Bandai gets tough with fansubbers
Anime News Network and many other places are reporting a new get-tough attitude from Bandai regarding fan-made translations of their movies, including things like the GHOST IN THE SHELL sequel SOLID STATE SOCIETY:
Several...
Space Otaku shame: fails physical
A first, pioneering effort at cosplay in space has been halted by a shocking development: Space tourist Daisuke Enomoto has failed his physical:
A Japanese businessman seeking to become the world's fourth space...
Queenie Chan on THE DREAMING 2
Queenie Chan has finished THE DREAMING 2 and posts cool header art at her LJ:
The Dreaming (Book 2): Is finished. YAY!!! All 181 pages of it, plus a 3-page mini-manga at the end....
Cons around the nation: Wichita, Seattle
Wichita, KS survives the trauma of cosplay, as the second Anime Festival Wichita draws to a close and a reporter wonders at the ability of people with shared interests to...meet!
More than 2,000 people were...
MILLAR live!
Mark Millar will be the live guest on Fanboy Radio this Sunday. Gee I wonder what he will talk about!
âThis is Markâs third appearance on the program and it couldnât come at a better...
ComiKet heck!
Naniwa at MangaCast continues his account of ComiKet, the world's biggest comics show, with 300,000 attendees who are there to buy fan made comics. First comes the girl's day:
Follow me again, as I stumble...
Girl geeks flood Otome Road
Wired takes a look at doujinshi, visiting ComiKet and the gender-sepaated geek districts of Tokyo:
Higashi-Ikebukoro is one of Tokyo's outermost neighborhoods, but it's become a destination for female manga fans because the major...
Shin Chan, Evan Dorkin and you
Starting August 19th, you'll be able to see the anime Shin Chan on Adult Swim. The premiere is Saturday at 10:30. After that it airs for a couple of weeks at 12:30 am.
We've...
K’n’B 8/15/06: people out and about everywhere
Ellen Forney on Seattle NPR.
Forney will also be doing a unique reading/video performancetomorrow at Elliot Bay in Seattle Mor einfo in the link at Flog!
Elliott Bay, Reading/Video/Performance: Wednesday, August 16, 7:30pm
ELLEN FORNEY's biggest solo...
Manga watch: ComiKet!
Naniwa at Mangacast covers the biggest show of them all:ComiKet!
Twice a year doujin fans across the world head for the big one. This is the manga mecca. This is where people pass out in...
Manga Watch: Takaya in TIME
Time continues to discover manga with an interview with FRUITS BASKET's Natsuki Takaya:
TIME: What do you think about manga being attempted by non-Japanese creators? Do you consider it manga or another form?
NT: Simply put,...
