Pickings are a bit small this week but as always it’s a matter of quality over quantity! And there are some real knock-outs if the content floats your boat. The release dates on this first book have been a bit iffy retailer to retailer, but …Read more »
It seems like not a week goes by when we don’t feature an article about some new Evangelion merchandise. Hey, we’ll stop reporting on it just as soon as they stop making the stuff (but considering it’s been coming out in a pretty much constant …Read more »
As something of a follow-up to last week’s news that Monster would be getting the live-action treatment courtesy of Guillermo Del Toro, the Weinstein Co. announced it has obtained worldwide distribution rights to a live-action adaptation of Yasuomi Umetsu’s 1998 OVA Kite. When “anime” meant …Read more »
Sam Pinansky of Yomiuri TV Enterprise appeared on the Anime News Network ANNCast on May 3 to talk about “Anime Sols,” a new web site he helped found that might just change the way anime is sold in the west. The goal of Sols is …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, we bust out a feature on the mega-popular Sword Art Online , based on the light novels by Reki Kawahara. While Kawahara is no doubt a hot topic when it comes to SAO , the anime adaptation …Read more »
Lucius is a down and out architect living in ancient Rome. His ideas on building public baths are seen as too antiquated, and this causes him to lose his job. A friend drags him to a public bath in an attempt to get Lucius to …Read more »
We're back once again with more sci-fi action from manga author Tsutomu Nihei ( Blame! , Biomega ). Knights of Sidonia takes place in a world where humanity has achieved photosynthesis, and gender is blurred and split into new categories, leaving protagonist Nagate Tanikaze as …Read more »
What a busy week! Free Comic Book Day this past Saturday was as fun as always, and this weekend coming up I’ll be attending the Toronto Comics Art Festival to spend days upon days swooning over how much talent you can fit into one building. …Read more »
Fullmetal Alchemist mangaka Hiromu Arakawa has another new work in the chamber, and this time it's an adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka's epic fantasy novel series The Heroic Legend of Arslan . Arakawa's take on the material is scheduled to kick off in Shonen Magazine 's …Read more »
I consider myself a casual Gundam fan at best. I've seen enough series and movies to satisfy myself, but I'm definitely not a maniac for the work of Yoshiyuki Tomino and those who followed. Some of it is pretty good, a few pieces are really …Read more »
Anyone who’s familiar with Taiyo Matsumoto knows he likes to be unusual, gritty and offbeat. And they will certainly get an unusual, gritty and offbeat experience from reading Sunny . There is no easy way of explaining this book. The Sunny of the title is …Read more »
Happy May, everyone! Have you gotten some spring weather yet? I think I saw some sun here this past weekend, and just in time, too. While this week’s manga supply may be a bit sparse, comic readers will still have lots to look forward to …Read more »
Guys, good news! Another one of my favorite manga is coming back from hiatus! Kaiji ! For readers unfamiliar with the comic, Kaiji is about gambling. But not quite like you’re thinking. Kaiji, our lost-decade, debt-burdened hero finds himself forced to participate in increasingly nightmarish …Read more »
My goodness, I hope this one ends up happening. Guillermo del Toro, director of live-action films like Hellboy II , Pan’s Labyrinth and the upcoming Pacific Rim , is reportedly going to be directing a live-action version of Naoki Urasawa’s epoch-defining horror/suspense manga Monster for …Read more »
Survey media catering to foreign fans and you’ll typically find that coverage of Tokyo-based otaku hotspots eschew any sort of legitimate local flavor or personality for pure commercialism. Extensive photographic coverage of toy shops, book shops, porn shops, maid cafes, outlandish signage and the occasional …Read more »
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