Anime NYC 2017: Panels Overview
For an inaugural con, even if Anime NYC was powered by Crunchyroll, you'd expect it to be simple. And with the year close to being over and announcements already made, you'd...
Anime NYC 2017: The Good, the Mixed, and the Bad
Good
+ Panels and the dealers room being maybe 2-5 minutes away is a good way to take advantage of the space the Jacob Javits Center gives you by not having to...
Editorial: Viz Should Be Saying Something About Nobuhiro Watsuki
On Tuesday, Nobuhiro Watsuki (real name: Nobuhiro Nishiwaki) was charged with possessing child pornography. According to the Tokyo Metropolitian Police, Watsuki had numerous DVDs with naked girls in their early...
The Hunt for Anime Black Friday Deals: 2017 Edition
For those of you in the U.S., Happy Thanksgiving! And happy Black Friday weekend!
By the time some of you read this, some of these deals may already be live. So hurry...
The Manga Translator’s Tools of The Trade
For almost every craft, there's a process you abide by to get the work done as well as possible. So I wondered: what exactly is that process for manga localizing? Well,...
How Do You Media Do?
As many North American licensors merge or strengthen their connections to Japanese companies, it's nice to know there is still room for new startups. Media Do International, Inc. (MD-i) has launched...
GameStop and Borrow?
It's no secret that much of GameStop's revenue comes from used game sales. (Although arguably many of their "new" games would be considered used by many people considering they're opened and...
Let the Shopping Blitz Begin!
Some of you may still be recovering from a Halloween sugar rush, but it's the first of November already. You know what that means: the kickoff of holiday and Christmas sales...
Netflix, And Its Place In Anime For The Future
I'm going to begin this post by saying that I am quite optimistic with the recent news Netflix have given out in terms of their future relationship with anime, and putting...
Ys and the Art of Translation Maintenance
Have you heard about Pixel Earbuds? Although not the first device to do so, you put them on, and through the power of Google, you get a real-time translation of what...