Archive for May, 2007

New trailer for the Clone Wars series

May 28th, 2007 – 12:00 pm
Tagged as: General

Unless you’ve been under a rock somewhere you know that there is a new CG animated Star Wars: Clone Wars series coming to a TV screen near you. LucasFilm just released a new trailer for all the world to see.

The Star Wars Celebration I…

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Shojo Beat: Manga for the Ladies

May 26th, 2007 – 1:54 pm
Tagged as: Manga

Playback:stl has a nice piece on Shojo Beat, a monthly manga magazine targeted for the young ladies. The article includes an interview with Jenifer Morgan, Magazine Managing Editor for Shojo Beat.

From the article:

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New transformers trailers!

May 17th, 2007 – 12:05 pm
Tagged as: General

As many of you no doubt already know, I’m eagerly awaiting the potential nirvana-like state that I could be in when the Transformers movie is released. To further tease me, Yahoo has a brand spanking new trailer up.

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Manga Fighter coming to the U.S

May 15th, 2007 – 2:54 pm
Tagged as: Games, Manga

OnNet USA and OnNet Korea announced today that they’ll be licensing the Manga Fighter game in the U.S market. Manga Fighter is scheduled to be released in the U.S. in the second half of 2007. I’ve looked at screens and video of the game, and it don’t…

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Ah My Goddess: Everybody has wings on IGN

May 12th, 2007 – 9:29 am
Tagged as: Anime

IGN has the first episode of the Ah My Goddess: Everybody Has Wings anime for viewing. For your convenience, I’ve embedded the vid in this post. Enjoy!

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Does renting Manga make sense?

May 9th, 2007 – 6:56 pm
Tagged as: Manga

The concept of renting Manga just like videos initially seemed ridiculous to me, but after looking around and doing some research I’m not so sure.

Anime Takeout is like the Netfl…

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The Manga Bible

May 8th, 2007 – 8:47 am
Tagged as: Manga

No, the Manga Bible is not an exhaustive collection of manga titles and terms. It’s the Holy Bible, depicted in Manga form. I can’t find the words to describe how awesome that is.

Luckily, Wired has an article about it that puts it a…

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More info on Highlander: The Anime

May 7th, 2007 – 7:58 pm
Tagged as: Anime

On June 5th the Highlander series steps into new territory with a direct-to-video Anime flick directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri of Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D fame.

As …

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Sci-fi Channel to air Anime block!

May 6th, 2007 – 9:56 am
Tagged as: Anime

The Sci-Fi cable channel announced that they will be airing a two-hour late night block of Anime on Mondays. Monday is kind of an odd day, but hey, it’s better than nothing.

“In an attempt to lure younger viewers and e…

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Manga Hobos!

May 5th, 2007 – 7:42 am
Tagged as: Fandom, Manga

During one of my frequent adventures in the interweb I stumbled upon an interesting Flickr image entitled Manga Hobos. The title had me confused but…

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