| 11:07am | Cool Items: Monday, November 24, 2008 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 6:41pm | VIZ Media Announces SEVEN new and exciting series! | | | | VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES AN ARRAY OF EDGY NEW MANGA SERIES TO DEBUT IN FOURTH QUARTER New Releases Offer A Variety Of Intriguing Fantasy/Action Adventure Tales As Well As New Shojo Titles With A Twist From Internationally Acclaimed Creators VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s... | | |
| 5:17am | Blue Dragon RalΩGrad Vol 01 - Thoughts & Impressions | | | | About the Mangaka I couldn’t really find anything on Takano Tsuneo unfortunately. Obata Takeshi however doesn’t really need any introduction. He was the mind behind Hikaru no Go and Death Note (which I hated lol). About the Manga I picked this volume up purely on a whim, I needed a volume... | | |
| 3:39am | Bleach & Death Note Uncut On Xbox Live | | | | Episodes Of Two Of The Hottest Animated Series To Sweep North America Are Now Available For Download-To-Own From Leading Entertainment, Gaming And Social Networking Outlet. | | |
| 10:13pm | Great Shounen of the past | | | | Shounen is absurdly popular, period. Â And just like Naruto or Bleach, other shounen shows helped anime sneak into Western pop culture way before most would expect. The oldest anime I remember watching was Astro Boy. Astro is officially the first anime serialization of all times and it defined many... | | |
| 12:19pm | Anime/Manga News from October 2008 | | | | Director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell & The Sky Crawlers) has a couple of projects which will keep him busy through the Summer of 2009. The first project is a new theatrical stage adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s Tetsujin 28 manga. Oshii-san will be writing the script as well as making... | | |
| 3:23am | Me Again, In Otaku USA Magazine #9 | | | | Back again, it's another issue of Otaku USA Magazine. Once again, I've got a bunch of music stuff in it, from a really cool interview with the super sexy and super bad-ass all-girl surf-rock group Thee 50's High Teens, to the huge round-up of various American labels releasing some pretty nice compilations... | | |
| 3:41pm | On the etymology of mouryou | | | | The word mouryou (éŤéŽ) is often translated as “goblin”. The translation, however, is inaccurate. éŤéŽ is composed of two characters: éŤ, which means “spirits of mountains and streams” and éŽ, which means “spirits of trees and rocks”. Thus, éŤéŽ is a term... | | |
| 8:58am | [PR] Give the Gift of VIZ Anime This Holiday Season | | | | VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES DVD RELEASES PERFECT FOR THE GIFT GIVING HOLIDAY SEASON Anime Titles Will Be Must-Haves On Many Holiday Wish Lists This Year San Francisco, CA, OCTOBER 31, 2008 — VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive... | | |
| 12:57pm | Otaku Halloween Music | | | | Happy Halloween 08 everybody! As promised, I was to give you all a special surprise today and here it is. Thanks to playlist.com, I set up a Halloween music playlist for you all that should be good for both fans of Halloween and otaku alike. You'll find music from E Nomine, Michael Jackson, Exorcist,... | | |
| 6:22am | Run | | | | Bones is one of the most consistent studios active today in terms of maintaining a high standard of quality from one show to the next, and from one episode to the next. I can't say I'm always into the shows they produce (which is not to say they don't dedicate an equal amount to creating intricately... | | |
| 11:00pm | SHAFT - Studio Studies Part Three | | | | Now that I’ve covered what I consider the best along with the most influential studio, I have to talk about my personal favorite, SHAFT. SHAFT was formed in 1975, which comes as a surprise to me because besides their first single-handed production in 1987, Yume Kara, Samenai (which I only just... | | |
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