| 2:19pm | About.com's Review of The Manga Bibles | | | | Back in May I wrote about the announced release of the Manga Bible, a unique retelling of the Bible story in Manga form. Deb Aoki, About.com's Manga writer, recently reviewed it, along with a similar Bible from Korea. |
| 8:21pm | A fun site: Otaku Stuff | | | | During my latest journey through the dark corners of the interweb, I discovered an interesting concept: a social bookmarking site for Otaku and fans of Japanese pop culture. It's called, appropriately, Otaku Stuff! |
| 4:30pm | There's a Cloverfield Manga?! | | | | I'm a little bit late on this one, but Wired recently reported that there's a manga released in Japan that's based off of J.J. Abrams new monster flick Cloverfield. It's only available in Japanese though |
| 3:08pm | Free episode of Ragnarok on IGN anime | | | | IGN has posted the full first episode of Ragnarok on IGN anime. If you're interested in an anime based off a popular MMORPG, Ragnarok is definitely for you. |
| 1:51pm | Top Ten Anime of 2007 | | | | I had the honor (and challenge) of writing IGN's Top Ten Anime of 2007 list. Did your favorite anime of this year make the cut? |
| 12:26pm | Gaming to Anime: Final Fantasy VI | | | | My latest article at IGN anime is a piece about the history and future of animated features based on the legendary Final Fantasy franchise. |
| 1:41pm | James Patterson's Maximum Ride will be a manga! | | | | Maximum Ride, James Patterson's New York Times bestselling young adult series, will be adapted into a manga for Yen Press. Exciting news for the manga industry and James Patterson fans! |
| 7:53pm | New Anime site directory on googlepages | | | | A group of anime and manga fans have started a new effort to create an updated, uncluttered directory of sites for the otaku. It's not a bad idea, but we'll see how good the execution is. |
| 1:30pm | I'm writing at IGN Anime | | | | Yes, that's right folks. I'm writing feature articles for the recently created IGN Anime channel. |
| 12:36pm | Anime in Snarkerati's 70 Greatest Vampire movies | | | | It's getting closer to Halloween folks! Snarkerati, a Hollywood film fan site, recently had a feature on the 70 Greatest Vampire Movies. I was very impressed and surprised by the breadth of the list; it included several vampire Anime. Anime getting respect in a Hollywood rag? The times, they are a... |
| 5:53pm | Anime Campus radio! | | | | If you're an anime fan and you attend Cal State Fullerton, life just got a whole lot sweeter. The campus radio station now has an anime music block called AM Anime with Aaron. It's being touted as the first campus radio anime show. |
| 11:54am | There IS a manga about Curling! | | | | In my previous post I pondered the possibility of a manga based on the mysterious sport of Curling. Faithful Protaku reader asdf informed that there is indeed a manga about Curling already, it's called Orange Delivery. Well shut my mouth and call me Chaplin! |
| 1:23pm | Random Thoughts - The next big Sports Anime | | | | While pondering the mysteries of the universe today, a thought struck me. There are a number of sports-based anime and manga titles out there, but I think there's something missing. There's an important sport being left out. |
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