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How bad Kodansha setting up shop in the US may effect the industry
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Just how bad could this news be? Really, REALLY, REALLY BAD! Kodansha manga properties are licensed by practically every manga distributor and several anime / manga distributors. For the most part, only VIZ may get through this unscathed.
Topless Robot reports, "Kodansha provides at least a third of of the manga in Japan and America, which has traditionally been divvied up betwen Tokyopop and Del Rey (more Del Rey than Tokyopop recently, hence Tokyopop's problems). If Del Rey stops getting Kodansha's big titles, they'll be able to coast on the manga series they've already signed up, but when those run out, they're screwed. (Oh, Viz'll be okay because they get their series from Japan's other two big publishers, Shogakukan and Shueisha, both of whom co-own Viz).
... Frankly, Japan has had a terrible track record in skipping the middle-man and opening shop here in America; Toei Animation failed utterly with One Piece and its DVDs, while Bandai Visual USA managed to survive a bit before being folded up into Bandai Entertainment. So Kodansha could very well make horrible, terrible version of its manga—forcing its Japanese workers to translate their manga into broken English comes to mind—thus screwing the fans. Of course, they could do a great job and the only people who will be screwed are in the U.S. manga industry."
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Posted by ntrop on Wednesday, July 02 @ 10:49:29 CDT (9 reads)
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Del Ray cancels BECK manga at volume 13
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So Japanese manga company Kodansha has decided to release some of their manga titles in the US directly, while still licensing some of it's library to Del Ray.
Unfortunately, Tokyopop has apparently lost negotiation on it's contract for Kodansha's Japanese property of the BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad manga. Volume is the last to be released in the US through Tokyopop. Tokyopop also lost the Kodansha's Japanese property of Akira... but at least the entirety of the series has been released in oversize graphic novel format.
Does this mean Kodansha might release this flagship title on their own or has it simply become to expensive to release here? Personally, I love this series and am pretty pissed to see BECK's cancellation.
Perhaps onemanga.com may lift the suspension of their scanslations of BECK? Stay tuned over at: http://www.onemanga.com/Beck/
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JAPAN NEWS: 300 Internet death threats since Tokyo killing spree
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American Free Press reports that "as many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead, media said Saturday.
Tokyo police said 200-300 death threats appeared on Internet message boards since 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato went on a killing spree on June 8 in the popular Akihabara district, Kyodo News and the Sankei Shimbun said.
For full story, click on "Read More."
How many of you think these copycats are the Japanese 2ch users, or the equivalent of the 4chan /b/tards?
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Anime Conventions for the Month of July
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Anime Expo
http://www.anime-expo.org/
Los Angeles, CA
Jul 3 - 6, 2008
PortConMaine
http://www.portconmaine.com/
Portland, ME
Jul 3 - 6, 2008
Click "Read more..." to view the rest.
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This poll is a little more daring than I like, but it was suggested by one of the members and seconded by another so I figure *shrugs* Why not? Please vote...I'm kinda curious on the results of this one myself ^.^;;
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NEW TRAILER for Miyazaki's upcoming film Ponyo on a Cliff
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For a very limited time, you can see a trailer for the upcoming Hayao (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke) Miyazaki film Ponyo on a Cliff. It looks adorable. The clip is attached to a Japanese television interview. Go watch it see it soon because it'll probably get taken down in the next day or so.
Link: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xfwm_ponyo-ba-nouveau-miyazaki_shortfilms
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Posted by ntrop on Monday, June 30 @ 09:46:22 CDT (17 reads)
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ADV goes out of business, begins selling office supplies
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Last week, ADV began consolidating their assets and held an auction to sell their office supplies, including desks, computers and even staplers. Chris Oarr, the sales account manager of A.D. Vision's ADV Films anime production division, confirmed the auction is for surplus office material and has acknowledged that the company has cut back on staff.
This all comes on the heels of the failed Newtype / PIQ magazine, failed television network, dropped titles from their website, discontinued DVD and manga titles, laid off employees and much rumors speculating from former employees.
Many of the titles that are (were) being released through ADV have had their English dubs suspended without notification of renewal, such as Welcome to the NHK.
A formal statement of their company "going out of business" will likely not be made any time soon but expect a quiet filing for bankruptcy in the next month or two.
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Anime on TV Mon. June 30 - Mon. July 7
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From Cartoon Network, to Canada's YTV to cable stations like Starz, Showtime and more. Are you tired of bad repetitive reality TV and even worse sitcoms? If so, then gather around for this weeks anime on tv!
Plan your days around this list. NOW!
Click on "Read More" to for the full schedule.
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Mike Turner, comic book artist and creator of Witchblade, dies at 37
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Wow. Just, wow.
Mike Turner seemed to draw every Marvel & DC Comic Book cover for the last several years. Turner was already a very well known comic artist until his popularity went supernova when in 1995 he debuted his signature character Witchblade. In 2004, Witchblade was turned into both a formal manga by Yasuko Kobayashi and a 24 episode anime.
On Friday, June 27, Turner died after a long battle with bone cancer at the Santa Monica Hospital in California. He couldn't draw feet very well but his imagery was always striking and very dynamic. His contribution to the field of comics will be sorely missed.
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Posted by ntrop on Monday, June 30 @ 08:37:58 CDT (19 reads)
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Anime on TV Mon. June 23 - Mon. June 30
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From Cartoon Network, to Canada's YTV to cable stations like Starz, Showtime and more. Are you tired of bad repetitive reality TV and even worse sitcoms? If so, then gather around for this weeks anime on tv!
Plan your days around this list. NOW!
Click on "Read More" to for the full schedule.
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Witchblade anime gets a Harvey award nomination, oops
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Christina Z, a superior comic book writer for the American Witchblade comic, should be tearing her beautiful (she really is pretty hot) hair out for the simple fact that the Witchblade anime was honored with a nomination for a Harvey award. Seriously, Mike Turner, cancer and all, is a greatly respected comic artist... except for the fact he has no idea how to draw feet. (Go Google his name and art and see if you can find one drawn foot [a slightly realistic one])... go on, make a search...
...couldn't find any? I thought so.
No, as for Christina Z, she did a bang up awesome job writing the Witchblade comic fpr a number of years. She had nothing to do with the anime storyline. Moreover, Mike Turner - the creator of Witchblade - had very little to do with the anime, short of providing the character name and a basic character design.
The Witchblade anime got nominated for an award. It had nothing to do with the comic. Damn! Maybe the Batman: Gothic Knight anime may get a reprieve.
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In Anime News: Man Loves, Jesus kills........ pigs
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Ok, so I based this post on the famous X-Men classic graphic novel (that was the basis for X-Men 2) "Man Loves / God Kills" but there is a reason. Now,for some unknown reason, God, or for the Christian religion, Jesus shows up in a number of anime and manga stories. It's always the same ol' Jesus (except for that one instance of his bizarre abuse of power for condemning a fig tree because it didn't produce some food for Him because he was hungry... damn, that was out of character, even for the "Holy Bible)." Remember kids, God (Jesus) doesn't hate "fags," God hates FIGS!!!
Anyhow, there is another "out of character" Jesus who causes a massacre of pigs. God ('Jesus' apparently hates pigs too; notice the weird English rhyming scheme?) Yeah, there's no mention in the Bible about this either. You'll have to sit through some asspipe blather on about the scope of Jesus in anime... but you could easily skip to the 00.45 second mark to watch this... this............... I don't even know what to call it.
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rDrcdz7yE&eurl=
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How much will it cost to own every issue of manga for Inuyasha?
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Right now, in the comic book industry, Marvel Comics has the "Secret Skrull Invasion Wars" summer event and DC Comics has the "Final Crisis Death of Batman" event. The manga industry has the "End of Inuyasha" event.
The center and exclusive books for Marvel's summer event will cost roughly around $300 and the DC summer event will cost about the same. But how much would it cost to own every Inuyasha manga that has been published by VIZ Media?
At $8.95 (through Amazon.com) for 55 issues of manga, your grand total will be about $492.25, or with sales tax at 6%, $554.70. Yeah, good luck with that.
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The end of an era, the Inuyasha manga is complete
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Today, the final chapter of Inuyasha was published. It is over, done, finished, complete.
The story picks up 3 years after the last chapter of the manga. "And now ...the epic feudal fairy tale's emotional final chapter." Not to spoil the ending but for enduring fans: YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE SATISFIED!
To read chapter 558, the final issue, click on "Read More".
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COMING SOON: Robotech the live action movie
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Yup, you read that right. The first part of the Robotech storyline, the "Macross Saga," will be adapted into a live action movie. Even better, the movie will be written by Lawrence Kasdan.
Who is Lawrence Kasdan? Oh, he's just some guy that wrote some obscure sci-fi movies... ever heard of Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi? Yeah, that Lawrence Kasdan will be writing Robotech.
Hopefully the movie will be equal parts action, sci-fi with cool Valkyrie dogfights just as much as the love triangle between Rick, Lisa and Minmay. Macross and the whole Macross universe is my favorite sci-fi anime of all time. So, more than Dragonball or Akira, THIS is the live action anime movie I wanna see!
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Posted by ntrop on Tuesday, June 17 @ 15:44:15 CDT (54 reads)
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Receive a notice to pay a copyright fine for using a Torrent? DON'T PAY IT
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During the last couple of years, hundreds of people have received letters from lawyers demanding compensation for the alleged uploading of copyright works. Their demands state that if you don’t pay up, you will be taken to court and dealt with severely. However, when people refuse to pay - nothing happens.
For the full story, click on "Read More".
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After only 4 issues, PIQ (formerly NewType US) shuts down
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As far as business models go, ADV sucks donkey balls. Several freelance writers have complained about company management (as there really wasn't any) and unpaid workers. Their marketing was lame, the editorial and creative department flagged in the wind after NewType's demise. I can clearly say that ADV, officially, has no idea what they're doing anymore.
Matt Greenfield needs new management, from the top on down. John R. Ledford, this is your angry emo teenage bastard child and he craves attention. The ADV experiment is about to tank. It is high time for anime boot camp in order to save this mangled soul of a company.
Needless to say, very few people will mourn the magazine's demise. Many people still want their subscription money returned from the NewType US cancellation and those who decided to stay to check out what PIQ was about, these people are angry and want their money back!
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Posted by ntrop on Tuesday, June 17 @ 14:48:43 CDT (51 reads)
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JAPAN NEWS: Death by Manga
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Consider this a warning. Ask yourself this question, "do I have so much anime and manga that I tend to stack everything from ground to ceiling?" If your answer is yes, then you should take this as a cautionary tale.
In Sendai, Japan in the Miyagi Prefect, a 37 year old otaku male was found dead in his apartment. He was found among hundreds of manga that collapsed after a Northeastern Japan earthquake back on Saturday, June 14th. Each stack would have measured 6 feet. There were dozens of stacks that easily weighed hundreds of pounds.
On an eerie side note, the "God of manga" Tezuka Osamu apparently predicted the earthquake on page 104 of vol 17 of his acclaimed manga Black Jack. The earthquake measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale, whereas Tezuka had it as 7.5. WEEEEEIRD!
See the scan here: http://zepy.momotato.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sugeee.jpg
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Anime on TV Mon. June 16 - Mon. June 23
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From Cartoon Network, to Canada's YTV to cable stations like Starz, Showtime and more. Are you tired of bad repetitive reality TV and even worse sitcoms? If so, then gather around for this weeks anime on tv!
Plan your days around this list. NOW!
Click on "Read More" to for the full schedule.
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It's almost summer (unless you live in Florida where it's Summer year round) and the new summer anime season is about to begin. It seems like the recent US depression has started to take effect worldwide as fewer and fewer people have money to spend on frivolous things like DVD's, Art Books, PVC models and the like. So Japan is extremely scaling back the number of series this summer.
25 new series will debut (one has already hit Japanese television) this summer. Only a select few will probably stay in your weekly torrent downloads. Hell, the only series this I've stayed up with this past Spring are Macross Frontier, Vampire Knight, Soul Eater, Toloveru, Bleach and Naruto Shippuden.
If you click on "Read More" I'll give you the skinny on what'll probably be the best new series.
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