The Kindle has been getting a lot of press lately. It was feature on the cover of Newsweek, it’s back ordered because of the demand, but is it really all that the hype is making it out to be? And what’s this going to mean to manga and other j-media? The Kindle is Amazon’s entry into ebooks. Since Amazon sells books, this seems to make sense. The Kindle uses a new technology know as “electronic paper”. It us...
Shojo Beat, the sister anthology magazine to Shonen Jump has been going through a lot of changes lately. Of the six manga that started the magazine, only two remain. The rest were graduated out for one reason or another. But, with the line up they’ve got now, I think the magazine has finally found a good balance of titles that really make it shine. To start off the December issue of Shojo Beat, we are treated to a preview of a new...
(Originally posted on Popculture Shock) Rin Amami is a regular middle school student—regular, that is, except for his gruff, gravelly voice. Though his classmates tell him he sounds like Godzilla or a toad, Rin has a secret dream: he wants to sing. He has an idol’s looks, and can pick up any dance style after seeing it once, but his voice crushes any attempts to go after that dream. While working on a street corner selling pictures ...
I really shouldn’t be surprised. This certainly isn’t the first time I’ve been disappointed with Tokyopop. But this really shouldn’t have been *that* hard. What am I talking about? The touted “12 days of Manga Holiday”, they were doing on the website. They just couldn’t finish it, with just two days left to go. Did they not have this planned out? Did all the programmers go and vacation and no on...
“On the Tenth day of Christmas, Tokyopop gave to me…more avatars!” By popular request it seems, Tokyopop has created two more of their holiday avatars. These two are from Dramacon and Fools Gold. You can grab them know at the Tokyopop website along with the previous avatars. Collect the whole set! Once again, these will be available for the weekend. Check back again Monday, after 5pm PST here or Tokyopop.com to...
ANN has reported that two new anime series’ for the spring have been announced that are based on manga; Golgo 13 by Takao Saito and To Love-Ru -Trouble- by Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki. Manly men can rejoice that one of their idols is finally getting his own series. Golgo 13 is about an amoral assassin that takes on assignments from all over the globe. This series started in the 1960’s, and is still published today. ItR...
“On the Ninth day of Christmas, Tokyopop gave to me…another iManga mp3!” This is from Riding Shotgun again, Make Ya Self by Far East Movement. You’ve only got 24 hours to get it, so go to Tokyopop.com now and download it! It’ll be gone by 5pm PST tomorrow (12/21/07). Check back here or Tokyopop.com for the next present!...
“On the Eighth day of Christmas, Tokyopop gave to me…Pantheon High vol 1!” Yeah! More manga! I read the first chapter of this, and have been wanting to read the whole thing! Now I can! And you can too. But just until 5pm PST. Check it out, and then check out vol 2 which comes out in January. Something to spend your Christmas money on! Check back here or at Tokyopop.com for the next gift....
My thanks to Mangacast for catching this. At the NYAF, Bandai Entertainment quietly announced the licensing of 3 new manga and one light novel: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. This was an anime series that premiered in Japan last year, becoming an instant hit. With character designs by CLAMP, and a well written story, this series has spawned not only a second season, but three manga adaptations and light novel. 10 years ago, the E...
“On the Seventh day of Christmas, Tokyopop gave to me…another imanga mp3!” Now we’ve got the mp3 for the iManga Bizenghast. Closer from Divine Madness. I really liked this song when I first watched the imanga of Bizenghast on MySpace. You’ve got until 5pm PST to grab it, so go to Tokyopop.com now to get it. Check back here or Tokyopop.com after 5pm PST to find out your next gift!...
“On the Sixth day of Christmas, Tokyopop gave to me….Tokyopop Universe Wallpaper!” Yes, this time, it’s a wallpaper of at least one character from all of Tokyopop’s OEL manga. It looks a little cheesy if you ask me. Most of the pictures are just taken from cover art. It’s also a very crowded picture as you can imagine. You really have to be very familiar with the Tokyopop library to know them all. It&...
“On the Fifth day of Christmas, Tokyopop gave to me, Biiiiizenghast Vol 1!” For the whole weekend you can read Bizenghast vol 1. I’d really encourage people to check out this series. It’s very good, involving riddles that must be solved to put spirits to rest. I enjoyed it anyway. And it also goes over the usual 3 volume model of most Tokyopop OEL! Check back here Sunday night/Monday or go to Tokyopop.com for t...