Introduction;
You are the wind...
Hello and welcome to Squid Lover. This tribute is dedicated to Tanemura Arina - a manga ka famous for her elegant and bewitching shoujo (girls) manga. This site contains information on this enchanting artist along with a collection of sites dedicated to her various works and characters. For more information about this domain and it’s purpose please see the introductory page.
This is version four of Squid Lover and marks a certain change in the site. For one thing, it is no longer located at its former home of Meroko.org - now finding its place here with its sister sites at Glass-Slipper.org. Also, sadly, all of the hosted sites died along with the Meroko.org. However, I hope to make up for this fact by continuing to build on the current site to make it ever more exciting to behold. Credit for the image used here goes to the wonderful Temporal Princess. Main section quick links can be found to your right, whereas section-specific links are to your left. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Enjoy! :)
19th July
Just a quick update - we've now moved to Glass-Slipper.org. I've just gone through today and changed all the links, but if something doesn't work please let me know.
Cheers! :]
23rd May - We're back!
It's been months since Meroko.org died on me unexpectedly - but Squid Lover is finally back and better than ever! Unfortunately all the fanlistings and hosted sites died along with the domain, though I did have backups of my main sites. So welcome back Lost Lenore and Royal Duty. The latter has a new layout and some added content - I am aiming to have it become a general Time Stranger Kyoko fansite. :]
Other than the new layout I've re-organised a few things and added descriptions for Ion and Shinshi Doumei Cross. Lastly everything got a general brush over and tidy up, so in and all Squid Lover is looking better than ever! Enjoy. X
26th August - News!
Sorry fo r the lack of updates, i'm currently off gallavanting around Japan for a year. But i'll be back home in a few months and will start adding in lots of new things around here then. For those of you who missed it though Lost Lenore received a complete revamp in March so please check that out.
I've updated the links page with a few new sites. I'd especially like to point you to Next Generation - a shrine to an unlikely yet endearing couple made by this talented girl. A definite recommend. :]
Some Exciting News!
Two pieces of exciting news for you today! The first being that Time Stranger Kyoko, ION and Firecracker is Melancholy (retitled Short-Tempered Melancholic) have been licensed by Viz - meaning all of Tanemura Arina's works have been licensed! You can read the full article here.
Recently Arina-sensei made her first trip to America, attending Comic-Con 2007, where some of you may have been lucky enough to get her sign or attend her focus panel. The folk over at ANN managed to secure an interview with here which asks some interesting questions. What i'd like to draw your attention though is the question about her next work - which is quite likely going to be a fantasy. Not only that but a long one too - if it happens, of course.
Although i've generally enjoyed Shinshi Doumei Cross, and her story telling skills really blosom in this series, I personally much prefer her previous works. To me, this is the most exciting news I could possibly hear. All the imagination of her previous works combined with improved skills. If she goes ahead with this it could be groundbreaking.
17th January - Domain Revamped!
And here we have the latest version of Meroko.org AKA Squid Lover. Other than a new look we also have a new section all about Tanemura Arina along with a new links page.
The revamp for Lost Lenore is nearly complete so keep an eye out for that. For those of you who have Tanemura Arina related sites hosting is still open so check that out here.
Squid Lover content and layout copyright © Jamie-Marie Eileen Watterson. Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne and other works copyright © Tanemura Arina. No infringement intended.
