American version of AKIRA?
http://www.youtube.com/v/jafd97yJFOI&hl=en&fs=1
Please enjoy this brief satirical cartoon by BRIT Harry Partridge, showing what AKIRA, Katsuhiro Otomo's classic cyberpunk vision of a future Tokyo, would be...
Spielberg/Smith OLDBOY based on manga
A few details are emerging about the troubling news that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith want to remake OLDBOY, the disturbing film about a...
More on Broccoli
ICv2 talks more about the end of the US branch of manga publisher Broccoli:
In 2007 Broccoli launched Boysenberry Books, a shonen ai imprint that...
RIP: Broccoli USA?
Gia Manry reports that Broccoli USA, the US arm of Japanese publisher Broccoli, is shutting down:
I got an anonymous tip that led me over...
World reminded of Dragonball movie’s future existence; world goes back to crossword puzzle
MovieWeb has some stills from next year's Dragonball movie. Goku is played by Justin Chatwin, meaning he's a young white dude. How is that...
Vertical layoffs
As mentioned in "Lying in the Gutters" this week, Vertical, best known for its manga line of Tezuka releases, but also a publisher of...
Kuwata controversy roundup
It all started when Laura Hudson rounded up comments by Top Shelf's Leigh Walton, Andrew Wheeler and Joe McCulloch about the fact that mangaka...
Special: BLACK JACK — “Teratoid Cystoma”
As a special Halloween treat, we'd like to offer a COMPLETE story from Osamu Tezuka's BLACK JACK Volume 1, "Teratoid Cystoma." Black Jack is...
Halloween horror: Karaoke
We know it is wrong to steal pictures from Facebook, but this photo from Tim Leong's photo gallery from the event sheds much light...
Lonely otaku seeks four-color wife
Once you start digging a bit into Japanese culture, you often come across reports that there are a lot of single people in Japan....
Important people who read comics
§ Manga-loving Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso -- who is actually not all that popular, and whose championing of manga and other youth culture...
AX at Top Shelf
The Same Hat boys announce that the AX anthology will appear at Top Shelf. This is exciting news because AX is a respected anthology...
