This weekend I went to NYAF, the New York Anime Festival, at the Javits Center in New York City. Here is a recap of what went on. There were some license announcements, industry panels, and merchandise to drain the wallet. It didn’t seem as big as last year, but with Geneon gone [...]
Continue reading...In volume 20 of the manga series FullMetal Alchemist (aka Hagane no Renkinjutsushi), there is an announcement for a second television series. What the series will be isn’t known. I think it pretty much boils down to a continuation from where the movie series left off (most likely) or a series to follow the manga [...]
Continue reading...For some time now Jumpland has been up and available in multiple languages. One of which is English. This is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Weekly Shonen Jump. Here you can learn about the magazine itself as well as read manga online. So if you are a fan of shonen manga, this is a [...]
Continue reading...Back in April, Shueisha’s magazine “Jump Square” had a chapter by Stan Lee and Hirokyuki Takei (Shaman King) called Ultimo. You can actually find it translated in the September 2008 issue of Viz’s magazine, “Shonen Jump“. The anime will be developed by Dream Ranch Japan. Two other projects Stan Lee is involved with is Hero Man [...]
Continue reading...Well “Bakuman” chapter 1 is out. To me, it doesn’t seem like it will amount to anything special. I am interested though because it is a different idea. I haven’t read a manga before on someone becoming a mangaka. I hope it lasts because I am for original ideas. It also looks [...]
Continue reading...The latest issue of Japan’s Weekly Shonen Jump had a preview for a new series called Bakuman. What is Bakuman? It is a new manga from the team that created Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba (writer) and Takeshi Obata (artist). It will start in issue 37-38 of this year’s run of the Weekly [...]
Continue reading...A new monthly Japanese manga magazine has hit the shelves. Well, not fully Japanese manga, it also has Korean manhwa and original English manga.
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Monday, September 29, 2008