Back in 1997, a manga about a vicious vampire hunter named Alucard began. Now, on August 30th, the last issue of the manga in Young King OURs magazine brings the immensely popular series to an end.
Mangaka Kouta Hiran began the series with a vision of a dystopian, alternate world where a powerful and clandestine […]
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Daily Yomiuri has an article today on a ward in Kobe that plans to create an artist enclave to revitalize an area of the city that was ravished by earthquake.
From the article:
Merchants in Kobe’s Nagata Ward, which was devastated in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, plan to revitalize the area as a “cartoon town” by […]
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Hello there folks! As many of you know, I’ve been working on anime and manga articles at IGN for a while. Well, this week marks the beginning of a new milestone for IGN TV: Code Geass episode reviews!
We’re starting with Episode 17, “Knight”, the last aired episode on Adult Swim. We’ll […]
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The Malaysia star is one of the asian newspapers/sites I read regularly for their unique take on anime and manga news. Today they’ve decided to focus on the strange, but increasingly popular, phenomenon of erotic anime figures with not just one, but two feature articles.
In a piece titled Figurine Love, writer Holy Cow says:
Recently, […]
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It’s true folks! The rumors have been floating around for a while, but there’s now confirmation that there will be a brand new Full Metal Alchemist TV series. Elric fans everywhere, rejoice!
According to Anime News Network:
The wraparound jacket band on the 20th volume of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga will confirm on Friday […]
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The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) announced today that the short story Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship by legendary author Hideyuki Kikuchi will be published inside the festival’s Official Guide Book. Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship has never been printed before in any language anywhere in the world. The New York Anime Festival, […]
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TokyoPop is teaming up with iaTV, the Only 24/7 Network in the U.S. for Asian Pop Culture, for broadcast of its properties and some advertising opportunities.
From the press release:
Programming acquired by iaTV from TOKYOPOP includes two popular Japanese anime series – Initial D and Psychic Academy – and anime film Spring and Chaos have […]
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Variety.com has a new article called “History of Anime”. While I always appreciate anime getting more exposure in mainstream publications like this well known Hollywood rag, they really missed the mark with this one.
From the article:
Anime properties such as “Transformers,” “Speed Racer” and “Avatar” (the latter announced for M. Night Shyamalan to direct) may […]
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io9, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite places for all things sci-fi, has a post called 5 Manga Movies We Want to See After Akira Blows Everyone’s Mind. They are referring, of course, to the upcoming Akira live action movies that have been in development hell for about six years already. […]
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The Napa Valley Museum in Northern California is opening a new anime and manga exhibit. If you’re in the area today (on a wine tour or something), you should go to the opening reception:
“The Napa Valley Museum announces its upcoming exhibition titled, “Manga and Anime: An Exhibition of Popular Cartoon Art.” The opening reception […]
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