Y’all know there’s a Death Note musical on the way, right? Set to premiere in Tokyo next April, the musicial’s cast and crew were announced this past September. Now we’re getting a first look (and more importantly, listen). In a video released this week by …Read more »
Residents of the Big Apple are about to get hit with a triple punch of Japanese pop culture. First off, playing Madison Square Garden on October 11, it’s X Japan, one of Japan’s biggest and most successful visual kei bands. The legendary group, who have …Read more »
Fans of the currently airing TV adaptation of Hunter x Hunter had a huge surprise in store for them this past year when Takahiko Abiru, one of the main animation directors on the show, started uploading scans of some of the more than 18,000 frames …Read more »
Nan Desu Kan, Denver’s premier anime convention and perhaps the only con in the world taking its name from a bad Japanese pun, has announced its latest Japanese guest, one Hiroyuki Hashimoto. Hashimoto is the series director of this year’s Is The Order A Rabbit? …Read more »
As infrequently as live action Hollywood adaptations of manga and anime properties tend to actually make it through to production (see: Akira , Battle Angel Alita , the live-action Robotech with Tobey Maguire), every once in a while something slips through, a freak blip in …Read more »
It can be kind of jarring when the time comes to celebrate a notable anniversary for something that still seems relatively fresh. Such is the case with Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba's Death Note manga, which is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, …Read more »
I first interviewed Brad Swaile at Youmacon in 2011, and he told me about playing Light in Death Note and the dedication fans feel in making sure he eats lots of chips. When I met up with him at Anime Central outside of Chicago, he …Read more »
Nearing the final stages of their March Manga Madness Month, Viz Media introduces another tantalizing offer for adopters of their iPad manga app. The 4th volume of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Bakuman —chronicling the journey of two high schoolers going against the odds to …Read more »
According to the latest news on the project, all signs point to a shockingly positive perhaps . That's all thanks to the attachment of Shane Black as director; someone with a quality-loaded background and a genuine love for Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's original manga. …Read more »
Good news for manga fans with iPads: Viz Media just released their official manga reader app for the platform, along with an opening volley of downloadable manga to sweeten the launch. The app itself is free, and the series they're kicking things off with come …Read more »
The perils of budding mangaka have been illustrated in Weekly Shonen Jump since August 11, 2008 in the pages of Bakuman , the latest series from Death Note writer/artist team Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Now, as was surely destined from the start, the manga …Read more »
Consider this a brisk breeze of News From Late Last Week, but it bears repeating, for those that missed it, as we drive full force into May. Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga, and are …Read more »
Before you start getting your thumbs ready for some Hollow slicing or a dash of TV-game Death Note scribbling, this isn't an announcement for a couple of hot Xbox Live Arcade titles. Rather, Viz has announced the addition of the two series in question to …Read more »
Viz Pictures is teaming up with NCM Fathom to bring Death Note II: The Last Name to almost 400 theaters across the US. The two-night event will take place on October 15 and 16 at 7:30pm, and tickets can be purchase in advance starting on …Read more »
This just in... As of today, complete seasons of Viz Media's most popular series are now available for download through Itunes. US Fans now have a legit method of digital distrobution to get Naruto , Bleach , and Death Note episodes in high quality, viewable …Read more »
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