Dear Readers,
When I first started "Anime News Nina," my original intentions were
no deeper than "I want to make a fun web comic in-between my efforts to
jump start a career." My brother suggested anime as a thematic starting
point, and in the following six years, Nina has indeed seen me through
jump-starting my career, moving cross-country, getting married, buying
my first home, and finally, taking my own "Nerd Trip of Dreams" to
Japan. Nina has essentially been a presence throughout my entire young
adulthood. With that level of ubiquity in my life (coupled with my
intense sentimentality), it hopefully isn't too embarrassing to admit
that simply describing aloud the outline of the final comic gave me a
sizable lump in my throat, and actually sending off the final finished
strips to Zac led to some tears. Maybe a few of you feel the same way,
but Nina and the gang feel like old friends at this point (even when I
mildly resented them. "I can't hang out, I have to work on the comic,"
was a near-weekly catch phrase of mine).
But this is all a bit heavy for a goofy, squishy little comic about
the media we all love. Thank you for reading, enjoying, and discussing
Nina over the years. It was really fun to express all the things we
love, hate, or find ludicrous about our favorite hobby and laugh at
them. More thanks go to my brother, Justin, who fielded many flustered
brainstorming phone calls and was always willing to help with Japanese
language or industry knowledge. Thanks to Zac and Chris for allowing
Nina to blossom in the first place, giving me creative freedom, and for
dealing with my many hiatuses or other assorted hysteria. A special
thanks to my husband who, in addition to helping draw the really cool "Redline"
parody strip, was Nina's and my biggest supporter throughout all of
this. Thanks to the fans out there in Russia, Hungary, the Czech
Republic, and anywhere else I may have missed who translated Nina into
other languages for more fans world-wide to enjoy. I can't say thank you
enough to all of the readers again - I really couldn't have done this
comic without you.
I hope some of you will support my upcoming efforts to publish a
printed book collection of "Anime News Nina." Stay tuned to ANN or some
of the sites listed below for further news on that. Thanks for your
time- I hope you had fun.
Many years of good anime seasons and pooped candy your way,
-Robin Sevakis
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