Just a few short things today, but let’s start with a big one: Tokyopop has signed on with the video-sharing site Crunchyroll to promote their properties, using their embeddable manga player. First up: A sneak peek at Princess Ai: Encounters. Tokyopop is offering free downloads on its own site as well; you have to sign up to be notified. Here’s their forum thread to watch for commentary. Stay tuned!
Matt Thorn shows off some another lovely vintage manga, The Adventures of Little Shô, at his blog.
Lianne Sentar posts some thoughts on moe at Sleep Is For the Weak.
Melinda Beasi continues the discussion of morality in anime and manga at her blog, there it is, plain as daylight.
The first volume of The Faerie Path manga is due out in January, according to ICv2.
At Manly Manga and More, Jonathan lists the all-shoujo German Tokyopop top 20 and editorializes a bit about content.
If you enjoy Protoculture Addicts, here’s a cheaper way to read it: E-books are available at a reduced price.
Reviews: Lianne Sentar posts a witty review of Wanted at Sleep Is For the Weak. Snow Wildsmith reviews Weekend Lovers and D.M. Evans checks out vol. 3 of Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning at Manga Jouhou. Ferdinand enjoys vol. 1 of Sugar Princess: Skating to Win at Prospero’s Manga. Sesho has a podcast up about vol. 1 of xxxHoLiC.
I wish companies would stop teaming up with crunchyroll. Trash should be thrown away.
I actually like Crunchy, they’re a lot better than YouTube. I get both Blast and Strike witches from there.
There really isn’t another source like them, that is as robust and long standing. Sure the community there remind me of spoilt pre-pubescent teens, but i tend to ignore that side of it anyway :)
The only other source available would be BOST, but they’re a different system to Crunchy.
That said, TP’s web site is a pile of trash anyway, the entire thing should be thrown out with the rotten veggies.