This is an old report, but I just stumbled upon it. UK magazine the Guardian had a piece on a manga-themed cafe in Tokyo. The theme? Shonen-ai/Yaoi (boys-love), with pretty male waiters dressed as schoolboys.
More than 100 men, mostly aspiring actors or models, applied for the 30 or so positions at [...]
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NPR has an interesting little piece on their site today. They chatted with an unexpected group of manga fans at Comic-Con ‘08: librarians.
From the article:
David Serchay, a Florida librarian, received funding from the Broward County Friends of the Library to attend Comic-Con. He says libraries are paying attention to manga because the [...]
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News and media from Anime Expo 2008 keep popping up on the interwebs. I have a few more links and videos to share. Here’s video of celebrated actor and voice of Solid Snake, David Hayter, on MGS4 and other things.
The Los Angeles Times covered the Masquerade cosplay event (woo, mainstream), here’s a link [...]
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These aren’t the greatest pics since I only had my iPhone on me, but hey, it’s something. There were quite a few things to take pictures of during the show, but I was a little disappointed at the perceived attendance. Didn’t seem as packed as I expected.
Anyways, on to the pictures:
The obligatory Stormtrooper [...]
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The most pleasurable part of my trip to Anime Expo today was the FUNimation Industry panel. Adam Sheenan, Brand/Events Manager at FUNimation and ever-present representative of FUNi at various cons, led the panel with FUNimation CEO Gen Fukunaga coming in at the end for questions. Fukunaga rarely does panels so it was a treat to [...]
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According to a press release today, the New York Anime Fest will once again host the World Cosplay Summit during the festival in September.
The World Cosplay Summit is an international costume competition that is the equivalent of the Olympics of Cosplay. It features cosplayers from nearly every continent competing before famed anime and manga [...]
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Shin Chan is one of the most refreshingly funny anime adaptations ever made. The writers obviously have a lot of fun while making the show, and their naughty sense of humor spreads throughout the official MySpace pages of the show’s main characters.
When I wrote the The Top Ten Characters to Watch in Shin Chan [...]
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I stumbled upon a CGI fan film developed by Monty Oum featuring an epic battle between female characters from Final Fantasy and the Dead or Alive video game series. Worth watching!
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The folks hosting the San Francisco Asian American Film festival will be sho…
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As many of you know, the impact of fansubbing and scanlating on the anime and manga industries is one of my favorite topics to write about. Recently IGN gave me the chance to …
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