Type-casting: guy who plays nerd on TV is a nerd in real life
Masi Oka has become a hero to geeks around the world. Once a mild-mannered effects guy at ILM now he's starring in TV smash HEROES as Hiro, a nerd who gets superpowers. In an...
Oddball movie news: THE TRIPPER, LINDA LINDA LINDA
THE TRIPPER is a horror film whose villain is an axe-wielding former president. It was directed by David Arquette and co-written by Arquette and former comical type Joe Harris (DARKNESS FALLS) which is why...
The Three Act Structure
Chris Butcher has a long important post spinning off from Queenie Chan's comments on making her Tokyopop OEL/OGM THE DREAMING. First quote is from Chan:
âFrom this perspective, it's almost inevitable that "The Dreaming"...
Only in the Bay Area
Crocodile Caucus did us all a big favor by posting the COVER for that big story on yaoi in SF Weekly from a last week.
Hm. Maybe we are right to be scared of...
VIDEO: Smigel does ANIME
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This is sure to be taken down, so watch swiftly! Last weekend's SNL featured a new TV Funhouse by Robert Smigel that spoofed anime via competitive hotdog eating champ Kobayashi. Good stuff....
No slump for Toriyama!
The Honolulu Star Bulletin look at Akira Toriyama's DR. SLUMP. Toriyama is best known for creating the international blockbuster DARGON BALL Z, but his earlier creation, DR. SLUMP, is intelligible to even the more...
American Anime Awards debut at NY Comic-Con
The New York Comic-Con just got their own awards, and they are brand new AND they spotlight ANIME. PR details:
The New York Comic Con today announced that it will host the first-ever American Anime...
Movie updates
Rich JohnsTon got a brief respone from Frank Miller on yesterday's SIN CITY 2 rumors:
This is patent nonsense. Cybercrap.
Okay then.
Meanwhile, Cinematical has two news items of interest to our kind. #1, one-time Frank...
Linkage 11/5
§ Naniwa has thoughts on Kurt Hassler's move at MangaCast:
Kurt Hassler's decisions over the last few years set a tone for book stores across the US as manga began to expand from its traditions...
Hachette names GN line; Hassler leaves Borders
Big news via PW Daily:
The Hachette Book Group is launching Yen Press, a new comics and graphic novel imprint that will focus on titles for adults and young readers, PW Daily learned this morning....
Why girls love boys love
Every one has already linked to this story by Eliza Strickland, which is the best written and researched piece we've yet seen on just why girls like comics about 12-year-old Japanese boys shagging one...
Boys and girls….different?
TheManganews forum picks up debates on whether the strict, audience-defined Japanese genres of manga are really useful outside of Japan:
The debate in the staff started a few days ago, when anitra saw the press...
