Your eyes do not deceive you! 91.8 The Fan is giving away four one-day passports for one of Anaheim's most anticipated conventions of the year.
Back for round 3, it's Kyle Hebert! Still big and bald as always, he's still rocking the voice of Ryu from Street Fighter, as well as a whole host of ...
When you're feeling objectionable, sometimes it's best to move to Japan. Ben Judd is probably best known for yelling OBJECTION! as Phoenix Wright, but now he's moved onto to bigger ...
In my quest to view what Japan has to offer, I have unwittingly stumbled upon a few monstrosities. One goes by the name Sky Girls.
Laura Post has been pretty busy lately with awesome shows like Squid Girl and Redline. On top of that, you can kick some butt with her as Ahri in League ...
For all you folks into the fighting game community, you probably know GK Bowes. She's been trading blows as Felicia in Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Asuka in Street Fighter ...
It's that time on Merry Melodies where we take a look at the more recent openings that Christmas bases his watch list on. At the top of that list, we ...
More then anything, the sakura has always held great symbolic importance in Japan. In fact, they celebrate the blooming sakura every year.
If you have been any form of anime fan in the past fifty years, odds are you've at least heard of Lupin the Third. If you haven't, just say you ...
After a bit of an impromptu break, The Owl in the Rafters is back with a convention related update! Anime Central, one of the largest anime conventions in the ...
Hello and welcome back to another awesome edition of the YuleBlog. Will our heroines have destroyed each other like they were poised to do in the last episode? Let's find ...
There is a question that I hear fairly frequently that bothers me more than it rightly should. I understand the intent behind the query, but the way it is ...
The Drama Llama comes to pay us a visit.
Ham-ha! Are you ready for some more pintsized adventures? Muster up that ham-ham power and join me on big hamtastic adventure with our favorite rodents! It's Hamtaro Time!
Posted on May 16 2012
Ok, so I lied when I said I wasn't going to update again until the 4th Wednesday of the month. I have a mini update to plug in before my next big article.
Posted on May 09 2012
After a bit of an impromptu break, The Owl in the Rafters is back with a convention related update! Anime Central, one of the largest anime conventions in the U.S.'s midwest region was this past end of April weekend so I'd like to go over some brief highlights and address my usual concerns with the state of the convention scene and, to some extent, anime fandom in general.
Posted on Apr 04 2012
So, last time we took a little crash course in Yoshihiko Umakoshi's roles as animation director and character designer in order to prep for the recent Saint Seiya Omega. This week I've got another hot reboot to cover and another talented animator to touch on: Lupin III - Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna
Posted on Mar 21 2012
Welcome back to the Owl in the Rafters, where I, Tyto, your host, not only can't think of a title for the week, but also desperately need to find a better way to open this article than saying "Welcome back" every week.
Posted on Mar 08 2012
Welcome back to the Owl in the Rafters! Today I'd like to talk about a lesser known side of one of the biggest names in anime: Studio Ghibli. American fans are probably already aware, but the US theater release of The Secret World of Arrietty was this past February 17th, and despite lagging behind the original Japanese release by two years (and the UK release by about seven months) the wait proved well worth it.
Posted on Feb 15 2012
I will admit right off the bat that I may have exaggerated the lovey-dovey-ness of this year's Valentine's Day article.
Posted on Feb 01 2012
Welcome to a special manly compensatory update of the Owl in the Rafters!
Posted on Jan 18 2012
Welcome back to the Owl in the Rafters 2012 edition, issue #2!
Posted on Jan 04 2012
Happy New Year and welcome to the first Owl in the Rafters update of 2012! As I promised back in November, I am returning to my proper gimmick as of today! For those of you wandering in for the first time let me give a brief introduction:
Posted on Nov 16 2011
Welcome back to another wonderful Wednesday with the Wowl in the Wafters... I mean Owl in the Rafters... Today I wanted to do something a little different.
iStalk? uStalk!