Anime NYC 2018: Ben Applegate Looks Back on Kodansha’s 2018, Looks Ahead to 2019
While at Anime NYC, I was able to chat with a few people in the industry. The first for today is with Ben Applegate. As the Associate Publishing Director of Kodansha...
ANN, Why?
Anime News Network posted in their interest feed the real name of Sanji from One Piece. It seems innocuous enough -- it reveals a spoiler from the upcoming chapter, so that...
When Kickstarter Met Kodansha
Recently, there was an interesting announcement between two companies you might not expect to have a formal partnership.
On April 17th, Kickstarter announced (in English and Japanese) they've teamed up with...
Joanne Kim: MAGIC Manga Contest Winner, and Creator of RUNTIME Interview
With help from Kinokuniya, I was able to reach out to Joanne Kim. She happens to be the winner of Monaco Anime Game Conference's manga contest, which concluded its 2nd year...
Yukiko Whitley Talks Designing The Urusei Yatsura Deluxe Edition
Urusei Yatsura is one of the seminal series in manga history. If you've watched enough anime or read enough manga, chances are you've caught a reference (or two...or three) in some...
12 Days of Anime 2017: I Will Never Forget You, Hand Shakers
It doesn't matter that this currently holds a 5.73 rating on MAL, a 2 star rating on A-P or a 44.53% rating on Kitsu. Hand Shakers is the most memorable show...
Crunchyroll For Sale
Launched in 2006 as yet another fansub/piracy site, Crunchyroll went legit about two years later and became a driving force in the Western anime fandom, now reaching three million paid subscribers....
GameStonk: The Reddit Rollercoaster Ride
GameStop -- it's the story that's been dominating the airwaves from evening news programs to comedy shows. The saga has all the makings of real-life gambling and revenge money scheme flick...
Spotlight on Best Buy: 2020 Edition
Best Buy
is a name I'm sure you're familiar with. Let's take a look at the chain and why
anime and game fans may want to be shopping there if they aren't already....
5 Things to Know About Witch Hat Atelier
Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier will be available to purchase physically and digitally tomorrow. But what about this manga has gotten people interested in it? Well, it may start with the...