NYCC: Fanfare/Ponent Mon — #2343
Those who say manga is for the kiddies have never read the output of Fanfare/Ponent Mon -- anyone who is interested in intelligent, lyrical...
NYCC: Manga/Anime highlights
Movie screenings and guests like Justin Cook, Rachael Lillis, Jamie McGonnigal, Sean Schemmel, Mike Sinterniklaas, Veronica Taylor, Tom Wayland, Sean Michael Wilson, Steve Yun,...
Another what might have been: Tezuka/Kubrick
i09 reports on an aborted Tezuka project:
When Osamu Tezuka, the father of manga, died in 1989, nobody had a full archive of his works—at...
Manga 101: Toriyama the great
What is the point of a Manga 101? If you are into manga you probably already know it, and if you aren't you probably...
NYAF has new new dates
Launched last year in a problematic December 7-9 time slot, the New York Anime Festival later announced a move to September 12--14, where it...
Stan and Hiroyuki Takei announce team up
Stan Lee really is EVERYWHERE. Details of ULTIMO, his manga collaboration with Shamen King creator Hiroyuki Takei will be announced at New York Comic-Con....
Dark Horse manga examined
Recent comments on Dark Horse manga sales have been much talked about, and a post at Blogorama drew a response from Dark Horse...
The rise of the manga
This is the moment of manga. I mean, I know you all knew that, but it's not just a fast growing comic book...
SLAM DUNK preview
Viz has a 32 page preview of Takehiro Inoue's SLAM DUNK up to read. You should.
Via John Jakala, who compares the...
Cartoon is appointed ambassador for Japan
Lovable toon robot cat DORAEMON has been appointed Japan's cartoon ambassador!
Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura appointed the cat an "anime ambassador," handing a human-sized Doraemon...
Can’t we all just get along?
What have things come to, when even the precocious and eternally cute Hello Kitty is willing to settle a grudge by stepping into the...
Yaoi House future clouded
Several sites are picking up on a blog posting which indicates that Yaoi House, a small boys love publisher is closing up shop. ...











