The Anime Blog – We Go Beyond Anime!

May has quite a few exciting anime/manga contests and sales. RightStuf is giving away tickets to Anime Expo 2009 and continues their ‘Year of the Otaku Contest’; Viz Media has a Naruto Shippuen contest; and Mania gives you a chance to win a Sakura Matuou Figure! Also, be sure to check out anime/manga sales from [...]

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 [...]

Just in time for holidays, we’ve got a sack full of links to anime contests and sales for December, 2008! You’ll find RightStuff Holiday Contests; an Emma Contest; RightStuf’s ‘Gobble Up Incredible Deals’ and ‘Bargain Bin Blowout’; AnimeNation’s Stocking Stuffer Sale and other great anime contests and sales!

Mania has another contest for residents of the continental US. Their partner for this contest is AAAanime, who has given several figures to Mania. This contest features Rin Tohsaka (Fate/Stay Night) in a maid outfit by the Good Smile Company. The PVC figure is 1:8 scale, pre-painted, and comes with a plastic [...]

There are a quite a few great anime contests and sales for early October 2008. Some of the contests include winning free copies of Starship Operators, Hellsing, Death Note, a figure from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, a ‘K-Drama’ gift set from RightStuf! and more! There are a variety of sales this month too, from [...]

There’s a lot of exciting anime-related contests and sales happening this month! There are Sony Ericsson mobile phones giveaways from YesAsia.com, tickets to the theatrical screening of of the live-action movie Death Note 2: The Last Name from Viz and RightStuf!, and more! With so many changes to win, sure to check them out!

Here’s a quick update on some current sales:

AnimeNation has their ongoing Red Hot Overstock Sale offering up to 60% off a select list of items. Also, if you make a purchase (sale or otherwise) you are automatically entered in their Holiday Giveaway. No end date is listed for the sale, but the contest [...]

I’ve been busy so I only have time for some quick updates. First, there is one freebie.
Freebies

Yahoo! Comics Japan has recently launched a free online manga magazine called Flex Comix Flare. The target audience for the magazine is women. Here is the lineup, from ANN’s translation:

Starting October 18: Kanashi no Homura: Yume Maboroshi no Gotoku [...]