http://www.brianruh.com/blog/ Brian Ruh's blog: Anime. Manga. Tech. Writing. Whatever. en-us Copyright 2005 Sat, 28 May 2005 00:58:20 -0600 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:01:32 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jean Snow has news of a show he just saw on NHK detailing the life of a shoujo artist. This is familiar terrain for those who know Fred Schodt's writings on manga, but interesting nonetheless. (Now that it's summer I'll... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/05/shoujo_artist_d.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/05/shoujo_artist_d.html Sat, 28 May 2005 00:58:20 -0600 Seriusly. From the New York Times. The president of a Japanese electronics company made reps from Christie's and Sotheby's play a game of rock-paper-scissors to determine who got to auction off the company's valuable collection of art.... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/04/janken_decides.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/04/janken_decides.html Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:30:03 -0600 Heh. A silly article for silly people. I particularly like the "bully" bit: If you're a parent, pay attention to the following list. These words can point to illegal activities or indicate your child is a bully: H4x = hack... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/04/l33tsp34k_for_l.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/04/l33tsp34k_for_l.html Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:55:38 -0600 Once more, nothingness. Until this post. Then there is something yet again. School. Research. Writing. I intend to post more once this semester is over.... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/04/mu.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/04/mu.html Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:30:31 -0600 It looks like Palgrave Macmillan (the publisher of my book on Oshii) will be publishing two new books on anime later this year. The first one is actually a revised version of an already existing book -- according to a... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/03/new_anime_books.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/03/new_anime_books.html Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:47:18 -0600 My book has shown up on this month's entry on Anime.com. A short blurb: "If you're a fan of his [Oshii's] work in any way, this is more than an interesting read."... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/03/stray_dog_of_an.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/03/stray_dog_of_an.html Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:54:48 -0600 My friend Rolando has written a review of Stray Dog of Anime in Spanish. It's now up on the Animebaka webpage. It's in section eight on the page, so you'll have to scroll down most of the way in order... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/03/spanish_stray_d.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/03/spanish_stray_d.html Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:43:15 -0600 For anyone curious about the NCTA Enrichment Event I said I'd be speaking at this summer, more info about it is now available online. I've never given a presentation to such an audience before -- it should be interesting.... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/ncta_enrichment.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/ncta_enrichment.html Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:25:14 -0600 As a relaxing break to some of the stuff I've been working on recently, I thought I'd take stock of my DVD collection. I had tried a similar thing a couple of years ago, using a program (the name of... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/my_dvds.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/my_dvds.html Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:52:26 -0600 I'm up far too late to be thinking about posting, but Sarah informed me that my blog page was blank, so I thought I needed to post something here. I love fatherhood, but it's really taking away from my blogging... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/saving_my_reade.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/saving_my_reade.html Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:23:18 -0600 Following up on my post about Innocence getting the shaft by the Oscars this year, Anime News Service has a link to an MSN Entertainment article about the films that should have made the Oscar list but didn't. Of Innocence,... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/following_up_on.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/following_up_on.html Fri, 04 Feb 2005 09:26:45 -0600 Based on a reply Carl Horn made to a post on Patrick Macias's blog, I thought I'd check out the list of who is playing at South by Southwest this year. There are always some great bands playing, and this... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/sxsw_this_year.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/02/sxsw_this_year.html Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:27:20 -0600 Whew! I just finished the first draft of my review of Paul Gravett's Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Animation and Fred Patten's Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews for the first issue of the upcoming anime/manga/gaming... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/01/mechademia_work.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/01/mechademia_work.html Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:15:26 -0600 Well, it looks like Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence didn't make the Oscar short list for Best Animated Film. Instead we see The Incredibles (a great film, wholly deserving), Shark Tale (I didn't see it, but it looks kind... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/01/oscar_disappoin.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/01/oscar_disappoin.html Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:02:23 -0600 Back in October the Bloomington Herald Times did a piece on me and my book. I didn't link to it because, for some reason, the Herald Times doesn't let non-subscribers have access to the articles on their website. However, I... http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/01/ghost_tracker.html http://www.brianruh.com/blog/2005/01/ghost_tracker.html Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:14:28 -0600