| 12:33pm | Cartoon Network gets Miyazaki films | | | | Turner Classic Movies dedicated the month of January to legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki. Now Cartoon Network (which is also part of the Turner family) will also be airing Miyazaki's works. |
| 3:52am | Live Action version of Kite in the works | | | | There's yet another anime that's being adapted to Live Action. The latest news from Variety reports that the directors for the Hollywood version of Kite have been chosen. Kite is probably the oddest choice of all the anime series being adapted to film. I think it's the first Hentai... |
| 10:08pm | Anime Fansubs: Harmful or Helpful? | | | | Recently a conversation about the effect of anime fansubbing came up on the IGN anime boards. It was a good topic that I just had to comment on. The following post is taken from my comments there. |
| 10:47pm | Air Gear Manga coming to the U.S.A!! | | | | Del Rey Manga announced today that they will be bringing the Air Gear manga to U.S. shores. Air Gear is a Kodansha title with story and art by one of the best in the manga business, Oh! Great. If you're a skater, a blader, or a young man in dire need of fanservice you'll REALLY want to |
| 9:22pm | Is there such a thing as American Manga? | | | | Gomanga.com, home of Seaven Seas Entertainment, has a number of comic series that are pretty obviously influenced by manga and anime art. Can we consider them to be manga though? Is manga just the animation style, or does a comic have to be produced in Japan to technically qualify as manga? |
| 9:53pm | Loveless: Shounen-ai so wrong it has to be right | | | | In this post we'll review Loveless. Loveless is one of the few shonen-ai manga that has been adapted into an animated series. It's a well produced anime, with great art, great characterization, and a great soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura. The series as a whole is a tad bit disappointing |
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