The Anime Blog – We Go Beyond Anime!

Anime Expo, the largest anime con in North America starts tomorrow, July 2 – July 5, 2009. Even though we won’t be able to make it (T_T), there’s going to be a lot of great anime and manga announcements, cosplayers, panels, parties and more. I decided to create a poll to see if you’re going [...]

The economy has effected people in different ways, and entertainment budgets are often the first to be tightened. So our latest poll has to do with anime/manga spending:

If none of the poll options fit your situation, please feel free to write in your own with a comment!

Halloween is Rachel and my favorite time of year. When we were at Target recently, we decided to check out the Halloween section. To our pleasant surprise…Domo had taken over!!!
There are lots of awesome Domo-Kun stuff all over Target that would be awesome to steal have! For pictures of Domo at Target, check out The [...]

The Friday Poll is back! Ok, so first, we thought that maybe the Live Action Akira Movie was never gonna happen moving forward. Well, apparently Joseph Gordon Levitt (Live Action Cobra Commander), who was rumored to be Tetsuo isn’t involved (yet). From JoBlo:

Rachel and I were talking about how our library is really weird about manga. They carry a strange assortment of titles, and they’re all spread over the place.
And don’t get me started on how hard it is to search the library catalog. There are a few manga titles in the ‘young adult graphic novels’ section, [...]

We’ve been talking about anime properties such as Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion and more getting the ‘Hollywood Treatment’. So which ones are you most excited about?
Place your vote, then tell us what you’re most excited about…and what you’re most afraid will happen once it leaps to live action. If yours isn’t on the list, [...]

Ok, so the other day I mentioned the Cowboy Bebop Live Action Movie that’s apparently in the works. Well, since then I’ve found a few other articles about the announcement:
iFMagazine.com Exclusive: LIVE-ACTION ‘COWBOY BEBOP’ MOVIE IS IN THE WORKS
…Stoff goes on to explain his enthusiasm for the project and their attempts to remain faithful. “I [...]

Do you have a favorite snack that you love to have next to you when watching anime or reading manga?
Add your favorite ‘write in’ snack in the comments!