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.

Artist Cubby

I finally made a profile on MangaKid's Artist Cubby World. Click here to view.

I hope I can post some interesting artist tips there. I can't think of any at the moment, though.

Challenges I'd Like to See

I was browsing the eCard Challenges, and I came across this one for giving theme songs to characters. Now, I'm not very good at making cards, but I'd totally enter (or try my best to enter) a Fan Art Challenge based on the concept of theme songs.

So, if you want to make a Challenge, but don't have any ideas, feel free to use these:

• A theme song/soundtrack for an existing character
• A theme song/soundtrack for an original character
• A theme song/soundtrack for an original story

Why do I keep getting ideas for Challenges that I want to enter myself?

Head Cannon Discussion

Have any of you ever made up head cannon? You know, when you take a character and give him/her a backstory that wasn't addressed in the actual storyline. I found that I've been doing it a bit lately, and I know I'm not the only one. So tell me about your head cannon experiences.

One Thing YouTube Doesn't Have

Many years ago, I came across a YouTube video that compared the Japanese and English casts of Naruto. I found it pretty interesting.

Today I wondered if such a thing existed for Fullmetal Alchemist. I tried a bunch of different search terms on YouTube for it, but came up with nothing. In the end, I finally gave up.

I'm curious as to what the dub voice cast sounds like, but I don't want to re-watch the whole series just to find that out. If you know where to find dub/sub comparison videos for FMA please let me know. I'd really appreciate it.

Edit! After much Googling, I found that there are a bunch of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood dub clips on the Adult Swim website. Although I haven't seen "Brotherhood" (as opposed to the original anime), I checked out an earlier clip from one of my favorite scenes in the manga. So, if you know the characters' voices from the original Japanese and are curious about the English dub, this site's for you. Just be prepared for differences.

Stupid Question

OK, I'm going to sound like an idiot when I "say" this, but what's the difference between Trigun and Trigun Maximum? Please enlighten me.