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 on our previous karaoke woes. It also elicited this...
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. According to one survey, 1 in 4 Japanese men between...
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 stuff is an attempt to curry favor with voting youths...
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 of unusual manga that rose from the ashes of GARO,...
Yen Press moves to Orbit; Johnson leaves
Via PR from Hachette: Yen Press, the manga imprint led by Kurt Hassler and Rich Johnson, will be folded into a new publishing division, Orbit, which will include Yen and the existing SF line,...
Manga characters are oenophiles
The comics-loving NY Times takes it to a new level, with a story on the wild success of the as-yet untranslated manga THE DROPS OF THE GODS, which is credited with sending certain wine...
The realities of manga
Today's Must Read: Yaoi Press publisher Yamila Abraham explains the reality:
1. OEL manga must sell much better than licensed titles to be successful, because it's at least 3 times more expensive to publish. It...
Digital Manga gives release schedule
Yesterday, we reported on DMP manga cancellations. Today, we report on Anime News Network's report of revised release dates. Only one title is postponed with no new date; however, most of them are delayed...
DMP cancellations
Digital Manga has been reorganizing of late, with layoffs and a large reduction in monthly output. We've received Diamond's list of canceled titles; please note, this doesn't mean these books are never coming...
More on DMP cutbacks
Deb Aoki has more on DMP's reductions in staff and output, as more info filters out on the web. Five people have been let go, and publishing volume is being cut from 12...
A Gothic Lolita speaks
Look, we're as baffled by the whole "Gothic Lolita" movement as anyone, and a New York Times profile is usually a sign something has jumped the shark:
The Lolitas are here and in full bloom....
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 fine roundup. Yen Press announced several new titles, and...
