http://heiseidemocracy.com Modern Visual Culture Digest Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:06:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2009/01/01/akemashite-omedetou/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2009/01/01/akemashite-omedetou/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:55:24 +0000 Seiya http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=9021 Happy New Year from everyone here at Heisei Democracy!]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2009/01/01/akemashite-omedetou/feed/ 20 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/12/29/state-of-the-democracy/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/12/29/state-of-the-democracy/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:55:22 +0000 Seiya http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=8952 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/12/29/state-of-the-democracy/feed/ 30 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/08/18/editors-desk-world-of-lifecraft/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/08/18/editors-desk-world-of-lifecraft/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:32:29 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=8692 Comic Water is better than Purified Draenic Water, I cancelled my WoW account this morning and have begun the process of reassembling what life I had before mid-June. For a bit of introspection on two months of lost time and a look ahead at the future of this site and its operator, feel free to read on:]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/08/18/editors-desk-world-of-lifecraft/feed/ 50 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/06/editors-desk-adv-and-the-aba/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/06/editors-desk-adv-and-the-aba/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:03:57 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=8361 competition has been going on with the goal of providing recognition to meritorious anime blogs in a variety of categories. Setting aside the inevitable problems associated with classification of sites as "blogs" related to "anime" and then further arbitrarily dividing them based on content, for a first time effort the project seems to have gone off rather well and as of today has born fruit, with the winners being officially announced. This post is not about them.]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/06/06/editors-desk-adv-and-the-aba/feed/ 6 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/05/26/editors-desk-the-pizza-frontier/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/05/26/editors-desk-the-pizza-frontier/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 12:31:08 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/?p=7943 Pizza Hut Japan would be doing a time-limited cross promotion with Macross F, I knew that I had to get in on the action. I'd missed the Marimite crossover, I'd missed the Geass crossover, but I'd be damned if I was going to let a box adorned with Ranka and Sheryl pass un-greasespotted by pizza that was meant for my stomach! What follows is the tale of a surprisingly short journey to the final frontier - not of space, but of arterial blockage:]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/05/26/editors-desk-the-pizza-frontier/feed/ 11 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/02/22/editors-desk-hd-site-renewal-in-progress/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/02/22/editors-desk-hd-site-renewal-in-progress/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:30:53 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/02/22/site-news-hd-site-update-in-progress/ our home base, but for those reading via a feed or aggregator somewhere, things are looking a little bit different around here today. We'll be rolling out further features of the new site design over the coming days, but the bare bones are now in place - they'll be tweaked as we find out just what works and just what doesn't, but I think the new four-column layout is a change for the better. I'm excited to be moving into the new place and hope you are too - if there's anything you'd like to see changed, added or removed, comments and questions are welcome! (no more)]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/02/22/editors-desk-hd-site-renewal-in-progress/feed/ 13 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/01/11/editors-desk-vacationing-in-goltrock-be-back-soon/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/01/11/editors-desk-vacationing-in-goltrock-be-back-soon/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:52:02 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/01/11/editors-desk-vacationing-in-goltrock-be-back-soon/ Bullet Butlers prior to it coming out last summer. Well, I finally installed it earlier this week (in the process of working on a "2007 eroge year in review" post), and it took me by the scruff of the neck in the way that no game (or novel) has in a very long time, pulled me in, and refused to let me out until I finished. It's a long game. I finally just got through one of the major story arcs, and am pausing to post this before diving back in - I expect to be finished with the whole thing by the end of the weekend, at which point an exhaustive review will be forthcoming. In the mean time please forgive the lack of updates while I indulge myself a bit longer... a YouTube embed of the Bullet Butlers OP can be found below:]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2008/01/11/editors-desk-vacationing-in-goltrock-be-back-soon/feed/ 13 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/15/editors-desk-doujins-commercial-evolution/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/15/editors-desk-doujins-commercial-evolution/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:43:20 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/15/editors-desk-doujins-commercial-evolution/ fanzine has now become, in many cases, a word that describes product distribution methods more than the nature of the product itself. Read on for a brief overview of the current doujin environment, followed by a look at a few specific cases at work in the brave new world of professional doujinshi.]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/15/editors-desk-doujins-commercial-evolution/feed/ 17 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/09/editors-desk-chronicling-the-erosion-of-2d-free-speech/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/09/editors-desk-chronicling-the-erosion-of-2d-free-speech/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:55:22 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/09/editors-desk-chronicling-the-erosion-of-2d-free-speech/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/11/09/editors-desk-chronicling-the-erosion-of-2d-free-speech/feed/ 21 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/28/editors-desk-doujinshi-obscenity-and-japans-imperiled-freedom-of-speech/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/28/editors-desk-doujinshi-obscenity-and-japans-imperiled-freedom-of-speech/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:21:05 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/28/editors-desk-doujinshi-obscenity-and-japans-imperiled-freedom-of-speech/ vis a vis drawn pornography in Japan. We examine the current state of affairs and speculate as to the fate of the free speech right enshrined in article 13 of Japan's constitution, one that now seems to rest on a very fragile footing indeed.]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/28/editors-desk-doujinshi-obscenity-and-japans-imperiled-freedom-of-speech/feed/ 13 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/23/editors-desk-against-the-cult-of-personality/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/23/editors-desk-against-the-cult-of-personality/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:18:48 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/23/editors-desk-against-the-cult-of-personality/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/23/editors-desk-against-the-cult-of-personality/feed/ 14 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/04/editors-desk-saturday-in-akiba/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/04/editors-desk-saturday-in-akiba/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:52:22 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/04/editors-desk-saturday-in-akiba/ Wonder Festival 2007 Summer. Some pictures were taken along the way, presented below along with amusing anecdotes which you might like to read! Including: Nami SOS being molested by tentacles, Ruuuuuuuuuuu!, a creative use for Bust Emperors, Evangelion coffee, some very nice cosplay, and why you should never, ever carry a knife on you while you're in Japan.]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/08/04/editors-desk-saturday-in-akiba/feed/ 6 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/07/30/editors-desk-lost-my-music/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/07/30/editors-desk-lost-my-music/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:19:13 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/07/30/editors-desk-lost-my-music/ Comiket 72, to hang out with a couple of doujin pals, and to meet up with EvoSpace of Beast's Lair and Akiba Channel. Despite the sweltering heat all three objectives met with success. Trip report follows, along with some belated notes on AX and some not so belated ones on Satsuriku no Jango:]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/07/30/editors-desk-lost-my-music/feed/ 15 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/04/29/editors-desk-pearls-before-swine-an-opinion-on-the-gurren-affair/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/04/29/editors-desk-pearls-before-swine-an-opinion-on-the-gurren-affair/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:15:15 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/04/29/editors-desk-pearls-before-swine-an-opinion-on-the-gurren-affair/ Gurren Lagann is about to air, but before it does I'd like to get my opinion on the whole mess out in the open. What it boils down to is this: we otaku are boorish and tasteless, Gainax is stupid and delusional, and none of this is very surprising (aside from the extent of Gainax's cluelessness, but not of what you might think).]]> http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/04/29/editors-desk-pearls-before-swine-an-opinion-on-the-gurren-affair/feed/ 15 http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/04/22/editors-desk-rooms-with-a-view/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/04/22/editors-desk-rooms-with-a-view/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:41:18 +0000 Shingo http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/04/22/editors-desk-rooms-with-a-view/ http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/04/22/editors-desk-rooms-with-a-view/feed/ 11