RIP Yoshito Usui
Very sad news out of Japan as the body of manga-ka Yoshito Usui was found over the weekend. Usui, 51, had left the house on September 11th, telling his family he was...
A.D.V. broken up, emerges as several new companies
The Biggest News Week Ever in Comics ® continues with news that ADV, a leading provider of anime films and, for a while, manga, has been broken up and reassembled as four new companies,...
GUNDAM wedding
Previously only Tweeted, now blogged, Click through for bigger, even more astounding, photos. Link submitted by Isaac Alexander.
Shogakukan and Shueisha acquire Euro Japanime companies
Via PR:
The Japanese manga and animation powerhouses Shogakukan Inc., Shueisha Inc. and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. (Shogakukan & Shueisha Group) announced today their joint acquisition of Kaze S.A.S. (Kaze) and Anime Virtual S.A. (Anime...
PONYO at the Box Office
Continuing coverage of all things Miyazaki at THE BEAT, let's look at the opening weekend in the United States for PONYO.The picture finished ninth this weekend at the box office, with $3.5 million weekend...
Not SD09: Miyazaki at Berkeley
Posted by Mark Coale
During our high-powered breakfast (maybe brunch by the time Ace and FMB got there), The Beat requested that I try and write more for the site. So, here's the first article...
Dash Shaw looks at Groundwork of Evangelion
Today's must read: BODY WORLD's Dash Shaw joins the Comics Comics blog and in his first outing examinesGroundwork of Evangelion: 1.0 , a sketchbook for an upcoming anime. He finds it a treasure trove...
SD09: Marvel Anime toons preview with Warren Ellis
We'd heard rumors that Warren Ellis would be at San Diego, turns out he's there to host the presentation of Marvel's new anime Iron Man and Wolverine.
UPDATE: on his blog, the notoriously con-shy Ellis...
FREE: Honey and Clover
FREE cool things! FREE!
VIZ Media is offering the popular anime HONEY AND CLOVER on iTunes and until August 31, 2009 it's a free download. Plus, every purchase of the complete first season of HONEY...
When Worlds Collide, Part II
As we write, Anime Expo '09 is taking place at the LA Convention Center (not Anaheim as we stupidly wrote) which is right next door to the Staples Center, which is where...something is going...
Central Park Media files Chapter 7
A key piece of Manga/Anime history slides into the sunset, as ICv2 reports that Central Park Media has filed Chapter 7. Many will remember CPM as one of the trailblazers of the anime (Patlabor,...
The world MUST unite to make Cat Sh*t One Anime!
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Every once in a while, a video crosses your path that changes how you view the world and makes you question the fundamentals of what you thought was true. Such a video is...
