The House of Mouse and the Land of the Rising Sun
Today is November 18th, Mickey Mouse Day (or Mickey Mouse's Birthday). Back in 1928, "Steamboat Willie" made its debut on this very day. While it was not technically Mickey's first cartoon,...
Price Hikes Come to Amazon and Netflix
Amazon has over 200 million Prime members worldwide, with the vast majority being in the US. It's likely around 1 in 2 households have a subscription, which grants them free shipping...
Free to Jump
Like most magazines, Shonen Jump has undergone changes over the years to keep up with the changing marketplace. It stopped releasing physical magazines in 2012, and then it went to simultaneous...
Social Distancing Deals for Otaku
COVID-19 has forced a lot of people to spend as much time at home as possible. In response, many companies have been trying to incentivize following social distancing guidelines. Here are...
Kodansha USA Does Some Restructuring
You may have
heard that there's been some changes happening at Kodansha Comics and its
subsidiaries. So let's take a look at where Kodansha has been and where they're
going.
History of Kodansha Comics
While VIZ...
Go, Go, go90
As I've mentioned before, it's easy to get stuck in a routine. If you have a little time and decide to watch a little anime on your smart TV, phone, or...
The Anti-Social Geniuses Try Out Various Irodori Doujinshi
A ton of manga are being published nowadays, but doujinshi has been something that's been coming out on digital platforms a bit more over the last couple years. In particular, Irodori...
ConnectiCon 2023: Tokyo Revengers Q&A Panel
The Tokyo Revengers panel on Friday was a bit delayed from its 4:45PM start, but after a couple minutes A.J. Beckles (Takemichi), Nicolas Roye (Kisaki), & Sean Chiplock (Draken) arrived to...
The Shoujo Bestseller Drought: Where Have All the Shoujo Gone?
Take a look at The New York Times' list of the U.S.'s weekly bestselling manga here for the last week of February/first week of March. Seriously, take a look and come...
FuniRoll is a Go
It's official: after finally getting together, breaking up, seeing other people, then trying to get back together but with others thinking about getting in their way, Crunchyroll-chan and Funimation-kun are married....