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Petit Idolmaster Master Book
A souvenir came from Japan yesterday: an odd kind of a promo book for all things IM@S, althogh most of the manga content is dedicated to “Puchi Maa”: a manga about Potemayo-type blob versions of idols...
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My fabulous anime club
I’m back from a club meeting, which would not be all that remarkable if Saturnine didn’t share a whiny post on the topic, written by a guy with nickname suspiciously similar to his own. I paid my $5...
View ArticleRobert on sales of manga in 2009
In an unusually long post, Robert essentially discusses what’s going to happen to manga market now that it goes out of print so quickly. This phenomena was known to DVD buyers for years, it’s nothing...
View ArticleNew Azu(manga), new chapters?
Oh goodie. Zepy reports: Azuma Kiyohiko will be doing three all new chapters for the new monthly magazine by Shogakukan called Gessan (short for Monthly Shounen Sunday). These new chapters will also be...
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Sunshine Sketch
Came across Yen’s Sunshine Sketch yesterday. Two things: First, the wide faces that did so much to sour me on the anime are 100% taken from the manga. The whole style was extremely faithful, actually....
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Azu(manga) to be reprinted
According to Tiamat (via), Yen Press is going to re-issue Azumanga Daioh. The interview was dated before April 1. The ADV release is the only translated manga that I have, so I’m not likely to buy the...
View ArticleSDS on Hinata
He warns against spoilers, but the article at OGIUE MANIAX is actually rather tame by comparison with real spoilers that Hinano piles on us. Anyway, he says: Hinata, before anyone else, was the first...
View ArticleGia on Azumanga
Gia’s article at AnimeVice reminds us about the 10th anniversary of the original manga run. It’s going to be three long years until the anniversary of anime. Azuma’s manga upon which it’s based is a...
View ArticleAndrew Cunningham on OEL manga
The famous translator and internet personality (read “uses the word “fuck” a lot in his LJ“) found a fault in OEL. And the fault is not that it’s disgustingly fake, but that it makes the definition of...
View ArticleScott on Tokyopop
The Anime Almanac takes on the issue of the Tokyopop. Since I almost do not follow the manga at all, the article contained one eye-opener for me. I knew about the Tokyopop’s big OEL push. I knew that...
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