SNAFU - Reno's Anime Con · Jan 11, 08:01 PM
Sierra Nevada Anime Fans Unite (or “SNAFU”) Con is going to be our local anime convention! That’s right, an actual anime con here in Reno!!!
SNAFU will be the host for Shadows this year, which means that Shadows is going to be inside of SNAFU con so buying registration for SNAFU Con gets you into Shadows 2010. There will NOT be separate cover!
For more information on SNAFU Con, check out http://snafucon.com
I know SNAFU is looking for unpaid staff and volunteers, so check them out. The first staff meeting will be this Saturday, 4pm at the Denny’s in Sparks, off McCarren. Please let them know if you can make it (chair@snafucon.com).
— Beta
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Good news, everyone! · Jun 9, 05:31 PM
Ok, so it’s not exactly anime news, but Futurama has a good following within our ranks. So, for those of you who care (like me!):
Futurama is back on the air!
Another Article about Futurama being brought back.
— Beta
Man arrested for... MANGA?! · May 28, 07:40 PM
So they say he has obscene manga and he’s facing 15 years in PRISON for having a manga collection any of us would kill for (now that’s something to go to prison for). He is a collector and owns over 1200 titles of all kinds. He ordered some hentai-type manga from japan and the customs guy decides that it’s obscene and calls the Feds. Eh….what? Supposedly there were a few images in these books that looked like child porn, and also there were some bestiality images. What gets me is that he pled guilty to it. I’m ready to cry or scream, or both. Lines on paper is what lands him in jail. This is a line that should not have been crossed. My faith in the first amendment is incredibly shaken. How could a BOOK FILLED WITH IMAGES count as obscenity by the law? It’s ART! It has artistic value, as disgusting as some people might think that it is.
Anyway.
Read more here, and here, then go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Force and join the cause.
You should follow the Comic Book Legal Defense Force on twitter
For your comic and manga rights!
Next time, it might be your manga they take, and you they put in jail.
Edited to clarify a point: We do not condone or promote pedophilia. The point of this post is not to argue for or against pedophilia. We, as a group, tend to stay away from moral issues with a resounding: “none of our business.” The point of this post is that this case sets a disturbing precedence that could affect any of us and our manga/comics/magazines/dvds/books/novels/etc. which are, likely, a lot more tame.
— Beta
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