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....
Dark Horse manga examined
Recent comments on Dark Horse manga sales have been much talked about, and a post at Blogorama drew a response from Dark Horse...
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...
SLAM DUNK preview
Viz has a 32 page preview of Takehiro Inoue's SLAM DUNK up to read. You should.
Via John Jakala, who compares the...
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...
Yaoi House future clouded
Several sites are picking up on a blog posting which indicates that Yaoi House, a small boys love publisher is closing up shop. ...
Things you can get on the web for free (or very reasonable)
Wow, there are more free things than EVER on the internet! What is the use of playing softball in the park or brunching with...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/13
§ Anthem Magazine continues its interviews with great cartoonists with a Jamie Hernandez interview :
If you were of a different ethnic background, do you...
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...
Child porn outlawed in Japan, manga okay
Japan -- along with Russia the only G8 country not to ban the possession of child pornography, has bowed to international pressure and has...
