About This Blog

What is this blog about?

Pretty much everything I watch, which is mainly drama, comedy, slice of life, and romance… as long it doesn’t have too much fanservice and/or ecchi.

This blog is retroactive, so any episodes I watched in the past that I haven’t posted it on will be posted eventually. I have a heavy work load currently in college so it may delay the time I will make an update. I also report on interesting findings, various editorials expressing my opinions on issues in Anime and interesting news. I post interesting posts that I didn’t write on Twitter with the creator’s credit.

Since when you started watching Anime?

I have been watching Anime since my childhood, but it’s still remains a hobby because most of American cartoons are aimed towards children. You can find out more about my tastes in Anime at MyAnimeList profile at http://myanimelist.net/animelist/chikorita157.

What WordPress theme you are using? It looks so cool!

This blog uses a nightly build of WordPress with the  WicketPixie theme from Chris Pirillo with some modifications. the original theme can be downloaded here and it’s open sourced (licenced under BSD Licence).

With every upgrade to the latest build, there may be bugs… If so, please contact me ASAP so I can fix it.

Why there is a compatibility notice when I use Internet Explorer 6/7/8?

I put up this notice because Internet Explorer do not conform to web standards which can make the page view improperly. Also, using Internet Explorer puts you into a greater security risk because it’s used by many users of Windows. To get rid of notice, I suggest switching to a different browser like Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera, Apple’s Safari or even Google Chrome.

Besides, why people are still using Internet Explorer 6? it’s a 6+ year old browser!

Hey! I love Anime too… Can I write on your blog?

Unfortunately, this is a personal Anime Blog and I’m not currently accepting any writers.

How can I add my blog to your Blogroll

Requirements: Your blog must be related to Anime/Manga/Japanese Culture or anything related to be listed and been active at least 2 months. Also, you need to link to this blog before I can add you.

If you interested and satisfy the requirements, contact me using the contact form.

How come when I load this blog on a iPhone/iPod Touch/Android it looks different?

This blog uses a special theme which is enabled only when you browsing this blog on a mobile device. That way it can provide the best experience without needing to scroll left or right. This mobile theme will allow browsing of blog posts, vote in polls and comment. To view other pages or view the normal theme, just click “View Normal Theme” on the bottom of the page.

This is set because most anime blogs do not support mobile viewing on the iPhone which can make blog post viewing troublesome… especially when iPhones and iPod touches are getting more popular due to it’s powerful desktop browser provided.

If you want this capability with your WordPress blog, just get the WP-touch plugin.

Are you really an Asian or you just trying to pretend to be one like those Weeaboos/Wapanese people?

Actually, I am Asian, for real … and this picture proves it.

Why a “Gravitar” logo doing next to my comment?

Gravatars, globally accepted avatars which can be used on any Wordpress based blogs that accepts them. You can learn more on this page.

I liked what I read on this blog… How do I subscribe?

You can subscribe to this blog by clicking the Subscribe link on the upper right-hand corner and click RSS Feed. Your RSS Client will subscribe to the RSS Feed.

If you don’t have a RSS Client, if you have a Anime Nano account, you may subscribe the blog from there. Also, this blog is also on Twitter, so you can get instant updates when this blog updates from your Twitter client. This tutorial can help you get started on using Twitter.

Why you have “Sign-in with Twitter” and no Facebook Connect or OpenID?

Twitter OAuth uses a open protocol which Facebook Connect doesn’t have (which is closed source) and I support open technologies and open source software. OpenID is not supported since most people in the Anime Blogosphere rarely use OpenID as it’s somewhat difficult to implement and also not as easy to get.

The plugin used to add this capabilities is TwitConnect, which anyone can easily obtain and install on their Wordpress based blogs. This is a trustworthy application and will not do any harm to your Twitter account.

As of September 18, 2009, this capability does NOT work, but it’s being fixed.

OpenID and self registration is now supported, so you may use your OpenID to log into this blog and make comments. However, Facebook Connect will still not be supported, if ever.

Anime Suggestion

If you like to recommend a drama, comedy, slice of life, and romance anime, you may do so by typing a direct message to my twitter account, either Chikorita157 or Cikorita157a and the recommended series must meet the criteria, or I won’t watch it.
- Must be a drama, comedy, slice of life, and romance anime series… NO typical shouen action or mecha anime series

… Maybe I lied since I watched Kampfer (which sucked btw) and Hayate the Combat Butler…
- Rating must be higher than or equal to a 8 (rounded score, meaning the minimum overall score must be above 7.5).
- No excessive fanservice or ecchi anime… I highly disapprove those. Must be PG-13/14 or under or I won’t watch.

Legal Notice

All the text on this blog is copyrighted 2009-2010 by James M. (author) and covered under the Creative Commons licence. To see the licence, click the link in the footer. Any pictures/snapshots used are owned by their respective owners.

CC License Violation: If you copy the whole article or majority without my permission without credit to the author , It will result in a DMCA takedown notice and if not taken down in 2 weeks, I will contact the host to have them take it down. Referencing back to the article is fine as long you mention the author or the blog title and not copying the whole article.

I want to know more about you. Where?

If you really want to, you can learn more about me on the About page at my main blog or click on “About chikorita157″.