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....
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...
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...
Boy dies in Naruto-related accident
Codey Porter, 10, has died after playmates buried him headfirst in a sandbox -- an act inspired by Naruto's ability to bury...
New York Anime Fest moves to September for ’08
Based on focus groups and surveys, The second New York Anime Festival will be held this year September 12-14th, significantly earlier than last year's...
Incredible movie promotion
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In Tokyo, a promotion for The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep set on Tokyo Bay is what we could call "pant-peeing good."
Understanding Otaku
Last weekend's New York Anime Festival was an interesting experience to say the least. It was only the second anime show I've ever attended...
Go out, Jerboa!
It's the real-life inspiration for Pikachu and almost as cute! The very rare and mysterious long-eared jerboa of the Gobi desert has been caught...
NYAF Photo Parade Part 2
This may have been a con too far for The Beat...we're too tuckered to post anything, but we will run some photos by you,...
What you need to know about NYAF
We'll have our own detailed anthropological observations when we're not feeling under the weather. However here are facts and figures.
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