| 6:21pm | BusinessWeek has an article on Manwha | | | | This morning I was pleasantly surprised to see a mainstream US publication like BusinessWeek devote a pretty long article to the topic of manwha. Perhaps the Korean comic craze is about to take off? |
| 6:30pm | Transformers A to Z | | | | Recently I've been fascinated with the upcoming Transformers movie, but for good reason! As more news about the film becomes available the awesome-factor of the movie just keeps going up. Today Wizard Entertainment added some more news and info on the robots in disguise. | | |
| 5:55am | I'll finally admit it, I don't like Bleach | | | | There, I finally said it. I know that by merely typing those words I have raised the ire of many Anime fans, but I cannot tell a lie: I think the show is not that great. | | |
| 11:45pm | More transformers Madness! | | | | Yahoo! has some new pics of the upcoming Transformers movie, this time we get to see Optimus kick some ass! |
| 9:49pm | A crapload of Tranformers News! | | | | The past 48 hours have brought a ton of news and excitement for all those looking forward to the Transformers movie release. I'll admit I was skeptical about Michael Bay's execution of one of the best cartoons of the 80s, but I take back everything I said. This movie is going to be awesome. |
| 7:26am | Adult Swim gets April Fools Day started off right | | | | So, instead of showing their regularly scheduled programming, as soon as the clock rolled over to April 1 on the East Coast Adult Swim started showing episodes of Perfect Hair Forevercomplete with fake subtitles. The subtitles of course, made no sense, some of them were even excerpts from Aqua |
| 4:46am | Anime Network is on Wide Open West | | | | Anime Network and digital cable provider Wide Open West have inked a deal that will ensure that anime on demand will get in the hands of all those eager midwestern otaku. |
| 7:40am | Japan Times Editorial: Anime and Manga as Ambassadors | | | | There has been a lot of talk recently about how anime and manga are spreading the Japanese culture. I myself have written about the topic quite a few times here. The Japan Times has a new editorial up that gives the topic a slightly different spin. |
| 6:16am | Detroit Free Press article on Faith-based manga-comics | | | | The Detroit Free Press had an article today on two faith-based comics that are drawn in the manga style. While I'm all about people's right to express their religion artistically, the whole thing seems kind of weird to me. |
| 4:57am | Even more mobile manga | | | | The Daily Mainichi reports that publisher Shinchosha will offer an online-only comic geared towards cellphones in Japan. |
| 10:09pm | Blood+ premier on Adult Swim last night | | | | Last night Adult Swim aired Blood+. I was a bit worried that they might butcher it or screw up the dub, but I have to say it was far better than I expected. | | |
| 11:47pm | An interesting article on Anime-inspired students | | | | The Journal News has an interesting article up about teachers' reaction to anime and manga and the effect they've had on their students. It's an interesting read that really made me think about some of the changes that we're seeing among America's young aspiring artists. |
| 8:23am | New Death Note Anime teasers on the Viz site | | | | The Viz Death Note site has two new teaser videos for the Death Note anime. Most of the hardcore fans have probably been watching the fansubs for months already, but those that don't dig the fansub scene will soon be able to get the legit goods. | | |
| 7:42am | Tezuka Osamu gets his props in the land down under | | | | Tezuka Osamu is best known to American anime fans for Astro Boy, but his body of work spans decades and thousands of pages of drawn manga. The New South Wales Art Gallery in Australia is paying homage to this internationally-renowned artistic master in an exhibition called Tezuka: the Marvel of |
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