Eugene Woodbury

Family memories regarding Eugene Woodbury's teen years coalesce around his hands-on projects. Growing up, he was a tinkerer with televis...

With Eugene's passing, Peaks Island Press is no longer in operation. Books within the catalog will be republished in 2026.  His 12 King...

Eugene Woodbury unexpectedly passed away at the age of 65 early January 2025.  Memorial posts will appear on this blog in the upcoming month...

Based on the manga created by Toshinao Aoki and Studio Bones, the animation in Dragon Pilot brings to mind the comic strip art of Bill Watt...

Sony has been on an anime buying binge of late, having purchased streaming services Funimation and Crunchyroll, along with retailer Right St...

Back in 2016, Jason Thompson opined on Gizmodo that "Manga publishing is dying." Unable to adapt to New Media, "most Japanes...

In Japanese, the terms honne (本音) and tatemae (建て前) refer to a person's true self versus their public image. It is a compelling subjec...

The traditional police procedural is one genre where live-action Jdrama holds it own. Hollywood could do a lot worse than license a series l...

Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the Twelve Kingdoms novels by Fuyumi Ono. (Just for the record, I am not involved in any way.) Sha...

I usually sign up for a full year when I enroll at Crunchyroll . Unlike Netflix and Hidive, Crunchyroll acquires new anime titles at a prodi...

In his essay on Aeon , Matt Alt tackles the subject of Japanese minimalism (and the lack thereof), most recently epitomized and poularized i...

In the realm of contemporary fantasy, I see dead people is always a useful addition to the resume of the main character. Donna Howard in...

GKids has agreed to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toho International . Founded in 1932, Toho is one of the biggest film producers a...

I let my Netflix, Crunchyroll, and HIDIVE subscriptions expire at the beginning of the year and spent the next six months mostly watching li...