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 Dec. 7-9 time frame. According to the calendar at Comic...
Diamond’s Top 50 Manga of 2007
Following up yesterday's charts, our HTML is still less than desired, but here is Diamond's year end chart for the Top 50 Manga. Although Viz dominates, Tokyopop claims the top spot with FRUITS BASKET...
*A*** Flight 001 Landing at a Terminal Near You!*
On the other hand, if women in comics are responsible for this kind of thing, then we must say it is time to call a halt:
June Manga invites you to join the Mile High...
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."
New Bytes: Newtype, FBI.com
• ANN reports that Newtype USA, the glossy, oversized manga-culture magazine is to cease publication -- but ADV will replace it.
Representatives of A.D. Vision (ADV) have contacted retail partners to inform them that the...
Takao Saito’s 007
Golgo 13 and James Bond: Separated at birth? Above, a page from Saito's THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
Via The Vault of Buncheness
UNDERTOWN gets syndicated
UNDERTOWN, the OEL/OGM manga by Jim Pascoe and Jake Mylar will be the lastest syndicated strip for Tokyopop, as this press release reveals. The book has also been picked up by Scholastic for their...
Michael Jackson — manga fan?
If you look closely the book he's carrying is some kind of book about Dragons. Luckily, Wacko Jacko has not yet discovered yaoi.
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 (I went to Otakon in Baltimore a few years ago)...
Tintin Pantoja update
Tintin Pantoja may not have gotten that Wonder Woman gig, but her mangafied version of Hamlet is coming out next year from Wiley. Here's a preview from Active Anime
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 on film for the first time!:
The long-eared jerboa, a tiny...
Speaking of DDGB…
Long, long ago it was announced that DDGB (aka Gerard Butler) would be starring in an adaptation of the manga PRIEST. At NYAF we heard that this is not happening, although you probably could...
