| 7:57pm | Anime: Ultraviolet Code 044 | | | | So, I know I’m a bit behind on this one, but it snuck under my radar. Earlier this year there was a press release announcing the airing of an Ultraviolet anime based on the movie starring Milla Jovavich. I was skeptical at the time, since the Ultraviolet movie sucked pretty bad. I didn’t... | | |
| 8:24pm | Librarians scoop up manga at Comic-Con | | | | NPR has an interesting little piece on their site today. They chatted with an unexpected group of manga fans at Comic-Con ‘08: librarians. From the article: David Serchay, a Florida librarian, received funding from the Broward County Friends of the Library to attend Comic-Con. He says libraries... |
| 8:18pm | Manga artist Hiro Mashima speed draws Fairy Tail’s Natsu | | | | So yesterday I posted a video of Fairy Tail manga creator Hiro Mashima doing funny fan signings. Here’s another video from Comic-Con 2008 of Hiro Mashima, this time doing a speed drawing of Natsu, the main character from Fairy Tail. This was at the Hiro Mashima panel hosted by Del Rey manga.... |
| 7:22pm | Another man sentenced in Japan for sharing anime | | | | Anime News Network reports that Kasuhiro Maki from Kawasaki City was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, suspended for three years, for unauthorized uploading of Gundam and other popular anime with the Share file-sharing program. The Japanese authorities are getting tough on illegal file... |
| 5:41pm | Video: Fairy Tale manga creator Hiro Mashima signing at Comic-Con ‘08 | | | | Here we see Hiro enjoying his fans very much as he signs art and stuff. Seems like a fun guy, and the fangirls on the web are drooling over him. Technorati Tags: Hiro Mashima, manga, Fairy Tale addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fprotaku.com%2Fpo st%2Findex%2F228%2Fvideo-fairy -tale-manga-creator-hiro-mashi... |
| 7:07pm | New Ninja Diaries Manga in LA MetroMix | | | | I was walking home from the bank yesterday and laid eyes on a manga-like cover on one of the newsstands for the local freebies. My interest was piqued, so I investigated. Turns out that OEL manga producer Seven Seas Entertainment has partnered with MetroMix to launch an exclusive weekly manga series... |
| 8:19pm | Bandai announces Lucky Star manga at Comic Con | | | | Bandai made a fairly interesting announcement at San Diego Comic-Con: they’ve licensed the Lucky Star manga. Lucky Star is kind of a plotless series that revolves around comic slices of the high-school life of four Japanese girls. It’s very popular in Japan for some reason, some believe... | | |
| 6:52pm | News: Viz gets into live action, big names join Afro Samurai | | | | Viz quietly announced a new division called Viz Productions, which will tackle producing and licensing live action films based on anime and manga. They’ve stated that Viz Productions will act as the U.S. liason between Japanese property-owners and studios, production houses, and agents to produce... |
| 7:24pm | 4 Places to watch anime for free, legally! | | | | Every anime fan knows that there are a number of ways to watch anime online at no cost. Most of us (I hope), realize that the majority of these sites are unofficial and illegal. There are, however, a few places online where you can get a free anime fix with no guilt at all. Sadly, most of these sites... | | |
| 5:40pm | Singapore gets same-week anime broadcasts from Japan | | | | Singaporean broadcast group MediaCorp has signed a landmark deal with hated anime distributor Odex to bring a range of Japanese titles to its Arts Central channel and to the new online service AnimeTrix, available through its VOD portal MOBTV.sg. To start with they will offer three series on their... |
| 8:27pm | New book - One Thousand Years of Manga | | | | I always find the Malaysia Star an interesting source for manga articles. Yesterday they posted a piece on a new book called One Thousand Years of Manga by ART historian Brigitte Koyama-Richard, an art historian and 30-year resident of Japan. From the article: Going back as far as the seventh century,... |
| 6:59pm | Rightstuf sale - 40% off on Bandai stuff ends tomorrow | | | | Just a friendly reminder, Rightstuf is having another 40% off Bandai stuff sale. It ends on the 20th though, so get your orders in! www.rightstuf.com Technorati Tags: anime, rightstuf, sale, bandai addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fprotaku.com%2Fpo st%2Findex%2F221%2Frightstuf-s ale-40-off-on-bandai-stuff-end... |
| 6:20pm | First Goku poster for the live action DBZ movie | | | | Well, here it is. That’s Justin Chatwin as Son Goku, the poster apparently says “The legend comes to life”, with the release date at the bottom obviously being March 13, 2009. My initial take it on it? What’s with the pants? The costume in general seems less than stellar,... | | |
| 6:25pm | Link: Where are the Shonen OEL Artists? | | | | I was just trolling through the interwebs today, as I often do, and found an interesting LiveJournal post from Jason Thompson (aka khyungbird), author, manga fan and artist of the webcomic The Stiff. In this post he poses an interesting question: Where are the OEL manga targeted to boys? From his post:... | | |
| 10:21pm | Self-pleasure scenes in mainstream anime | | | | Recently, Adult Swim aired episode 12 of Code Geass, in which a female character tastefully but obviouslyuhmasturbates. Anime forums all over the interwebs exploded in a flurry of activity, mostly expressing shock, some hilarity, and a tiny bit of disgust here and there. But Code Geass was not the... | | |
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