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.

Save the Wallers!

Ignore the lame attempt of a joke title.

Recently I've noticed a lack of activity in the Wallpapers section. I've heard complaints about not having good scans to use. Well, I may not be a waller (though I'd like to learn the craft), but I have some solutions.

Solution #1:

I rounded up a bunch of sites that may be of use. Disclaimer: I don't exactly know how reliable these sites are in terms of official art, though I'm pretty sure most of them are fine.

Minitokyo
Anime Artbooks
Kuusou
Spectrum Nexus
Celestial Star
Renders Graphics
The Jaded Network
The Forgotten Lair
Anime Galleries
Pure Anime Gallery

I had bookmarked a few more, but it seems those sites went under. Kinda sad.

Solution #2:

If someone would be so kind as to hold a Challenge for people to submit artwork for use in wallpapers, I would greatly appreciate it. (I'd do it myself, but I'm hosting another Challenge right now.) Wallers could make suggestions in the comments of what they'd like the fan artists to do. Or something like that. Any other rules are up to the Challenge maker.

Solution #3:

I was thinking of something like the Secret Santa event with both artists AND wallers. Instead of an SS, it would be a Valentine's Day/White Day sort of thing. If you don't know what I mean, it's a Japanese sort of thing. Google it. I'm probably going to get it wrong if I explain it here.

So, the plan would be to sign up as an artist, waller, or "flexible" (meaning you could do either, if there's a shortage of one in relation to the other). The wallers would make wish lists for fan artists, and each artist would receive a wish list. Then the artist would draw a picture for the waller to use as a "Valentine". The wallers would then make a wallpaper from the artwork and dedicate it to the artist as a White Day present.

There could be kinks in this setup, but I'm currently not aware of them. I'm not even sure if this should be a fan-run event or if I should PM the higher-ups to make this official. Let me know what you think.

Wallpaper and Card Makers: Feel Free to Use My Art

I know the whole using fan art in cards and wallpapers has sparked a little controversy, but I'm in support of it. Before this new feature was announced, I wanted to make a collaborative Challenge for wallpaper makers. Now I don't have to, especially since the Bossman has his own thing going on.

This brings me to my next point: I have no clue how to make a decent wallpaper and I'm rather poor at cards. Therefore I can't participate in this whole MegaChallenge (I made a new word!). So I just want to let everyone know that all of my art is up for sourcing. I would be honored if anyone would like to use it. And I'd be happy to download any wallpapers made with my art and set them as my desktop background. My screen resolution is 1366x768.