Japan news and notes
NPR's On The Media looks at the cultural impact of manga:
Manga is Japan’s ubiquitous art form; a kind of comic book equivalent that illustrates...
DEATH NOTE: The Official PR
PR:
VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has licensed the Shonen Jump DEATH NOTE anime...
New York Anime fest announces web guests
PR:
The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced prominent online artists and performers Chris Hazelton, GeekNights, Juno Blair B, Lindsey Henninger, and Uncle Yo...
DEATH NOTE to Adult Swim
Anime News Networkreports that manga/anime sensation DEATH NOTE, will begin airing on Adult Swim beginning at midnight October 20th. The tale of a teen...
Viz gets right to live action DEATH NOTE film
PR:
VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced that it has licensed from Nippon Television...
PR: NY Anime Festival planning continues apace
PR:
The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) is anticipating a significant launch when it opens its doors to the public on December 7th, 2007. ...
ADV and Geneon enter distro pact
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Today ADV Films and Geneon Entertainment (USA) announced a new distribution agreement. From October 1st on, ADV Films will be Geneon Entertainment USA’s sole...
Anime Expo roundup
Anime Expo was this weekend, with some 35,000 fans converging on Long Beach -- down from last year but still a lot of cosplay....
Male virgins rampant in Japan
According to one survey, almost 1 in 4 Japanese men between 30-34 is a virgin:
"There are 11 percent of people who gave an invalid...
NY Asian Film Festival lineup
Tickets for the 2007 New York AsianFilm Festival are on sale now, and as always it's a mind boggling array of films. There are...
Anime bigger than sex?
Compete looks at what people are searching for in Wikipedia, and the results may surprise you:
Anime (26%)
There is a tremendous amount of interest...
Canadian ladies love the yaoi
A Toronto Gay lifetysle website runs an interesting preview of the Anime North convention by looking at yaoi fans through a gay perspective:
But...
