Monthly Archives: May 2006

More on CPM troubles

Thanks to Adam Arnold for bringing this to my attention in comments on my earlier CPM piece: Peter Tatara (CPM’s media rep) posted this message on AnimeonDVD’s message board: “Ahoy. CPM should be making an official statement Tuesday regarding the … Continue reading

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Crunchy numbers

As this manga thing starts to catch on, there has been a lot of talk about print runs, so I thought it would be interesting to do some compare-and-contrast. What made me think of this was this article about the … Continue reading

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Japan to Jerusalem

An exhibit at the Israel Museum examines the relationship between Japanese and Israeli art. Here’s the curator, Mira Lapidot: “While the majority of these artists do not have intimate knowledge of Japan, the culture has come to represent a kind … Continue reading

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Awards deadline extended

Didn’t have time to get your nomination in for the MangaCast Awards? Good news: Ed has extended the deadline to Sunday, May 28. Hurry up and send in your favorites!

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Fresh Broccoli

The Broccoli Books Blog has more info on their two new titles, Disgaea and Yoki Koto Kiku.

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CPM in trouble?

Anime News Network is loading slow right now because of a hardware problem, but I pulled this off their RSS feed: Central Park Media laid off the majority of its staff today, maintaining only a small number to deal with … Continue reading

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