mark on some of it by a little bit - it took roughly double the amount of time - but it did arrive as promised. I have HDTV in my house, a DVR that has made VHS recording a thing of the past, DVD, and now video on demand. Granted, the programing is still a little limited, but I could watch the Smurfs on demand and follow it up with some Robotech if I wanted to - and then go post about them on the Internet.
It's about time.
I know they may have turned this on within the last few weeks,and my finding it tonight was coincidence, but I have been waiting for this for a long time ... and not just the two years I have been living in this house aware that Comcast was working on it.
Sometime around 1992 I was in a pre-req Journalism course in college, "Mass Comm and Society." While he was on one of his many tangents, my professor told us about all the new media technology was supposed to be coming down the pike. A new form of Laserdisc, a video on demand service, and something called HDTV, he said, all were supposed to hit the market in about 5 or 6 years. (Incidentally, that same year I wrote a paper on something called the Internet that I thought would change the media forever ... I even had to petition the College of Engineering to get an email address ... boy things were different then. And I guess you can say I nailed that one!)
Well, he missed the mark on some of it by a little bit - it took roughly double the amount of time - but it did arrive as promised. I have HDTV in my house, a DVR that has made VHS recording a thing of the past, DVD, and now video on demand. Granted, the programing is still a little limited, but I could watch the Smurfs on demand and follow it up with some Robotech if I wanted to - and then go post about them on the Internet.
It's about time.
Last night I cracked open my copy of Robotech Remastered Extended Editon, #02, only to find a glob of "paint" on the data side. I guess some silkscreen splattered when they made the disc. What a bummer! I don't know anyone else that finds defective DVDs like I do, but I average at least 2-3 a year. I hope this fills up my quota for 2005!
Well, I have an e-mail and voicemail into ADVFilms to get this thing replaced so I can happily go on my Robotech way. I could possibly go back to the retailer, but since I bought it so long ago I'm afraid I might have a fight to replace it. When I had a bad Lilo and Stitch disc last year, Disney replaced it right away with no issues. I have also received replacements from MANGA Ent and Rightstuf in the past. I hope ADVFilms gives me the same kind of treatment.
I'll keep you posted.
-UPDATE-
ERK! The reply came quickly - but the standard form for the replacement said the turnaround time is 2-8 weeks! I'd like to avoid that kind of downtime. Time to call the e-tailer.
-UPDATE-
As I feared, a 30-day return policy on the DVD at the E-tailer. Looks like I don't have a choice in the matter... I'd better get it in the mail tomorrow. SO, expect my Robotech Remastered review to be delayed.... instead, you may get Robotech Remastered reviews at the same time as MACROSS vs. Robotech. That is, if those discs make it in soon!
Well, I have an e-mail and voicemail into ADVFilms to get this thing replaced so I can happily go on my Robotech way. I could possibly go back to the retailer, but since I bought it so long ago I'm afraid I might have a fight to replace it. When I had a bad Lilo and Stitch disc last year, Disney replaced it right away with no issues. I have also received replacements from MANGA Ent and Rightstuf in the past. I hope ADVFilms gives me the same kind of treatment.
I'll keep you posted.
-UPDATE-
ERK! The reply came quickly - but the standard form for the replacement said the turnaround time is 2-8 weeks! I'd like to avoid that kind of downtime. Time to call the e-tailer.
-UPDATE-
As I feared, a 30-day return policy on the DVD at the E-tailer. Looks like I don't have a choice in the matter... I'd better get it in the mail tomorrow. SO, expect my Robotech Remastered review to be delayed.... instead, you may get Robotech Remastered reviews at the same time as MACROSS vs. Robotech. That is, if those discs make it in soon!
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