Monthly Archives: May 2011

At their Fanimecon panel this past weekend, Viz reps announced that they will publish two “film books” based on Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty the Borrower (Karigurashi no Arrietty), which is based on the English children’s book The Borrowers. Animate USA has … Continue reading →

Hey, everyone, sorry about the spotty posting the past few weeks. I’m up to my neck in my biggest project of the year, my city’s Memorial Day parade, which actually happens on Sunday. That and sundry other things have conspired … Continue reading →

At About.com, Deb Aoki goes over some of the questions left by Tokyopop’s closing and asks her readers: Which Tokyopop series would you like to see rescued? Deb also has a look ahead to FanimeCon, which happens this weekend. The … Continue reading →

Over at MTV Geek, I celebrated the 100th birthday of bluesman Robert Johnson with a look at Me and the Devil Blues, and I also checked out the seven manga that have been nominated for Eisner Awards. David Welsh also … Continue reading →

Sean Gaffney takes an advance look at next week’s new manga. Jason Thompson talks about one of my favorite manga of all time, Chikyu Misaki, in his latest House of 1000 Manga column. And speaking of Jason Thompson, the second … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson has the list of the past week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids, and the Manga Village crew looks at all the past week’s new manga. Erica Friedman updates us on the world of yuri … Continue reading →