Welcome to Natsume Maya's anime and manga webpage.

This is my first webpage, so I've kept it basic. This page is best viewed in a 800x600 screen (full screen).

My pic of Natsume Aya, younger sister of Maya! ^_^ (My third pic in many years.)

ANIME AND MANGA NEWS
The news page is just intended as a supplement to whatever source you normally read for your anime and manga news. I generally only report something here if I haven't seen it reported on some well-known English language news site, so my page will not contain complete news.
I won't generally report news on hentai anime or manga, nor computer games, since I'm not interested in those. There's a lot of goods new sites for game news anyway (I'm sure). I don't report much seiyuu news either.
Further, whenever I refer to a product, whether anime or manga, I'll be referring to the Japanese release unless otherwise specified. And I don't report all upcoming releases - I often only report on releases that will be limited edition or come with bonus items (although I might sometimes report on when a particular title commences release). My news also tends to focus on anime more than manga. This is because (i) the sites I get my news from tend to focus more on anime and (ii) there's a lot more manga out there and I'm not as aware of what manga titles are popular among fans in the West.

FANSUBBING AND MANGA TRANSLATION
Umm, I originally created this whole site because a friend suggested I promote my fansubs. But I don't distribute the subs I create, so... I dunno ^_^;; Anyway, for certain reasons, I've decided to update this page only very rarely. Since I created this page, the fansub page has only been update perhaps twice, and the last time was in the first half of 2002.

HOW TO SHOP AT MANGAOH CLUB
I'm not particularly endorsing this shop or anything. I've just found it helpful if you're looking for certain fan items or want to import a combination of anime and manga from Japan. If you're looking for a site in English for CDs/DVDs, try Jungle SCS (for second hand items) or a site like CDJapan.
Note this page has a lot of graphics. I don't want to pay for the bandwidth, so if you're not genuinely interested in shopping from a store in Japan, please don't visit this page. Thanks for your co-operation.  m(_ _)m
I'd hoped to have this page up a couple of months ago ^_^;; Sorry for the delay. After all that work, I've realised it's probably not going to be much use to people, since you're going to have to be able to identify the title of what you want in Japanese script. But I've completed the page, so I might as well put it up. I hope at least one person will find it useful ^_^;; Please read the huge disclaimer at the beginning. Thanks  m(_ _)m

KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD BOARD GAME
You've read the manga and novels, you've watched the series and movies, you've listened to the radio doramas. Now play the board game!  ^_^  If you actually happen to have copy of this game, I'd think it might be worth quite a bit in Japan. In keeping with the rest of this website, this page is a useless waste of time ^_^;;

FUSHIGI NO UMI NO NADIA COLLECTOR'S DISC
For those of you who've bought the GAiNAX Fushigi no Umi no Nadia Collector's Disc CD-ROM. CD-ROM, you may notice that it's missing pic towards the top right hand corner of the back of the case (ie of the New Nautilus rising out of the water). To make up for this omission, GAiNAX has the pic available for download on this page of its website. I've created a new CD-ROM with the omitted picture. If you want to do the same, just follow these instructions on the page I've set up.

ANIME INDUSTRY
Just a few brief articles on the anime industry and the major players. The articles are basically taken from Animation Grand Prix magazine, but I've added a dash of information as well. The articles are:
Anime DVD, CD sales and distribution
Anime related publishing
Anime studios and producers/distributors
Seiyuu production companies

FRAGMENT OF THE STARS
Well, the fourth instalment in the Seikai (Crest of the Stars, Banner of the Stars) anime series was announced in December 2004, so it seemed a good time to start attempting to translate some of the Seikai short stories by author Morioka Hiroyuki. First up was Jealousy. But with news that the novels have been licensed in the US, I'm stopping this project (which was on hiatus in any event...).

BANNER OF THE STARS IV
I've started a summary of those novel.  Updates will be irregular.

MY CEL GALLERY
Nothing amazing, but there are a couple there which I really treasure.

AIR GEAR DOUJINSHI and DOUJIN GOODS
To commemorate the broadcast of the Air Gear TV anime, I'm starting a page on the various Air Gear doujinshi and doujin goods which are available. This is a work in progress. It's nowhere near finished yet. Air Gear inspires quite a bit of doujinshi, particularly female oriented doujinshi.

THE TAQWACORES FOR THE KUFR
Not related to anime, manga or Japan.  A glossary of Muslim, Arabic and other terms used in the book The Taqwacores.  A work in progress.  Updates will be irregular.

Jyukenbu no buchou,
Natsume Goushin Ryu kaiden,
Natsume Danjou Maya.

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