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The Anime Blog reader and contributor Liz Ohanesian has a feature on Detroit Metal City over at L.A. Weekly. Here’s an excerpt:
Like the popular animated series Metalocalypse, Detroit Metal City lampoons the conventions of death metal, the obsessive adherence to “evil” images and “brutal” music. The language is coarse, really coarse, but there’s a purpose [...]
Cons are great chances to catch a gander of things you’d never see anywhere else- ever. Some fantastic sights are always to be found, and it’s always good fun to try and pick out obscure, rare cosplays. Going to an anime convention is much like going on safari when it comes down to cosplay.
There are [...]
While I mostly watch anime and only occasionally read manga, I have my reasons for preferring anime over manga. It’s not that I dislike manga, on the contrary. One of the reasons for forgoing manga is, manga is more dangerous than anime- for me. With manga, it’s easy to pick it up and reread it [...]
In early June, Tokyopop announced that they would be restructuring their company. Publishing operations would still be handled by Tokyopop, Inc. However, a new company called Tokyopop Media LLC would be created.
June 1
TokyoPop
Avatar, Vol. 7
Battle Vixens, Vol. 13
Dragon Knights, Vol. 26
Faeries’ Landing, Vol. 19
Rising Stars of Manga – UK & Ireland Edition, Vol. 3
Utopia’s Avenger, Vol. 5
June 3
Del Rey
Negima! 18
Viz Media
Baby & Me, Vol. 8
Beauty Pop, Vol. 8
Bleach, Vol. 23
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1 (VIZBIG Edition)
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1 (VIZBIG Edition)
Dragon Drive , Vol. 8
Eyeshield 21, [...]
Hey manga fans, want free duds? Think you know your yaoi from your Yatsura? If you answered yes to either, New York- Tokyo can potentially have you covered!
NYT is having a giveaway of Uniqlo t-shirts featuring characters from Case Closed, Urusei Yatsura and Touch.
To Enter
Read the fine print.
Mosey on over to the site [...]
801 Media
801 Media
Aurora Publishing
Aurora Publishing
May
Walkin’ Butterfly, Vol. 3
Broccoli Books
Broccoli Books
CMX
CMX
May 7
Crayon Shinchan, Vol. 2
Dark Horse
Dark Horse
May 7
Eden: It’s an Endless World, Vol. 10
May 14
Appleseed, Vol. 2
Blood +, Vol. 2
Red String, Vol. 3
May 28
Berserk, Vol. 28
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 11
Del Rey
Del Rey
May 6
Hell Girl, Vol. 2
Kitchen Princess, Vol. 6
Nodame Cantabile, Vol. 13
May 13
Parasyte, Vol. 3
Toto!:The [...]
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