In this issue: hello to new readers from MTAC! A new and exciting (filler) arc begins on Bleach, and the Korean Wave continues in Japan. Welcome MTAC Readers! If you’re reading this after taking a CEN.TAKU.ME business card from the Anime Blast Chattanooga booth at MTAC Goes to 11, then welcome to the blog! The [...]

In the February issue of The CEN.TAKU.ME Journal, it’s less than a month away before the opening day of the forth year of Chattanooga’s first multifandom convention. An English version of a Korean music site launches (finally!), and minor changes made to the Chattanooga anime swag economy. Connooga Preparations Connooga is less than 20 days [...]

Welcome to the first issue of The Central Digest! A new monthly theme on CEN.TAKU.ME with the latest posts contributed to other blogs by yours truly! And to kick off the first issue, we take a look back of the best K-Pop songs of 2010, and a JapanSoc Blog Matsuri entry of the 90s Sentai [...]

We’ve made it to the eighth edition of the CEN.TAKU.ME Journal! And with that, we’ve also made it to the 11th month of 2010. But without further to say, here’s what’s in this issue of the CTM Journal! Late journal is late. But for good reasons: after watching the debut of the next big Korean [...]

Female Korean Pop Star Ivy‘s “Temptation of Sonata” is quite the topic not just around K-Pop communities, but around Final Fantasy fansites as well… The Music Video for the song looks suspiciously similar to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. That’s because it is based on Advent Children—used without permission. Of course, Square-Enix filed a lawsuit [...]