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Del Rey Does Penny Arcade
Not manga, but still something cool that I'd missed. Every once in a while Random House/Del Rey (parent company to Del Rey Manga) announces something that throws me for a little loop and makes me go “huh? Oh! Cool!” At San Diego Comic Con, this is when they announced they'd ...
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More NYCC Follow-Ups
I'm running around like a madwoman trying to finish up all of my New York Comic Con follow-up stuff and get back on a plane (surprise!), but a few other sites have their own I thought you might be interested. In particular, Comic Book Resources has interviewed Reed Exhibitions' Lance ...
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WTF Wednesday 02/11/09: Cutest L'il USB Hellion Ever
Awww! Alafista has found this adorable little Hell Girl USB drive featuring the titular lead, Ai Enma, who sits down to reveal a USB port sticking out of her torso. Teeheehee. Now, that said...I know we all pay a premium for character goods, but let me just note that this ...
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Why Is Domo-kun Back In Style?
Last year Dark Horse announced Domo-kun figures, then he became Target's Halloween mascot, and now he pops up at New York Comic Con, where TOKYOPOP issued a press release announcing that they're releasing a manga based on the flatulent former mascot for the NHK, Domo-kun. Why the renaissance of Domo-kun, ...
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SPJA Opens Up for Award Nominations
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (the organization that runs Anime Expo) has announced that it's accepting nominations for the 2009 SPJA Industry Awards. There are a lot ...
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The Daily Shin Buun 02/10/09
Nothing like a catch-up day for breaking records, eh? Including the Buun we're at 19 posts today for the Vice, breaking our past record of 15. Yowza! Here are the ...
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Ghost in the Shell Remastered on Blu Ray
Bandai Entertainment is releasing Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence on Blu-Ray, but now fans in North America can get its predecessor, the groundbreaking 1995 anime film, on BD as ...
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Rumor Squad II: New DMP Licenses
These are less rumor-y than the last post, since these Amazon listings usually turn out to be true. But for the time being, the titles found by BL detective Kuri ...
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Rumor Squad: Japan Needs a Needless Anime
OK, it took me a bit to piece this one together, but basically: Moon phase reports that an organization doing consumer studies may have unintentionally revealed the news that Kami ...
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Zombies + Salarymen = Instant Win
I have a fondness for zombies of late. I blame this entirely on being subjected to the films Zombie Strippers and Nudist Colony of the Dead. And now I can ...
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NYCC: The Less Miniscule Gallery
Did you think my earlier shots were all I'd be able to get for you? Tut tut, my dear readers! I might have been busy blogging away at the panels, ...
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A Sequels Sequel: Chi's Sweet Home the Second
The second second season announced on the Vice today, whew! This time it's the uber-cute cavity-inducing series of shorts Chi's Sweet Home, which does not revolve around Chobits' primary persocom ...
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NYCC: Dancing For Your Amusement
I love geek conventions. I love the costumes, the pranks, the spontaneous happenings. I wish I had all the time in the world to run up and down the halls ...
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NYCC: Bandai Entertainment Status Report
So during the convention I did my best to arrange a number of short interviews with companies present at the event to do sort of a quick “status report” and ...
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Tales of Vesperia Anime Movie Cometh
Moon Phase reports that Tales of Vesperia, the most recent addition to the Tales RPG franchise, is being developed into a feature-length anime film. Woot! Kadokawa Pictures is producing the ...
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Nodame to Return!
Good news for Nodame Cantabile fans: creator Tomoko Ninomiya, who revealed only a couple of weeks ago that she had carpal tunnel syndrome and would be going on hiatus, has ...
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Seiyuu Go Punk on Cover CD
Mikuru Asahina's Yuko Goto singing “Smells Like Teen Spirit”? Nurse Witch Komugi seiyuu Hako Mmoi as Blondie? “Anarchy in the UK” as sung by Chii's Rie Tanaka? Lain seiyuu Kaori ...
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Tuesday is Toyday 02/10/09: Mega Hobby!
Japan is full of delicious figure festas, and the current of these events is Mega Hobby Expo, running this very day in Japan. So! Let's talk about a few Mega ...
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Kimi ni Todoke Anime In the Works
Word on 2ch's streets is that Kimi ni Todoke, Karuho Shiina's romantic comedy manga about a young girl whose physical similarity to the lead character from Ringu results in her ...
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Let's Get Historical, Historical: First US Anime Con?
In the midst of all the New York Comic Con buzz-- the first big con of 2009 –not to mention the 20 anniversary of Dallas' A-Kon, who is the longest-running ...
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Nogizaka Haruka Gets Second Season
From Haruhi to Haruka-- the popular moe series Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (The Secret of Haruka Nogizaka), the tale of a beautiful, perfect-seeming young woman who turns out to be ...
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NYCC: A Miniscule Gallery
I was so busy running from panel to panel to meeting to panel that I didn't have anywhere NEAR enough time to take all the photos I'd have liked-- let ...
