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Category: Manga

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Sample Lab Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro Retail Space You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro at LOFT

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    They had a huge corner selling “Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro” merchandise at LOFT in Ikebukuro. Pictured above are some giant panels from the original manga, branded cans of juice, and some diagrams, and innards, of the various characters from the series.

  • Miike’s Crows

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    Takashi Miike’s next film is an adaptation of the CROWS manga. CROWS ZERO come out October 27, and you can watch a trailer for it here. Via AICN.

  • iPhone Does Manga

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    From Anime News Network: The software developer Voice Bank demonstrated software that can convert manga for Apple iPhone screens at the Red Herring 2007 “Insight Japan” conference in Kyoto, Japan, and the company is seeking partners to deliver content from Digital Manga Association Japan in the United States. Voice Bank CEO Yoshihide Kinokawa demonstrated the…

  • OTAKOOL

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    Patrick Macias‘ new column, “OTAKOOL,” debuted in today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES. You probably have a good idea of what it’s going to cover, but as the intro says, “‘Otakool’ is a monthly exploration of the worlds of anime, manga and other Japanese obsessions.” Read it here.

  • Japanamerica in Japan

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    Roland Kelt’s JAPANAMERICA now has a Japanese edition, and the launch party happens tonight (June 14) at SuperDeluxe (start time is 18:00, with free entry). The celebrations will continue with a few more events, including a night of cosplay at the Pink Cow on June 19.

  • Otaku USA 1

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    The first issue of OTAKU USA, a new magazine edited by Patrick Macias, is now out. You should be able to find it at local magazine newsstands, but if not, then you can always subscribe.

  • Keitai Manga

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    THE JAPAN TIMES has a piece up on mobile phone-formatted manga, which to me, really does sound like something I’d like to see grow even more (including from North American publishers).

  • Otaku USA Magazine

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    Big news for Patrick Macias, who’s back in town now. Sovereign Media Inc., an active interest niche magazine publishing company that publishes SCI FI — the official magazine of the SCI FI Channel, is launching Otaku USA Magazine in June. Patrick Macias, a correspondent for the NHK World Television show Tokyo Eye and author of…

  • Nagi Noda + Osamu Tezuka Collaboration T-Shirt at Uniqlo

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    I stopped by the Uniqlo flagship store in Ginza yesterday — the one designed by KDa — and picked up the t-shirt you see pictured above for my wife (they only have them for women), a collaboration tee between Nagi Noda and Osamu Tezuka. It’s a page from Tezuka’s PRINCESS KNIGHT (RIBBON NO KISHI) manga,…