WE ARE CHANGING RELEASE DATES!

Starting this week, and from now until further notice, we will be releasing on Monday Nights instead of Sunday Nights. This is mainly in part to do with James and me not having enough time to get the issue done, and so we end up having to shorten or not cover items, as we would plan to. Now, if we are ahead of schedule, we will have it up Early Monday morning, but count on for sure to be here Monday afternoon. Hopefully, when we get more columnists, we can return to Sundays, but since James and I are the only two right now, and we work on Sundays and have school on Mondays, we just have to do what we can in order to keep writing for you guys!

That said, this next announcement should be a great tie in…

NOW HIRING COLUMNISTS!

Many fans have liked what we are writing, but in an effort to keep up with the constant changes that are taking place in Otaku Community, and in our own personal lives, it has gotten too hard for just two people to do! Therefore,, writers, who would love to make a decent break here in the DA anime community, this is the spot for you! Moreover, we will be continuing on an open rotation until we are full! Oh, did I mention that DAOS writers, get FREE DA subscriptions as thank you gifts and other awesome benefits from us for their support?

We are currently hiring for any of the following: Anime Reviewers, Manga Reviewers, DA Admin Relations, Editors, and any other odd writing jobs we may discover in this hiring process.

Requirements to Join the DAOS Staff
1) Must be a member of DA for at least one year with an active account. Artists of any media are welcome to apply.

2) English may not be your primary language, but the more you know the better!

3) All writers must write a prompt in which they will recieve via-note from me about an anime/manga related topic. We will be judgiing all entries by the applicant's thought process as well as the usual grammar, structure and spelling. We will then notifiy all applicants accordingly.

Don't be afraid! We are looking for otakus that come from all sorts of different walks of life! So note me above letting me know you are interested, and we'll see what we can do!

LOGO AND STAMP CONTEST EXTENDED!

Many of our artists have asked, and have will now receive! We are extending the Deviant Logo and Stamp Contest to Nov 1! All entries will win a one-month DA subscription as a thank you for entering! The grand prizewinner in either category, will win a ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO DEVIANT ART! Plus a special feature issue in the DAOS!

All Rules are here: [link]

Remember, the Deadline is NOVEMBER 1! As soon as I get enough time to update those rules, I will be sure to add that change in there as well. GET DRAWING ARTISTS!

NAME YOUR TOPIC CONTEST!
Want to know something about the Otaku world, but too afraid to ask? Well, the DAOS, is now accepting all suggestions and ideas for topics in the otaku world. Since there already is a news column about Anime/Manga art in DA, please try to limit your suggestions to ideas outside of DA and to the outside anime/manga world. If the DAOS, not only finds your topic interesting, but also can properly address your suggestion, then you personally will receive a 1 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION. And you can enter up to 12 times too! So you can win a WHOLE YEAR OF DA SUBSCRIPTIONS, just for telling us what you want to read about!

was the first Winner of the “Name Your Topic Contest”! He had two ideas, and we used one as the basis of Issue 8 on the DAOS-“The Anime Artist’s Retort to the Non-Anime Artist.” His other idea will not be used until November, but he still got two months OF FREE PAID DA TIME! Want some too just for reading and putting your two cents in? Well then, get on it!

All suggestions are welcome to yours truly, just head to my DA =MissRedRose and leave a note saying “suggestions” and let us know!

THE SERIES THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT CONTEST!!!

We here at the DAOS, always try to review the hottest and newest anime/manga series that are coming out. However, we are very limited in time and effort to research series that are worthy of a look here on the DAOS. And at the same time, we’re planning a tribute to series that NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT in Early November!

So, if you have a series, that NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT, let us know about it. We here at the DAOS, LOVE TO GIVE AWAY FREE STUFF TO THOSE WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE! If you talk about a series, that actually requires James and I, have to actually research and do detail work in order to review it and tell all our fans about it, you may win some awesome subscriptions, or some other awesome free items that James and I have been secretly designing for our online otaku store.

All notes in this contest, also go to my DA account, leave a note saying “series tribute”, and tell us what you think! =MissRedRose--is the spot!