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 who fights evil with a death-dealing notebook has already been...
Viz gets right to live action DEATH NOTE film
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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 (NTV) the North American theatrical and DVD distribution rights to...
PR: NY Anime Festival planning continues apace
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The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) is anticipating a significant launch when it opens its doors to the public on December 7th, 2007. While show officials acknowledge that it is still too early...
Viz’s Liza Coppola
ICv2 continues it's series of interviews with newsmakers with Viz Sr. VP Liza Coppola:
What are you looking at for 2008 in terms of your manga output versus 07?For 2008, we're looking at the...
More on otaku politician
The rumor that manga-lovin' Japanese pol Taro Aso (above, clothed) may be replacing Shinzo Abe as Prime MInister sent manga shares soaring believe it or not!
Shares of companies linked to the Japanese...
Interviews of note
§ Daily Cross Hatch continues chatting with Paul Gravett and Nick Bertozzi:
Gravett: Exactly. And the point is, these characters—there’s nothing in Japan that’s been artificially kept alive this long, well past their sell by...
Yaoi Magazine planned
For those who can't get enough boy's love, there will soon be Yaoi Magazine, a new publication which will feature non-Japanese yaoi artists. It's also billed as a "lifestyle magazine" and you can run...
Breaking news: Girls read comics?
Wall Street Journal reports on comics shocker!:
Industry heavyweights including DC Comics and Marvel Entertainment Inc. are betting that girls represent a big growth opportunity for the traditionally male-dominated medium. It's part of a renewed...
They’re just not that into you
Via Brigid comes the tale of Takeshi Miyazawa, an American manga-style artist who moved to Japan to follow his dream after being published in the US by Marvel. He had his big day showing...
Japan notes
§ The New York Times investigates the Manhattan branch of Book Off, the used book store chain from Japan that aims to eradicate “the shame of buying used books.”
Behind the counter of...
Naruto Nation kicks off in September
Brace for a Naruto invasion, as Blog@Newsarama reports
Viz Media unleashed “Naruto Nation” last week, releasing three volumes of Masashi Kishimoto’s international phenomenon into the book market. So, it should surprise absolutely no one...
