The Whitewashing Debate
This Friday, Paramount Pictures' version of Ghost in the Shell will hit theaters. A few days ago, the first teaser for Netflix's Death Note aired.
You know what that means.
The Debate
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Will Amazon Strike Out With Anime?
Last week, I wrote about Amazon muscling in on Barnes & Noble's territory. Well, this week, Amazon is taking on the next logical competition: Crunchyroll and FUNimation.
Wait, what?
By now, you've almost...
Let’s Check Back With ANiUTa
This past week, there were a couple of new partnerships formed. I thought about covering those, but for me, one idea stood out: is ANiUTa in trouble already?
First came Tokyo Otaku...
The Maria Holic Manga’s Been Licensed, Get The Details
In fairness, as Managing Director of One Peace Books Robert McGuire pointed out, "it's been up on Amazon pre-orders since last March," the Maria Holic manga was actually out there for...
“You’ve Kept Us Waiting, Darling!” On The Illustrious Return of Urusei Yatsura
The first time I got a reference to anything Urusei Yatsura started with this series:
There are other works that have made references or was inspired by it, but I wanted to...
What The Media Is Getting Wrong About FUNimation Now
FUNimation, after a solid amount of complaints about their streaming service for years, announced that they will be re-branding their current streaming service into FUNimation Now in February. It's exactly the move...
Why Losing The Manga Bestsellers List Could Be a Loss of The Mainstream
I was introduced to the New York Times Manga Bestseller list in 2009. Negima! is a title I remember distinctly making the list. As I did not read the NYT, I...
Manga Expansions at Best Buy and Walmart: Good News or Unnecessary?
For the first time ever, Best Buy has begun selling select manga titles (Naruto, Assassination Classroom) by packaging them with anime. Meanwhile, Walmart has agreed to stock more Viz Media manga...
12 Days of Anime 2017: A Look Back at The Anime Films of 2017
Justin: Outside of Ghibli releases, finding anime films in theaters wasn't supposed to happen. Short of premieres at conventions you could forget about finding limited releases of films in theaters. However,...
The Anti-Social Genius on Castle Point Anime Convention
After years and years of growth, The Stevens Anime Club (and likely the Stevens Institute of Technology) determined it was time. As in, time to finally move this event off campus...