It hasn’t even been on-line a measly 24 hours yet, and already Jason Thompson's terrifying experiment in "Manga Tasting", written especially for OTAKU USA, is well on the way to classic status. Now, when people ask what’s the difference between us and the other kids in the squared circle, I'll say it’s because A.) We have a very hungry Jason Thompson on a very short leash and B.) Well…just read the article, already!
It really is pretty astounding!
Posted by: Joseph Luster | March 04, 2008 at 05:42 AM
Manga as wine? What about that recent manga that is about wine?
Posted by: TheBigGSN5 | March 05, 2008 at 08:01 PM
Jason is a pretty mysterious person. I hope he'll answer your questions in his own special way.
More of a beer guy here.
Posted by: Patrick Macias | March 05, 2008 at 08:10 PM
"Each day in America, thousands of manga are read, and hundreds of manga reviews go up on the Internet. Half of these reviews are deleted by librarians after the reviewer uses up their 15 minutes on the terminal."
Sir, this joke does not make any sense! Are we to understand that people go to the library to read manga and type about it it en masse at public libraries across the nation? Or perhaps people write OROCHIMARU SUX in MS Paint, and that is to be counted as a review...FACETIOUSLY? I can only conclude that this joke is one that can be only understood by librarians themselves! I demand an immediate explanation for exactly what this joke is supposed to be referring to.
Writing jokes that nobody reading the article could possibly get. You'd never see ME doing such a thing, I can assure you!
Posted by: Daryl Surat | March 06, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Next time go the High Times route: "Which manga makes for better rolling paper?"
Posted by: danno | March 11, 2008 at 04:00 PM
I wonder how that would go over like at Borders.
Posted by: Patrick Macias | March 11, 2008 at 09:09 PM
What, don't they have High Times Magazine at Borders?
Posted by: danno | March 12, 2008 at 06:33 PM