Quote of the day on ASTRO BOY
Topless Robot reports that the lackluster new CGI Astro Boy movie tanked in Japan and sticks the knife in a little deeper:
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD...
Giant Gigantor strikes terrorizing pose
O Japan, you so crazy. Now they are building life size models of the giant robots, Gizmodo reports. This Gigantor stands 60 feet...
Meanwhile at NYAF…Attendance up 16 percent
We're hearing that the New York Anime Fest was a big hit. Lance Fensterman, who runs the show, reports:
Saturday was by far the most...
Tonight: NYAF kickoff party
As the New York Anime Fest starts on Friday, tonight Del Rey and the NYAF sponsor a kickoff party. Free!
The New York Anime Festival...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
