| 11:30pm | Bemmu.com gives Scanlators free manga | | | | MangaNews reports that Finnish manga import site Bemmu.com is offering free copies of manga to known scanlator groups. This seems to be an extremely odd move for an import site to support groups that potentially take money out of their pockets, but then again those Scandinavians do think |
| 8:00am | Anime-inspired Japanese Students | | | | The vast majority of anime fans have picked up some of the Japanese language. Many of the more hardcore fans take fandom to the next level (as they often do) and take formal Japanese language lessons. The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) recently had an article on their site talking about |
| 1:35am | The life of a mangaka | | | | Do you think that creating manga would be all cake and ice cream? Well, think again. Kiriko Kubo recently spoke at the Manga Manufacturing exhibition in London. She's responsible for such manga as Imadoki no Kodomo. At the exhibition Kubo gives details about her job, likening it to being a |
| 8:43am | Manga and Tokyopop in the NY Times | | | | The New York Times has an article about how book publishers are turning to manga to possibly boost sales. Tokyopop is featured prominently in the piece, which I'm sure they're very happy about. |
| 9:32pm | DragonBall Z Live Action! | | | | Nozomi Online has an interesting article about the props for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie. Actual filming has yet to start, but it looks like the props will be decent at least. |
| 8:26pm | Death Note Filming! | | | | Fangoria has further information on the upcoming Death Note Live Action movie. Filming has officially begun, and the director is Shusuke Kaneko. The Shinigami will apparently be portrayed in CGI and animatronic versions as well. |
| 7:07pm | An Evening with Shinichiro Watanabe | | | | In the beginning of February there was an event held in Detroit that was highly anticipated for months. Those who had tickets were excited, those who could not attend cursed their luck. For two hours the international audience for the event was thrilled and entertained. What? Super Bowl? Oh no no |
| 6:38am | Teaser site for the Death Note Movies | | | | The Official Site for the Death Note Live Action Movies is up. There's nothing but a teaser image there right now, but check back often! You can find it at http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/d eathnote/ |
| 6:15am | New .hack series coming to Japan | | | | Animenation reports that Bandai Visual announced that a new anime TV series titled .hack//Roots. The show is slated for airing on TV Tokyo in April and will run for 26 episodes. |
| 8:14pm | Kappa Mikey: It's NOT Anime! | | | | Today MTV Networks announced that it has acquired Kappa Mikey, an American made cartoon that is slated for an international release on Nickelodeon. MTV is marketing this show as Anime, which is just all kinds of wrong. |
| 2:06am | Manga on USB Drives | | | | I stumbled upon an old, but interesting news article today. AkibaLive reports that Buffalo (Japan) is selling trial versions of Manga on tiny little portable USB drives. This is an interesting medium for Manga, but I wonder how successful it can really be. |
| 8:34am | Angel/Dust: No, it's not about drugs | | | | Aoi Nanase is a well known artist amongst anime fans. You may remember her from such titles as Samurai Spirits (aka Samurai Showdown) and related manga. Angel/Dust is her latest attempt at her own original manga. While her famous art still shines, the manga as a whole is kinda dull. |
| 9:12am | Eden: It's an Endless World | | | | In many ways, Eden: It's An Endless World follows the old post-apocalyptic story formula. Take a population-reducing disaster, create some young heroes trying to save the world, add villains seeking to grab power in the resulting chaos and you've got yourself a story. All of it has been |
| 3:55am | The Return of RoboTech! | | | | RoboTech, the eighties classic that got old geezers like me into japanese animation, is set to make a return with a new series called The Shadow Chronicles. There's not a lot of information up for it yet, but the trailer looks fairly interesting. |
| 1:00am | Death Note Movie Cast | | | | A investigative poster over at the MegaTokyo forums has provided some info from a Japanese site about the cast for the live-action Death Note movies. The most surprising actor listed? Chairman Kaga from Iron Chef!! |
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