Archen's Page of Links
© 1997
with squishy Archen goodness
just like mom used to make.
© 1997
with squishy Archen goodness
just like mom used to make.
Links... I hate this page
No seriously, I hate it. Here's the reason it exists though. Back in 1996 when I started all this, there were some things that all "homepages" had. You had things about your topic, you maybe had some pictures, and you had an obligatory section of links to other things at the bottom of your page. I guess in a world before Google, where search engines were terrible this was an important way to network to other web pages. In theory that's still could apply today. And so I went so far as to make an entire separate page of links. My page has a links section, because its ALWAYS had one.
But then my page got older and things started to die around it. Like some sort of immortal watching its family die and new generations take their place, my page feels sort of lost. I updated the links and fixed them. Most of those died. So I updated and fixed them again... and they too died. This has gotten old, and as of now I'm just linking whatever. Some pages will seem wacky and off the wall, but the more weird ones are the same links that have actually LIVED throughout being linked here.
If you are looking for banners / information for linking my page, it can be found [here].
I'm not sure what the opinions are on it now, but back in the day Hitoshi's page was THE page for info on all things magical girl. It's been around since 1994, so that in itself is pretty amazing. Perhaps not fabulous in terms of fanciness or writing aesthetics, but in terms of raw information this site is impressive!
If you had asked me what page I probably first expected to go, it's this one. And yet... it's still here. Tons of articles and essays that are interesting and informative, I'm rather glad this is one of the pages that stuck around.
Icefall's page has the dubious honor of being even older than mine. It has a lot of different sections, but in it's current state it's kind of a disaster with broken links and such. You can still get through quite a bit of it, so it's an interesting place to visit.
And you thought Mr. T just kicked ass on regular TV. It's really freaking weird and absolutely hilarious. Kind of unfortunate that the series discussed here many might not be familiar with since it's rather dated, but if you get it, you'll get a few laughs.
Well not much to say on this one. It is what it is. It's a good reference site and thankfully isn't a flash in the pan like many other similar resources.
I'm not sure what Yann is up to now days, but his site is still up and going. For a while he also gave me hosting for a European mirror so he deserves a link for that alone. I guess not many people probably even know about the Iczer series now, but if you do, here you go.
I used to have a huge list of Tenchi Muyo links. There were just so many pages to pick from. They're all dead. So it's sort of interesting that out of all the Tenchi pages that were made, the only one that survived was the one about Aeka giving people whip action. Not much to say about it, but it's a cute fun page.
So once I found this cute game called Princess Maker. The point is that you are responsible for raising a young girl and depending upon her upbringing will shape the woman she turns into. I really enjoy games where I get a sense of building things, and this was no exception. It also taught me that I should never become a parent.
I've been ordering from these guys for years. The site is well organized and loads surprisingly fast. Service has always been great, and you always receive your order in a reasonable amount of time. If you're going to buy anime/manga, this is a place that deserves your patronage. No, they aren't paying me to say that.
You can also donate to this site. No, I'm not going to take your money and run off to Tahiti (as much as I'd like to). Donations just count towards the hosting bill of this site. There are no advertisements on my page. I pay for it all out of my own pocket.
And here's some other fun stuff that has no reason for being here other than.. well, there really isn't any reason. Some are humor, some are educational, some are just intriguing.
And now: Japanese Commercials. You wish we had commercials this cool.