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What is new in Elbereth's Fantasy World?
November 21st 2004
Hello, minna!
Another year is about to go by and it is time for me to close my business here. I would like to thank all of you that have been following this site since May 2000 (!) and say some famous last words before I go.
When I started with this site, a little more than 4 1/2 years ago, most people had never heard about manga and anime, or thought about them as violent, shallow and silly. I wanted to show the public that anime and manga are forms of artistic and social manifestation on their own and that there is much more to them than big eyes, punches and blood.
Now the situation has changed completely. Manga and anime belong to everyday life on TV, comic stores and internet and everybody that was ready to let go of their prejudices has already done so (or will never do it). Thus, I deem my task completed and it makes no sense in keeping pages that have content that is outdated to a certain extent. I also don't feel the need to keep the world informed about new things in the otaku-universe anymore since there are lots of people out there doing it better than I would ever be able to.
That means that I will only keep some pages up on this site and I am not going to update anymore. I will keep part of my Brazilian site going, since I think my reviews on manga, anime and books can still have some value, but this English site will have only some pages left, such as:
the pages about drawing, androgyny, colors, numbers and about the first Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X, that I think are "relevant" enough to remain here;
the pages about Sailor Moon and about women in the manga Blade of the Immortal, as well as the Eye Candy Typology, because I think that there are still too few pages about manga/anime from a feminine point of view around there.
the existing reviews of manga/anime/books, since they represent my own thoughts and feelings about them, but I will not be adding any new ones.
I would like to thank all of you again for your attention and to wish all the otaku community a long and prosperous life!
Sayonara!
Elbereth, November 2004
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