NYAF 2008 roundup
While we were in Baltimore, the Manga Set were at New York Anime Fest. Reports are everywhere on the web. Brigid, predictably, has a...
New York Anime Fest THIS WEEKEND
The New York Anime Fest kicks off today, and we haven't given this NEARLY the kind of buildup we should have, but it should...
More old manga
Shaenon Garrity continues to reprint manga from the 40s. This stuff is pre-Tezuka, and it shows, but it has much charm. This week:
Matt...
Toonami shuts down
http://www.youtube.com/v/gCAX4cgszCU&hl=en&fs=1..and God Len at Japanator has the obit...
Cartoon Network has sadly broke the news that as of today, the 20th of September, Toonami will...
What’s threatening us now
While some think that the Potty Mouth Batman variant may be the trigger to a new comics witch hunt, it's more likely that...
Tea with Baby, The Stars Shine Bright
We're not entirely sure what that means, either, but the New York Anime Festival is coming up FAST -- at the end of the...
Morimoto at NYAF!
Okay, here is one celebrity we can get excited about -- or more accurately, his king yellowtail stew.
The New York Anime Festival...
Freak-out of the day: Anime eyes
As we've noted here many times, the anime/manga movement is best seen as having its greatest cultural impact as a fashion/lifestyle trend (a la...
PLUTO! URASAWA!
More here.
BTW, Viz has broken the comics industry wide open, debuting their incredible YELLOW BAGS at this show. Demand is high.
SD08: Fanfare/Ponent Mon — c04
Steven Robson or Fanfare/Ponent Mon, publisher of some of the best manga on earth, writes that he'll have sneak peeks of Eisner nominee Jiro...
The Manga Moment
Yesterday we trekked out to the Brooklyn Art Museum to see the Takashi Murakami show on its very last day, and so did a...
Barack Obama in the media
While Oh! Great adds him to the pages of Air Gear,
Barry Blitt's New Yorker cover has other ideas.
To us, this is a...
