Fansubs Don’t Grow On Trees: Gundam 00 and the new ethics of fansubbing

Posted on 25 March 2008 by kdccdk

I quit watching Gundam 00, about a month ago. The storyline was moving at a snail’s pace, even for a mecha show (which is known its glacial plot development) and there were too many characters to keep track of. I come back to it this weekend and a good quarter of the secondary [...]

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Manga Nation

Posted on 14 November 2007 by kdccdk

Orignally posted in my other blog “Enjoy and Exciting”.I have a subscription to Wired because of my Mediabistro paid membership, and I have to say, I love it. Sometimes it’s a bit too fanboy for me. (Hey editors, chicks read Wired, too!) But it’s really many of the things I love, popular science, soft technology, [...]

Filed under: comics, fan fiction, free culture, intellectual property, manga | 1 Comment »