Archive for April, 2006

More Mobile Manga

April 23rd, 2006 – 10:21 am
Tagged as: General, Manga

Tokyopop and Uclick are making downloadable manga available for mobile phones. Mobile comics are getting more popular, but I wonder about Tokypop’s choice of titles for this move.

Two of the titles, Peach Fuzz and Van Von Hunter, fall …

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Death Note Movie Teaser

April 8th, 2006 – 3:37 am
Tagged as: Anime, General

There’s a new teaser for the live-action Death Note movies out. It’s nice to see it, but I’ll admit I was a little disappointed.

The teaser doesn’t reveal much of the movie’s content. It’s difficult for me to articulate my feelin…

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Tokyo governor disses Mickey Mouse

April 2nd, 2006 – 8:45 am
Tagged as: Anime, General

Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara gave Mickey Mouse a verbal beatdown at Tokyo International Anime Fair on Saturday. Is it strange that Japanese politicians are so into Anime?

Apparently, the Governor was quoted as saying:

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