Gotcha, Entertainment Media!

March 17th, 2008

One Manga

I found this site back in January and started obsessively reading the most bizarre titles on the site (top picks: competitive makeover artists vs. a reluctant “Iron Beautician,” another good one is about a tough guy who’s face burns off in a bus crash and a mad “perverted” doctor gives him the face of the girl he has a crush on; sexual hijinx ensue). There’s a huge network of “fan translators” who do titles that no publishing house in the US would touch. Too weird. Too niche. Too old. Too Japanese.

Between this and the videos on crunchyroll.com (go there and watch Bartender if you haven’t) and episodes of The Bob Newhart Show on hulu.com), I will never pay for entertainment media again. (You hear that, all megaproducers of entertainment on the fence as to whether you will make a profit from putting things on the internet? I WILL NEVER pay you money or support your advertisers. Haw haw. Jokes on you!)

One Response to “Gotcha, Entertainment Media!”

  1. jerell Says:

    Galaxy Express is ruined for me with fan translation. Speaking of Hulu, great idea, but do we need season one of The Munsters Today?

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