things we lost at dusk

·  an archive of furoku, translations, and meta chiefly on shojo manga  ·  hiatus, maybe not coming back  ·  you are not allowed to make money off stuff I post (including youtube ads and donations)

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Ribon ad (June 1997)

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Ribon ad (May 1993)

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Ribon ad (February 1993)

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what's with americans on the internet who've read exactly three (3) manga in their lives announcing loudly to the world that berserk and/or one piece are the "best" or "most" anything in manga?

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Hello! Hope you’re well :3 sorry to bother you with this random ask, but since I believe you are based in Europe, I was wondering if you and ever been to Berlin and if so, if by any chance any anime related things/stores you’d recommend trying to visit, especially in relation to vintage shoujo? I know vintage shoujo is more popular and beloved in Europe compared to the usa which is why I ask as I’m going there on a trip soon

I have been to Berlin but it was a long time ago and I didn't do anything nerdy, so I dunno! It's not my impression that "vintage shojo is popular" extends beyond Italy and France, but I'll post this so maybe people can give suggestions in the replies?

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Ribon ad (November 1992)

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Ribon ad (April 1992)

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Ribon ad (September 1990)

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Ribon ad (August 1991)

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Ribon ad (August 1991)

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Ribon ad (February 1990)

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Ribon ad (August 1991)

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Ribon ad (June 1989)

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Ribon ad (September 1983)

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A few months ago I answered some asks about scanlations and said some things that were apparently really contentious and took people by surprise, namely that "I don't support scanlations on a large scale at all; small scanlators sharing their work with a closed group of like-minded fans is a completely different enterprise than scanlation aggregator sites, which take the free labor of fans in order to make profit for themselves and fans shouldn't be supporting them", and today I'm listening to some interviews with US manga industry insiders and had to laugh because this guy said the exact same thing. Except these days I don't see any scanlation groups being against aggregators; from my experience they're aggressively pro aggregators, which is insane to me.

This channel has been doing some interesting interviews with US industry people from back then, and there's some good info about the US manga "bubble crash" in this video as well if anyone should be interested. Most of the interviews are about anime though.