Hello and welcome to Keba's Anime and Manga Place (KAAMP for short)! Here at KAAMP, I write about anime and manga that I have seen/read as well as my views on them. I'll also post about my original stories from time to time.

Just beware that some of my posts contain spoilers. I'll put them in spoiler tags just in case.

KAAMP's history: KAAMP was created in July 2002 by yours truly. It was a sloppy-looking website on Yahoo's now defunct Geocities. I posted my anime fan art on that site. Also, for a time, I posted my thoughts on the few anime series that I had seen. Now that I look back on it, my thoughts were rather ill-informed (is that even a word?) because I had only seen bits and pieces of anime dubs. Now that I've seen more series, I think that my commentary on various anime will be a little better than before.

So, come on in and stay awhile! KAAMP is now in session.

Hyuk, Hyuk, Hyuk, Why So Serious?

I've been meaning to post this for a very long time. I'm talking months. I just kept forgetting.

My art teacher isn't really into manga, but he loooooooooves western comic books. But he knows I like manga, and he's cool with that. So, one day, I brought in a few volumes of Death Note to draw some of the characters. While I was looking through one volume, he took a peek at another. Then, he exclaimed, "This guy looks like the Joker!"

Honestly, I would never have connected Ryuk the shinigami with the Batman villain, but now that I think about it, there is some resemblance. My art teacher is convinced that the Joker served as some inspiration for Ryuk's face and hairstyle. Maybe it was because he saw the manga for the first time in black and white and I'm used to seeing the characters in color (I watched the anime first). Anybody else have thoughts on this?