Tomboys, spitfires, or the plain and simple “girls who kick ass.” However you describe them, the long history of anime and manga is full of these characters, and choosing the top ten is no easy task. Users of ranking site Goo, however, took up the …Read more »
Anime fans’ first taste of the complicated honorific style of Japanese speech known as keigo often comes in the form of titles attached to the end of one’s name. One of the most respectful of these titles is “sama,” which is often translated as “sir” …Read more »
Fans of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind will remember Nausicaa’s main method of transport was a sleek one-man glider called a Mehve. The Mehve is a work of fiction, but one man, Kazuhiko Hachiya, has been working on a real-life version …Read more »
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame announced last Thursday that Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is one of the four new inductees for this year, alongside other visionary creators like fantasy artist Frank Frazetta and 2001 director Stanley Kubrick. For those wondering, the …Read more »
We talked a lot last year about how with the release of The Wind Rises , Hayao Miyazaki’s last film (most likely) and Princess Kaguya , Isao Takahata’s last film (most likely), Studio Ghibli is preparing to pass the torch to a new generation of …Read more »
In an effort that is not at all cynical or creepy, Bandai has been conducting surveys of children aged 0-12 years (yes, zero) since 1995 in an attempt to determine which media properties are mere fads and which are indomitable, evergreen shows that have transcended …Read more »
Today is one of those days where shipping just doesn’t make a lot of sense. Yen Press, for example, has a truck load of new titles out, supposedly this week, but while big online retailers have their copies, other book distributors are still left waiting—and …Read more »
Pepita is a mixture of genres and mediums: art, history, philosophy, photography. While it is written by mangaka Takehiko Inoue ( Vagabond , Slam Dunk ), it’s not a manga. Inoue expresses his thoughts and stories in many different ways in this book, but never …Read more »
Fans of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind take heed: a new and beautiful deluxe box set of the manga has been released. The seven-volume manga has been put into two large hardcover books that fit together in a brightly colored slipcase. Both volumes …Read more »
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