Japanese publication Daily Yomiuri has an excellent piece today on the ongoing Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata/Miyazaki Animation exhibition in Tokyo. It’s the first time I’ve seen a detailed description of the exhibit in a mainstream publication.
From the article:
Arrows are also used to indicate movement, as in a scene from Kaze [...]
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So, I know I’m a bit behind on this one, but it snuck under my radar. Earlier this year there was a press release announcing the airing of an Ultraviolet anime based on the movie starring Milla Jovavich. I was skeptical at the time, since the Ultraviolet movie sucked pretty bad. I [...]
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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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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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Anime News Network reports that Kasuhiro Maki from Kawasaki City was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, suspended for three years, for unauthorized uploading of Gundam and other popular anime with the Share file-sharing program. The Japanese authorities are getting tough on illegal file sharing, especially when it comes to anime. [...]
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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.
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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 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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Viz quietly announced a new division called Viz Productions, which will tackle producing and licensing live action films based on anime and manga. They’ve stated that Viz Productions will act as the U.S. liason between Japanese property-owners and studios, production houses, and agents to produce films or license them to other companies.
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Every anime fan knows that there are a number of ways to watch anime online at no cost. Most of us (I hope), realize that the majority of these sites are unofficial and illegal. There are, however, a few places online where you can get a free anime fix with no guilt at [...]
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