Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) has announced it’s giving its second annual Tom Spurgeon Award to translator, writer, and Osamu Tezuka interpreter Frederik L. Schodt. Schodt is the man on the far right in the above manga drawing (from Stone Bridge Press’ The Osamu Tezuka Story …Read more »
Frederik L. Schodt is an author and translator who once worked with Osamu Tezuka and who published the groundbreaking book Manga! Manga! Right now he’s helping out the Japan International Manga Award and getting ready to do a special event with Matt Alt on manga’s …Read more »
Banana Fish, the classic shojo manga from Akimi Yoshida, will be adapted into an anime series, it was reported today. The series, set to air on Fuji TV’s Noitamina block in 2018, will be directed by Hiroko Utsumi (Free!). Banana Fish ran in Bessatsu Shojo …Read more »
Whether you're just sitting around trying to put things off until Monday, or perhaps waiting with party hat fixed atop your head for tonight's Lost finale, I figure Sunday is always a good time for fresh reading material. In that regard, one of the best …Read more »
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