Monthly Archives: May 2006

The Otaku has an interview with Peter Goodman, editor-in-chief of Stone Bridge Press, publisher of books on Japanese culture. Stone Bridge doesn’t publish manga, but their catalog includes plenty of interest to the aspiring otaku, including Japanese the Manga Way, … Continue reading →

Anime Pulse has a podcast, and a transcription for those who prefer reading to hearing, of last month’s symposium at MIT titled “Violence and Desire in Japanese Popular Culture.” The people and topics covered: Professor Anne Allison (Duke University) on … Continue reading →

Just passing this along from About.com. Fifth Dimension LTD is looking for a manga/anime artist to do pencil work and possibly some inking as well. This is a new comic company with plans to release their first manga in 2007 … Continue reading →

Anime News Network has a peculiar story about Tokyopop edging away from the terms “OEL manga” and “world manga.” Susan Hale of Tokyopop explained that OEL is innapropriate because many of their titles originate from non-anglophone creators, for example Yonen … Continue reading →

I’m still buried under a huge project but hope to be done by the weekend. In the meantime, some fun things have popped up on the web. At Mangacast, Ed and Jarred have posted the latest edition of Manga Curry … Continue reading →

ICv2 wakes us up this morning with the news that Netcomics is branching out into two new genres. Your Lover is a shoujo title about the love affair between French painter Marie Laurencin and poet Guillaume Appolinaire. Lethe is a … Continue reading →