Somebody was kind enough to post a list of places that host anime/manga scans. Reproducing it here for my personal use and yours if you care to partake:

• http://cyta.free.fr/
• http://amber.mcs.kent.edu/anime/
• http://pantransit.reptiles.org/images/nsorted/anime/
• http://www.squaregallery.com/anime-images/
• http://www.mediaminer.org
• http://www.atpictures.com/
• http://www.northarc.com/images/
• http://www.bestanime.com/
• http://albatross1.com/home.htm
• http://random.cynicallyinsane.net/
• http://web.mit.edu/phow/www/anime.html
• http://the.animearchive.org/index2.html
• http://mrdummy.mine.nu/newtype/
• http://animecompendium.cjb.net/
• http://www.csusm.edu/anime/gallery/
• http://inuyasha.arabuusimiehet.com/
• http://powder-fresh.net/sisterprincess/
• http://pnbfoundation.50megs.com/woolong/img.htm
• http://www.fortunecity.com/petparade/milk/52/bebop/
• http://www.miraclegenki.com/cherryblossoms/scans1.html
• http://per.hedbor.org/lain/images.html
• http://myhome.nate.com/netsgouser/bloodsquall/
• http://www.wererabbit.com/neutral/
• http://toriyamaworld.com/hikago/gallery/saibook-1.htm
• http://www.fineart.sk/anime/page_01.htm
• http://www.anime.com.ar/galeriadeimagenes/lain.htm
• http://www.bishounen.net/trigun/screen/index.html
• http://www.kidosenkan.net/gallery.htm

Some of these are sites that I already have in my Misc Links and others I haven’t even been to, but I figured I’d just put the list here where it’s archived nicely.

File under “it’s already out?”:

There’s a lot of Anime out in the American market, but if that just isn’t enough for you, keep in mind there there are a lot of folks out there working hard to bring as much of what’s made in Japan to our computer monitors as fast as humanly possible. Envirosphere.com is a good place to see what’s on the table at the moment.

Another silly cartoon. This time we’ve got Kiddy Grade, whose premise is somewhat similar to that of the Dirty Pair: two girls working for some galactic oversight group enforcing the rule of law, justice, and the good of society. Unlike the Dirty Pair, the ladies from Kiddy Grade have supernatural powers (the little one is a super-hacker and the older one has all manner of superior combat abilities). They are also minors. And competant.

Eclair is the tough-girl of the two, and as the older of two minors is the subject of 90% of the show’s fan service. She’s armed with a lipstick-based weapon that produces some kind of crazy ribbon, which she is able to use to great effect.

Lumiere is the younger, elegant teammate. She has a great rapport with their spaceship and can control electronic devices though… telepathy or something.

More images from this show can be found at the PBCC Online Gallery if you care to peek. There is some mild fanservice going on in this one, but nothing on the order of Agent Aika, or even Hand Maid May. The plotline and dialogue are a bit trite, but the animation is quite nice. It’s good in much the same way a James Bond movie is entertaining: nothing to challenge you with, and you’ve seen it all before elsewhere, but still nicely executed.

I haven’t been there for a while, and look at how it has grown. AccessUp.com provides reviews and resources for anime and RPG computer games both old and new. There’s even a place where you can look at (poorly) translated reviews of a given product as seen by Japanese people with nothing better to do than review cartoons and video games. Outstanding!

I am pleased to announce that my collection now includes the entirety of Azumanga Daioh as currently available to the English-reading public. It’s one of the best situation comedies I’ve seen in a great long while, Japanese or otherwise. Bit fat thanks go out to the good people at Newlife Anime, A-F, and Ishin who brought this series to us rabid fanboy types free of charge.

With any luck the faceless corporate giants, US anime standbys, or up & coming freak-companies will start bringing entertainment of this caliber to the American public.

A lot of the puns require the Japanese language, but other than a handful of scenes I think that Azumanga Daioh is the kind of work that could turn things like Toonami around. Not that I have anything against DBZ, Transformers, and He-man, but… There’s not much to those shows that you can’t get from a whitebread American-cartoon cross-section.

Or maybe I’m just a freak. For your viewing pleasure, yet another sample strip.

Shockingly mundane? Disturbingly cute? Utterly lacking in sappy romance? Completely sans-villain? What’s the world coming to? Azumanga Daioh, that’s what. I’ve got almost all of the television episodes up to number 26, and a handful of the comic strips. Just a sampling of high school day-in-the-life comedy.

sample strip

[23:57] <+Akabane> “so…do you believe that by studying tentacle anime, you can help mankind?”
[23:58] <+Akabane> “Yes, tentacles can only benefit man”

Found another one: Tokyo Underground is the lovely tale of.. Uhm… You’ll have to see for yourself. I have no adequate means of summarizing this silliness. I’ve also found a reasonbly well-done English fanpage for it.

Episode 7 of the illustrious G-on Riders is officially fansubbed and available for enjoyment by english-only viewers. Kindly support the makers of this by buy the darned thing when it’s properly licensed.

The Real Bout High School is making a temporary reappearance. I’ll be taking it back down again on September 18th, so if you would like to grab everything there, do so by then. I highly recommend wget or black spider for your snarfing needs.

Here are the links:

• Opening Sequence
• Episode One
• Manga