| 6:03pm | Links: More live action chat, FUNimation adds anime to their cable channel | | | | io9, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite places for all things sci-fi, has a post called 5 Manga Movies We Want to See After Akira Blows Everyone’s Mind. They are referring, of course, to the upcoming Akira live action movies that have been in development hell for about six years already.... |
| 5:31pm | Napa Valley Museum opens new anime and manga exhibit | | | | The Napa Valley Museum in Northern California is opening a new anime and manga exhibit. If you’re in the area today (on a wine tour or something), you should go to the opening reception: “The Napa Valley Museum announces its upcoming exhibition titled, “Manga and Anime: An Exhibition... |
| 7:22pm | FaceYourManga.com: make a manga-ish avatar | | | | I stumbled on this one while poking through some RSS feeds. There’s a site out there called FaceYourManga that allows you to supposedly create a cute digital version of yourself in manga/anime art style using their online interface. I’m not quite sold on it though. It doesn’t quite... |
| 6:15pm | Want big anime eyes? Get these new contact lenses. | | | | Here’s an interesting item that should be in every cosplayer’s arsenal. These are contact lenses that are tinted prominently in the extra-wide outer ring. The result is the appearance of a bigger, wider iris. Anime eyes FTW. The lenses cost $30-$50 bucks and can even be made to fit your... |
| 8:48pm | CrunchyRoll adds Gonzo, Media Blasters, and ADV titles…legally! | | | | CrunchyRoll announced at Otakon that they’re has acquired the digital-only-rights to distribute multiple series from MediaBlasters, ADV, and Gonzo’s corporate parent. These series include: ADV: * Angelic Layer 26-episode animated series * BASToF Syndrome 26-episode animated series... |
| 7:26pm | Video: Amazing stop motion anime with figurines. | | | | A friend sent me a YouTube vid of a great figurine vid. This is really quite an amazing job. It’s some of the best amateur stop-motion animation I’ve ever seen. But I’m also impressed by the sheer amount of free time this person must have. There’s a whole series of these... | | |
| 9:59am | Leaked video from the Dragonball movie set? | | | | Apparently this is a video taken by an extra in an audience scene where ChiChi and Mai fight. The quality is badbut it seems to match the quality of the acting: I dunno. I’m really not looking forward to this movie at all. A lot of the promotional stuff so far has either been really bad, or... |
| 6:52pm | Custom Dragon Ball Air Nikes | | | | This is just cool: Source: http://www.myairshoes.com/nike /dragonball-z-nike-dunks.html Technorati Tags: Dragon ball, Nike addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fprotaku.com%2Fpo st%2Findex%2F240%2Fcustom-drag on-ball-air-nikes%2F'; addthis_title = 'Custom+Dragon+Ball+Air+Nikes' ; addthis_pub = ... |
| 6:05pm | Kadokawa embraces YouTube pirates…just for anime videos | | | | Here’s an interesting piece from the mainstream business community. Businessweek, a huge business-oriented news vehicle, has an article on anime publisher Kadokawa’s approach to people that use their properties for copyright-infringing anime videos That’s not how Kadokawa sees it,... |
| 10:10pm | Shonen-ai manga themed cafe in Tokyo: | | | | This is an old report, but I just stumbled upon it. UK magazine the Guardian had a piece on a manga-themed cafe in Tokyo. The theme? Shonen-ai/Yaoi (boys-love), with pretty male waiters dressed as schoolboys. More than 100 men, mostly aspiring actors or models, applied for the 30 or so positions... |
| 6:19pm | OEL manga Miki Falls to become a Hollywood film? | | | | Brad Pitt’s movie production company, Plan B, has picked up the rights to a four-volume OEL manga series by Mark Crilley titled Miki Falls. I do believe this is the first time an OEL title has gotten mainstream attention. It’s especially interesting since it’s going straight to the... |
| 10:05pm | CraveOnline buys MyAnimeList.com, new Ghost in the Shell enhanced Blu-Ray coming. | | | | CraveOnline.com, a leading lifestyle destination for men featuring video, movies, TV, music, sports, games, cars, humor and more, announced today that it has acquired MyAnimeList.com, the world’s largest anime & manga social networking site with over 10,000 members signing in daily. This... |
| 6:40pm | Video: The Afro Samurai 2 panel at Comic-Con. Yes, Sam Jackson was there. | | | | FUNimation has posted video from the huge panel at Comic-Con ‘08 that promoted the upcoming film sequel to the Afro Samurai series. Featured here are star Samuel L. Jackson (the voice of Afro), the Rza, and creator of the original Afro Samurai manga, Takashi Okazaki. Look for the movie on Spike... |
| 9:20pm | Details on the Studio Ghibli Layout Designs exhibit in Tokyo | | | | Japanese publication Daily Yomiuri has an excellent piece today on the ongoing Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata/Miyazaki Animation exhibition in Tokyo. It’s the first time I’ve seen a detailed description of the exhibit in a mainstream publication. From... |
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