Archive for February, 2008

Batman goes anime!

February 16th, 2008 – 11:34 am
Tagged as: Anime, General

Anime is still enjoying increasing popularity in America, and nothing proves that more than the upcoming anime adaptation of one of America’s favorite heroes: Batman!

Popularity: 6% [?]

The Fansubbing Dilemma

February 10th, 2008 – 12:25 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom, Manga

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 …

Popularity: 6% [?]

Executive producer of Pokemon wants to work with fansubbers

February 4th, 2008 – 12:44 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

Anime News Network has very good coverage of a recent proposal to work with fansubbers made by Pokemon Executive Producer Masakazu Kubo. It’s an interesting idea, but is it enough to solve the rampant piracy issues that the anime industry is facing?

Popularity: 5% [?]

On Super Bowl Sunday watch Eyeshield 21!

February 3rd, 2008 – 11:50 am
Tagged as: Anime

It’s Super Bowl Sunday again! That usually doesn’t mean much in terms of anime, but Toonami Jetstream is streaming the first five episodes of football anime E…

Popularity: 13% [?]

Real, a manga about wheelchair basketball and more

February 2nd, 2008 – 10:59 am
Tagged as: Manga

The Daily Yomiuri is one of my favorite newspapers to read online since they discuss manga and anime intelligently. They recently had a review of a new basketball manga called Real, but it’s much more than just another sports story.

Popularity: 11% [?]