There was a recent article published in the WSJ that has officially pushed me over the edge and has now set my fire ablaze. They have said that they have ‘Identified’ thousands of illegally scanlated material and plan to move as a whole in the industry in order to get the FBI to stop it. For one, I doubt the FBI actually gives a damn since its not something that gets money in the US. Second, the FBI has no jurisdiction over other countries. They will end up pushing the sites into China, India, and other countries that cannot be touched. The rant begins after you click continue reading. This post is fairly lengthy and I will try to have attacked this issue from all points and give any reason I can think of as to why this coalition needs to change it’s goals if it wants to succeed. You may just want to skip down to the bulletin points because the top area is more of a separate rant.

I recently went onto Google to find a place that might be able to give me more accurate ad revenue estimates. What I found was higher than I anticipated, by a large number.I came across a site called Cubestat.com. They use some fairly good math and useage of statistics to auto-generate a website’s worth and ad income. The number is very insane for just one website. For those interested in the numbers and links, please continue reading.

Every wondered about how much money websites like Onemanga.com and Mangafox.com make off their ads? Well, me and rathgood have convinced ourselves, after seeing how high this number can reach, that something might be going on behind the doors. Why else would series such as Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, and many other popular manga appear back onto these sites within a week after being sent a C&D about the series? Please note: Me nor Rathgood are claiming this to be true but have good reason to be suspicious as to why these series keep reappearing. Also note: The values posted bellow are NOT accurate and are estimates using the average Page Impression Per Dollar and average Clicks per Dollar, therefore these numbers are not accurate and are meant to give an estimation.

Finally, after knowing that I can get a free ticket if I volunteer for 4 hours that I could get a free ticket, I finally went to my first Anime Expo. So here’s how my day my adventure went. Sorry if some of the pictures are blurry but my dad’s camera sucked and I thought wrong that it had an image stabilizer like the later Cannon models…

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Ever wondered what would happen if those old 8-bit games such as Tetris and Pac man had an effect on the world? Well, here is what would happen!