Michael Turner, legendary comic artist, died on Friday. He battled bone cancer for many years. His most notable work for anime fans was on the Witchblade comic which later became a popular anime series produced by GONZO. He was a masterful artist, well known for his work on various comic covers for [...]

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Back when TokyoPop announced their restructuring and layoffs, they mentioned that their new direction would include more focus on their digital distribution channels. One of those channels is what they call iManga. I actually hadn’t even heard of their iManga efforts until I read that press release, so I went over to their Youtube [...]

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From xorsyst.com, a collection of fashion designs from André Lima that are based on origami paper designs. Fashion has always been weird, but this is kinda taking it to a new level.

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There’s news from Publisher’s Weekly, and it’s kind of flown under the radar in most of the manga blogosphere. Shueisha and Shogakukan—the two Japanese publishers that own the American-based manga publisher Viz Media—have entered into a new partnership to expand the company’s licensing and mechandising arm. Shueisha has invested in Shogakukan Productions Inc. or [...]

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I’m not sure if this is supposed to be there, but Google Video has the complete English dubbed version Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle for viewing. I’ve taken the liberty of posting it here, enjoy it while it lasts.

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Press release from Del Rey:
Del Rey Manga, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced today plans for popular Fairy Tail manga creator Hiro Mashima’s first-ever US convention appearance at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. During his appearance at the convention, which takes place from Thursday, July 24 through Sunday, [...]

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AnimeShots is a gallery for anime screenshots from a variety of different series. You can add to the site by uploading your own screenshots. This is quite a useful tool for anime bloggers that might need a pic to go with their post.

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Here, for your pleasure, is the full first episode of Speed Racer. First aired September 23, 1967.
Enjoy!

P.S, Hulu.com is awesome.
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The DS port of FFIV is a bit of old news now, but this is one of the better video previews/reviews I’ve seen:
Final Fantasy IV DS - Preview
Final Fantasy IV DS - Preview
In short, it looks like a pretty great version of the game that should definitely be on the wish list of any Final [...]

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Sorry if things are a little wonky or misaligned, I finally took the plunge and switched this blog over to Wordpress so there are a few technical tweaks to be made.

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