It’s almost summer, and there’s a bunch of manga just in time for vacations, breaks from school. Manga titles of note this month include Tokyopop’s Return to Labyrinth volume three (finally! – editor), Dark Horse’s Blood+: Adagio Volume One TPB; CMX’s King of Debris, Volume One; VIZ Media’s Black Cat, Volume 20, D.Gray-Man, Vol. 13 [...]
Here are some highlights of anime titles for May, 2009: Gilgamesh Complete Collection and Azumanga Daioh Complete Collection from ADV Films; Wolf’s Rain Anime Legends Perfect Collection from Bandai Entertainment; Baccano! Volume Three, Murder Princess Complete Series, Claymore Volume Five and more from Funimation; Sky Crawlers from Sentai Filmworks. Here’s the complete listing of anime [...]
May 1 – 3, 2009
Anime 2009 – Almelo, Netherlands
Animeland Vegas – Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)
May 1 – 4, 2009
Costume-Con – Timonium, Maryland (USA)
(This is a Costume and Cosplay Con)
The current economic situation has taken its toll on the anime and manga industry. This 2-part series will take a quick look at the various parts of the industry. Part 1 looked at manga. Part 2 will concentrate on anime, primarily in Japan and North America.
ICv2 has not yet released their figures for North [...]
The current economic situation has taken its toll on the anime and manga industry. This 2-part series will take a quick look at the various parts of the industry, primarily in North America. Part 1 will concentrate on manga.
First, let’s take a look at manga publishing:
April features a large variety of manga – everything from Del Rey’s Dinosaur Hour! to Battlestar Galactica: The Manga from Tokyopop. Titles of note include Jo Jo’s Bizarre Adventure volume 11, Naruto volume 44, Battle Angel Alita: Last Order volume 11, Black Lagoon volume five, Vagabond volume three and Air Gear volume 12. Here’s the [...]
ADV Films
No releases this month
AnimeWho
No releases this month
AN Entertainment
No releases this month
Bandai Entertainment
April 7, 2009
Wolf’s Rain Anime Legends Perfect Collection – 775 min
April 21, 2009
Gundam Seed Destiny Part 2 (Anime Legends Edition) – 600 min
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory Anime Legends – 325 min
Bandai Visual
BandaiVisual.co.jp
No releases this month
Bandai Visual USA, Inc.
As of July [...]
April 9 – 12, 2009
AniZona – Phoenix, Arizona (USA)
April 10 – 12, 2009
Anime Matsuri – The Woodlands, Texas (USA)
Anime Punch! – Columbus, Ohio (USA)
KamiKazeCon – Houston, Texas (USA)
Kawaii Kon – Honolulu, Hawaii (USA)
Sakura-Con – Seattle, Washington (USA)
April 11, 2009
NashiCon – Columbia, South Carolina (USA)
Spring Anime Kaiju Experience – Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
April 17 – 18, 2009
FreeCon [...]
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