Archive for 'Manga'

Napa Valley Museum opens new anime and manga exhibit

August 15th, 2008 – 10:31 am
Tagged as: Anime, Manga

The Napa Valley Museum in Northern California is opening a new anime and manga exhibit. If you’re in the area today (on a wine tour or something), you should go to the opening reception:

“The Napa Valley Museum announces its upcoming exhibition titled, “Manga and Anime: An Exhibition of Popular Cartoon Art.” The opening reception […]

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FaceYourManga.com: make a manga-ish avatar

August 13th, 2008 – 12:22 pm
Tagged as: Fandom, Manga

I stumbled on this one while poking through some RSS feeds. There’s a site out there called FaceYourManga that allows you to supposedly create a cute digital version of yourself in manga/anime art style using their online interface. I’m not quite sold on it though. It doesn’t quite look like manga to me. […]

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Shonen-ai manga themed cafe in Tokyo:

August 5th, 2008 – 3:10 pm

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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OEL manga Miki Falls to become a Hollywood film?

August 5th, 2008 – 11:19 am

Brad Pitt’s movie production company, Plan B, has picked up the rights to a four-volume OEL manga series by Mark Crilley titled Miki Falls. I do believe this is the first time an OEL title has gotten mainstream attention. It’s especially interesting since it’s going straight to the big screen via a fairly […]

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IGN talks with Bleach creator Tite Kubo, Keanu as Spike in Cowboy Bebop?

August 1st, 2008 – 8:36 pm
Tagged as: Industry News, Manga

My good friends and comrades at IGN got a chance to do a brief but interesting interview with Bleach manga creator Tite Kubo at Comic-Con ‘08.  You won’t find too much new info here, but Kubo rarely speaks to American media so it’s a bit of a special thing.  You can read the IGN interview […]

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Librarians scoop up manga at Comic-Con

July 29th, 2008 – 1:24 pm
Tagged as: Fandom, Manga

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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Manga artist Hiro Mashima speed draws Fairy Tail’s Natsu

July 28th, 2008 – 1:18 pm
Tagged as: Manga

So yesterday I posted a video of Fairy Tail manga creator Hiro Mashima doing funny fan signings. Here’s another video from Comic-Con 2008 of Hiro Mashima, this time doing a speed drawing of Natsu, the main character from Fairy Tail. This was at the Hiro Mashima panel hosted by Del Rey manga. […]

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Video: Fairy Tale manga creator Hiro Mashima signing at Comic-Con ‘08

July 27th, 2008 – 10:41 am
Tagged as: Manga

Here we see Hiro enjoying his fans very much as he signs art and stuff. Seems like a fun guy, and the fangirls on the web are drooling over him.

Technorati Tags: Hiro Mashima, manga, Fairy Tale

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New Ninja Diaries Manga in LA MetroMix

July 26th, 2008 – 12:07 pm
Tagged as: Manga

I was walking home from the bank yesterday and laid eyes on a manga-like cover on one of the newsstands for the local freebies. My interest was piqued, so I investigated. Turns out that OEL manga producer Seven Seas Entertainment has partnered with MetroMix to launch an exclusive weekly manga series called Ninja Diaries. […]

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Bandai announces Lucky Star manga at Comic Con

July 25th, 2008 – 1:19 pm

Bandai made a fairly interesting announcement at San Diego Comic-Con: they’ve licensed the Lucky Star manga.
Lucky Star is kind of a plotless series that revolves around comic slices of the high-school life of four Japanese girls. It’s very popular in Japan for some reason, some believe that’s because of its similarity to The […]

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