Posted by: sidereelseiya on: April 15, 2011
Tokyopop, a pioneer in the manga translation/adaptation market, announced today that they are shutting down their US publishing operations. Founded in 1997, they started off as Mixx and published MixxZine, which included the popular Sailor Moon and Magic Knight RayEarth comics.
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: April 11, 2011
Three new anime shows were announced recently, in vastly different ways. The most recent announcement, via a teaser website, was Persona 4 The Animation, based on the game of the same name. The cast stays the same as the game as well. Animation production will be done by AIC Asta (Sora no Otoshimono series), and [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: February 28, 2011
“Media Mix” is an entertainment industry buzzword for having a property – in this case, let’s say THE IDOLM@STER – span various different types of media in its quest to conquer the universe. So it starts off in its original form (for Im@s, a game) then branches out to other forms (anime, manga, radio shows, [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: February 8, 2011
Zombie manga Highschool of the Dead continues its not-so-merry way, and volume 7 is scheduled to be released in April. This time a limited edition version will come with an OAD (Original Animation DVD) containing a never-before-seen side story episode entitled “Drifters of the Dead”. As you can see from the picture, they seem to [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: February 7, 2011
The cover for the first manga volume of the popular anime series “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” was released recently, and it features a quote, in English, from perhaps an unusual cultural source: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The quote is: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: September 29, 2010
With the Fall season only days away, we have a couple of new trailers to build anticipation. First, the Arakawa Under the Bridge 2 trailer offers another look at the crazy lives of the outcasts who live under the bridge, while actually showing animated footage unlike the other freaky-ass trailers. Meanwhile, the semi-autobiographical and industry-savvy [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: September 21, 2010
Why hello, Internet. What do you have for me here today? Oh, is that an announcement of a new Genshiken manga, titled Genshiken Nidaime (“Genshiken the 2nd”)? Why yes, yes that is. But how delicious will it be? After all, Madarame is gone, and he was the most interesting character. Plus, the moment they started [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: September 13, 2010
It’s been a long, long time since I did a Manga Monday, largely because my manga budget has dwindled significantly in a world of 83 yen to the dollar. But the newly released Good Game from Tomokichi has piqued my interest in a big way, taking the “zero to hero” sports story and applying it to [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: July 22, 2010
Minor manga rag Manga Time Kirara Forward has announced on the cover that fantasy action title Yumekui Merry (Dream-eating Merry) is getting the anime treatment. If you haven’t heard of Manga Time Kirara in general, I don’t blame you – it’s mostly known for K-On! and Doujin Work, neither of which really made it big in [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: July 21, 2010
Presented for your consideration: Hirano Kohta from High School of the Dead: He’s a fat, sharpshooting otaku with a glasses fetish and a yen for military hardware. Also presented for your consideration: Hirano Kouta, the author of Hellsing, as of his appearance at Anime Expo in 2005: Back then, when they announced the Hellsing Ultimate [...]
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