Archen's Page of Links

I'm not sure what the opinions are on it now, but back in the day Hitoshi's page was THE page for info on all things magical girl. It's been around since 1994, so that in itself is pretty amazing. Perhaps not fabulous in terms of fanciness or writing aesthetics, but in terms of raw information this site is impressive!

If you had asked me what page I probably first expected to go, it's this one. And yet... it's still here. Tons of articles and essays that are interesting and informative, I'm rather glad this is one of the pages that stuck around.

A page that has been around forever, but has a nice layout and is still maintained. Tons of interesting information about anime, reviews, and lessons about Japanese, drawing and more. The Reference section about US Anime Companies is a very good resource.

Icefall's page has a lot of different sections, but in it's current state it's kind of a disaster with broken links and such. You can still get through quite a bit of it, so it's an interesting place to visit.

And you thought Mr. T just kicked ass on regular TV. It's really freaking weird and absolutely hilarious. Kind of unfortunate that the series discussed here many might not be familiar with since it's rather dated, but if you get it, you'll get a few laughs.

This site has a lot of information about the RPG from which the Record of Lodoss war anime is based. There's also a (now inactive) forum based role playing section that might be worth a read.

Not much to say on this one. It's a good reference site that thankfully didn't die off like many similar resources.

I'm not sure what Yann is up to now days, but his site is still up and going. He also gave me hosting for a European mirror so he deserves a link for that alone. I guess not many people probably even know about the Iczer series now, but if you do, here you go.

I used to have a huge list of Tenchi Muyo links. There were just so many pages to pick from. They're all dead. So it's sort of interesting that out of all the Tenchi pages that were made, the only one that survived was the one about Aeka giving people whip action. Not much to say about it, but it's a cute fun page.

So once upon a time I found this cute game called Princess Maker. The point is that you are responsible for raising a young girl and depending upon her upbringing will shape the woman she turns into. I really enjoy games where I get a sense of building things, and this was no exception. It also taught me that I should never become a parent.

I've been ordering from here for years. In a modern age of big corporate overlords, a store like this still run by an anime fan with personalized service is most certainly a throwback. And a welcome one. Great service, and speedy delivery. If you're going to buy anime/manga, this is a place that deserves your patronage. No, I'm not getting paid to say that, nor do I get anything for referrals.

And here's some other fun stuff that has no reason for being here other than.. well, there really isn't any reason. Some are humor, some are educational, some are just interesting.

And now: Japanese Commercials. You wish we had commercials this cool.