| Union Way: | Makers of software that allows you to view and type Asian fonts I.E. Chinese, Japanese, Korean Etc. |
| Universal Currency Converter: | Convert U.S. Dollars to Yen or HK Dollars |
| Mapquest: | Directions to that convention not clear enough? Just print up a free map. |
| Neko-Con: | October 2,3,4 In Virginia Beach, Virginia at the Holiday Inn Executive Center. |
| Katsu-Con: | February 12, 13, 14 at the same place as Otakon, Hyatt Regency Crystal City. A great venue. |
| I-Con: | April 9,10,11 At SUNY Stonybrook in Long Island |
| Otakon: | That con kicked ass! Next year's should be even better. Keep checking back for updates |
Superfans, dedicated to multiple series:
| Anime Turnpike: | The most comprehensive English Anime site. Find a fanclub, find a webpage, do research on your favorite character. All kinds of goodies!! |
| Anime Theme: | My favorite Anime site of all! Give your computer sounds, wallpaper, icons and animated cursors from your favorite Animes, or play some really cool online games...all free, just do them a favor and click on their sponsors. |
| Anime Domein: | Good site with tons of info. Chat rooms and forums. Plus good links. |
| Al's Anime Page: | Listen to music from your fave anime series or check out any of his other cool pages. |
| The Albatross: | Some of the best image scans on the net |
| Right Stuf International: | Good distributor, but it's under superfans for all of the Anime and Manga info at their site, thanx folks=) |
| Q.A.L.F. Queens Anime Liberation Front: | I first learned of them from a Ranma memory game I found at shareware.com. I got most of my Fushigi Yuugi pics from them. |
| The Ultimate Animanga Archive: | Lots and lots of scans! |
Miyazaki: Creator of many great Animes and Mangas such as Nausicaä, Kiki's Delivery Service, Laputa, My Neighbor Totoro and Mononoke Hime.
Company Site:
| Studio Ghibli Homepage: | The actual Japanese site dedicated to Miyazaki and his crew (Japanese only) |
Fan Sites:
| Nausicaä Net: | A very thorough site which covers Miyazaki through all of his career |
| Princess Mononoke: | From Helsinki Finland, all the news you could ever want on this incredible film and Miyazaki.Includes English translations of Japanese articles. |
| Mononoke: | A Japanese site that has links in both Japanese and English |
Neon Genesis Evangelion:
Company Site:
| Gainax Network Systems: | In Japanese, English, and Korean. For all you Eva and Honneamise fans. |
Fan Sites:
| NG Evangelion Homepage: | Truly a superfan who did a lot of research and loves this series. |
| Evangelion The Movie: | Very comprehensive, all the secrets, and synopses. |
| Neon Genesis Revelation: | Exploring the religious aspects of Evangelion |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: R: | Illustrated original fiction, continues the storyline from episode 24 on to different results than End Of Evangelion. |
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Cool Magazines:
| Giant Robot: | If you dig Asian Pop Culture and articles about Japanese and Hong Kong
Films, film stars like Sandra Ng, Anita Yuen, Chow Yun Fat, and Simon Yam. If you want to
find out about weird candies and beverages from the Pacific rim, If you still dig indie
labels and vinyl records.If you want to find out about Kogals or squatting in NYC then
check it out now!! If you're not into this stuff, then why did you come here? |
| Protoculture Addicts: | Still one of the coolest anime publications ever! |
| Animerica: | Viz's superb anime mag. |
| Viz: | Publisher of great manga translations like Ranma ½ and Neon Genesis Evangelion and killer videos |
| Pulp: | Viz's manga translations for adult audiences. |
| Mixxzine: | You gotta love a mag that mixes up such diverse titles as Gundam, Magic Knights Rayearth, Ice Blade, and my Fave: Parasyte. Coming soon: Smile magazine featuring Sailor Moon and other Shojo manga=) |
| Mixxonline: | Check out Mixxonline for cool articles and stuff to buy. |
| Dark Horse Comics: | Working together with Studio Proteus to bring us great translations like Oh! My Goddess. |
| Studio Proteus: | Cool translators. The list is just too long! Check out their site! |
| Antarctic Press: | Publisher of many cool mangas. |
Video Distributors:
| A.D.V Films: | Gamera, Blue Seed, Burn Up, Nuku Nuku, Battle Angel Alita, Devil Hunter Yohko, Gunsmith Cats, Kekko Kamen, And, of course Neon Genesis Evangelion!!!!!!!!!! |
| AnimEigo: | Bubblegum Crisis, Otaku No Video, Baoh, Urusei Yatsura (Lum), You're Under Arrest, Oh! My Goddess, Riding Bean |
| Bandai America: | |
| Bandai Japan: | |
| Central Park Media: | Also includes U.S. Manga Corps, Anime 18, and software sculptors. Black Jack, Iria, Patlabor, Project A-KO, Record Of Lodoss War, Roujin Z, Yotoden. |
| Kitty Media: | Also includes Media Blasters, Yu Yu Hakusho, Ninko. |
| Manga Video: | Thanks to them we've seen Ninja Scroll, Appleseed, and Ghost In The Shell. |
| Pioneer Animation: | They just purchased Fushigi Yuugi for U.S. distribution. |
| Streamline Pictures: | Lupin, Megazone 23, Dirty Pair, Akira, and Robotech...whew, need I say more? |
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| Osamu Tezuka's World: | The father of Manga and Anime. Creator of Astro Boy (Mighty Atom), Kimba The White Lion (Jungle Emperor), Black Jack, and Adolph. Find out about the originator.(All Japanese Site) |
| Toei: | You've seen all the big name theatrical animated releases like DBZ and Sailor Moon (Japanese Site) |
| Toho: | Two huge giants come from Toho: Kurosawa and Godzilla (Japanese site) |
| Urban Vision: | Final Fantasy the animation and Gatchaman (G-Force) come from here |
TV:
| Cartoon Network: | They're playing Sailor Moon and Dragonball Z, and have played Speed Racer, Robotech, and Battle Of The Planets. E-mail them and keep pushing Anime!! Also on AOL go to keyword "Cartoon" maybe we can get Pokemon, or Astro Boy on CN too. |
Video Games:
| Dave's Video Game Classics: | Great emulators the original arcade games you grew up with, now on your home PC, check em out. |
| Game FAQs.com: | Are you stuck? Where the hell is the last summon Materia? Game Faqs has all the answers. For almost all the systems. Even Turbo Graphix and Sega CD! Even Japanese games! |
| Shadowland: | Did you get hooked on the 16 bit Shadowrun games? Well they came from an RPG series by FASA. Check this site and run in the shadows. |
Fan Subbers: Is the Anime you're looking for not out in the U.S. yet? Try here.
| Black Box Productions: | They're the fansubbers who did the fabulous jobs on Evangelion Death/Rebirth and End Of Evangelion that I saw at Otakon and I-Con. |
| Kodocha Anime: | You can purchase copies of the Black Box subs here as well as lots of other stuff. |
| Chi Anime Fansub Distribution: | |
| Nyanko House Productions: |
New York City Anime Clubs: If you live in NYC and are jonesin to hang with fellow Otaku, then check these folks out.
| Steven's Anime Club: | At the lovely campus of Steven's Tech in scenic Hoboken, NJ. Just a Path train ride away from Manhattan. |
| Metro Anime: | Based at the School Of Visual Arts in Manhattan on 23rd street. |
| Anime Club Of Columbia: | For those of you uptown folks. On Columbia's campus in the 100's. |
Hong Kong Film And Pop Stars:
| Lam Ching-Ying-Hero Of This World and The Next: | This site is for the serious Lam-Fan. In depth biography, and thoughts on Lam from friends colleagues and other fans! |
| Hong Kong Cinema: | The most organized and informative HK site ever!!! |
| Hong Kong Film Critics Society: | Many reviews and pics from flix in the last three years. |
| Dave's Hong Kong Movie Page: | Another Lam Ching-Ying fan. he spent a lot of time thoroughly listing and reviewing his big collection of HK flix |
| Commercial Radio 2 Hong Kong: | This is the station that broadcasts Sandra Ng's radio show: Wa!Wa!Wa! |
| Special Administrative Region: | Tons of HK gossip and pics from the Apple Daily. Updated weekly! |
Friend Pages:
| Akai-Chan's Homepage: | My wife/best friend's page is waay better than mine with info and articles and pictures of some of the hottest HK stars like Zhao Wen Zhou and Francis Ng. |
| Akito's Anime Site: | Fushigi Yuugi, Ruroni Kenshin and Child's Toy all in a well organized site. |
| Debacle: | This evil genius/pervert is one of my best friends. Go and be baffled. |
| James Spady: | I grew up with him. Now he almost has a Doctorate in history. His thesis is here. |
| Scruffy Nutz The Clownz Homepage: | aka EricFatAzz. ICP or Beasties your cupa joe? Drink deeply from this spring. |
| Splifford/Disassociate: | Lower East Side Hardcore n things to rot yer brain. I used to work with Ricardo Sheets |
| Programmed Response: | New Jersey indie stuff. High School buddy kicks keyboard ass. |
| Hiren's Web Page: | He just started, it'll get better=) |
| Hiren's Babylon 5 Site: | A neat midi theme and cool pics. |
Other Stuff:
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| Celebrity Link Directory: | Literally thousands of links to sites about all kinds of celebrities. |
| Marilyn Manson: | The man and band that are keeping rock alive. This site is one of the best multimedia sites I have ever seen. |
| View Askew-niverse: | Kevin Smith has three great films under his belt, and a killer website. |
| Extreme Championship Wrestling: | The hardcore wrestling organization. It doesn't get much better than this! See the stars before they become stars. See where the wrestling trends start. |
| Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster: | Zaphod Beeblebrox the ex-intergalactic president created this potion. Just try to remember where your towel is. |
| The Tesseract: | After reading A Wrinkle In Time I just had to find out more about Madeline L'Engle. This site will give you all the info you need about her and her fascinating books. |
| Gothic Babe Of The Week: | Aaaaaah, the memories of my teen years just start flowing back. Link courtesy of Debacle. |
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