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Hollywood director Guillermo del Toro ( Pacific Rim , Pan's Labyrinth ) has finally put to words a thought that's been running through gamers' heads for quite some time. While wrapping up an interview last week on his new film Crimson Peak , del Toro …Read more »
Part Indiana Jones, part military badass, Taichi Hiraga Keaton is truly an international man of mystery. His outward appearance is that of any average college lecturer, but his specialties are something to behold. Formerly a member of the SAS, Keaton is a master of survival, …Read more »
If you pay attention to social media, you may have noticed that people have been talking non-stop about the World Cup for what feels like forever. If you keep up with current anime, you may have noticed that one of last season’s most interesting titles …Read more »
Dark Horse has been making it really hard to conserve shelf space with their re-releases of CLAMP’s back catalog. Even if, like me, you already own all the previous releases from Tokyopop, it’s almost impossible to pass by these brand new, retranslated, cleaned up, full-color …Read more »
photo by Grenouille Vert With over 40 years of experience, Masao Maruyama is one of the great stalwart figures of the anime industry. Originally an animator at Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi Productions in the 1960s, Maruyama left to co-found legendary animation studio Madhouse in 1972, along …Read more »
Dark Horse pulls out the big guns this week with over 1,000 pages of CLAMP manga! Their newest volume of Cardcaptor Sakura is the last book in the series. If you haven't picked up this gem already, I highly recommend it. I'd say it's my …Read more »
Hey there, On The Shelf readers and manga buyers - last week we didn't have an On The Shelf article so this week I'll be covering both July 18 and July 25th's shipping lists! That's twice as much manga, and all available for you to …Read more »
The tension is palpable in Pluto at this point, but somewhere in the thick miasma of suspense is a subtle hint of disappointment that it's all barreling toward a close. There may be two volumes left, but never before has the light at the end …Read more »
As part of the NEW PEOPLE grand opening, the underground Viz Cinema hosted the regional (and red carpet!) premiere of the first part of the 20th Century Boys trilogy: The Beginning of the End . Takako Tokiwa, the producer, and a mysterious character from the …Read more »
It's a good time to be an OEL manga artist. Fred Gallagher's Megatokyo has been licensed for publication in Japan, one of the first manga-influenced American comics to be so honored. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso intends to promote otaku culture worldwide, and in May …Read more »
The following statement may or may not be fully supported by this magazine's editorial staff, but given my years of manga experience I wholeheartedly believe it to be true-- "Manga are comics; comics are manga." The differences between the two are so insignificant that in …Read more »
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