» Which genre is Crystal Buddha?
04/09/10 13:39 from Jason Webb's Japanese Odyssey
Since I completed writing my novel,  CRYSTAL BUDDHA: Sake, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll in Tokyo , I've been trying hard about which genres or categories it fits into.

Unfortunately, nowadays, it's not enough to just write a book and let people read it. There are so many new books coming out every month, that onl..

» The Death of Satoshi Kon
26/08/10 14:26 from Jason Webb's Japanese Odyssey
I was sad to hear this week about the death of Japanese anime movie director Satoshi Kon of Studio Madhouse.
To be totally honest with you, I hadn't been familiar with Kon or his work for that long. I actually only became acquainted with his work two weeks ago when I watched Tokyo Godfathers  for the first t..

» Anime Test Video
19/08/10 20:25 from Jason Webb's Japanese Odyssey
After my post the other day about my anime adventures with Anime Studio Pro, I just wanted to post this very short video of it in action.
The video was really just to test a few concepts out, such as the rain effect, so I kept it short to save on rendering time. There's no sound on it, by the way.


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» Anime Adventure
16/08/10 16:28 from Jason Webb's Japanese Odyssey
After I published Crystal Buddha at the start of July, my plan had been to push on with the writing of my next novel. However, after getting about 20000 words into it, I realised that the inspiration wasn't coming. I think the pressure to push Crystal Buddha up from 60000 words to 80000 burnt my writing brain out a bi..

» Crystal Buddha now on Amazon Kindle
11/08/10 13:05 from Jason Webb's Japanese Odyssey
Hi


I just wanted to give you an update to let you know that Crystal Buddha: Sake, Drugs & Rock'nRoll in Tokyo is now available to download for the Amazon Kindle e-reader device. Apparently, you can also read Kindle versions of books on your iPhone , iPad , or Android phone (with the Kindle software).