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 current translation to the one from Gutsoon a few year's...
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 doll an official certificate at an inauguration ceremony, along with...
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 squared circle?
The presser:
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, in conjunction with Gente...
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.
wner Kira Takenouchi announced that Yaoi Underground LLC will be...
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 the girls when there is so much cool free shit?...
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 think your characters would be different as well?
I hope so....
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 himself in the ground. Despite the tragic and horrible circumstances...
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 taken steps to do just that. According to the Guardian...
Viz debuts nine
Viz has announced officially nine new titles for the second quarter, GUN BLAZE WEST, HARUKA: BEYOND THE STEAM OF TIME, NIGHTMARE INSPECTOR: YUMEKUI KENBUN, B.O.D.Y, FAIRY CUBE, THE RECORD OF A FALLEN VAMPIRE, ROSARIO+VAMPIRE,...
Student arrested over NARUTO threats
More comics trouble in Connecticut, where an expelled high school student was arrested in Groton, following a threatening video he posted on YouTube which contained quotes from Naruto. In the video, which Brown...
Stan Lee and Takei team up, fight crime
Oh we made that up. Stan Lee is known for teaming with everyone from Pamela Anderson to Paris Hilton, but he's now crossed the last frontier and signed with Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei...
Crazy mixed up cafe
At Edelstein boarding school, the schoolboys wear lip-gloss, the headmistress has a weakness for homoerotic comic books, and there is only one subject: how to serve female visitors.
Yes it is another story on those...
