Fandom: Well, that's that.

[nebroadwe]

Kodansha says it has no plans to continue releasing an English translation of Pumpkin Scissors. Argh. Argh, argh, argh, argh, argh. I have the tankoubon, but I can't read them and nobody is bothering to scanlate them. Foo. Oh, well, at least I can look at the pictures and get a vague idea of what's transpiring. And maybe someday I'll have enough time/energy/cash for more Japanese lessons.

In other irritating news, it is hot. Too darn hot. Cole Porter, go home and take your catchy ear-worm with you.

ETA: Well, the day is looking up again: just helped a colleague identify the very scrawly autograph of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Yale 1813 (not to be confused with the U.S. Congressman from New York), noting his purchase of a book from one Seth P. Staples (Yale 1797) -- who turns out to have been one of the lawyers to initially represent the Amistad captives, as well as the founder of what eventually became the Yale Law School. Bonus!

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[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's too bad. I fear this will happen with A LOT of them at this point

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

I didn't have much hope for Pumpkin Scissors because its fandom is absolutely miniscule. Needs more love ...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I've never even heard of it

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

[gloom] Just goes to show, doesn't it? [/gloom] There's an anime that covers the first five volumes of manga or so, but I'm one of the eight people in the world who seems to have liked it. It just hits some of my favorite tropes (esp. Nice Guy With A Not-So-Nice Past).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hmmm that's one of my tropes too so now I want to see the doomed thing

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

The dub's online for free at Hulu, per AnimeNewsNetwork.com (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/video/anime?p=P#series250). I actually like the dub most of the time, but YMMV (again, I seem to be an outlier, but even though the heroine's a bit shrill, the rest of the actors sound natural to me. Funimation's having a good time with foreign accents in spots, as well -- again, doesn't bother me, but seems to drive other viewers up the wall. Hmm. I'm not selling this very well, am I? [glooms again])

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thnaks. I'll hav to see if i have time at work to look. netflix only has it as streaming which i've taken off my bill