Bet, Wish, Trend: 2017 Edition
Okay, you know all those "kiss, marry, kill"-type games that are out there? You pick three people (or choose from a list of three people) which one to kiss, which one...
Japan-in-a-Box
In every field of interest there is a growing number of subscription boxes. You pay a certain amount (generally every month), and the company sends you a box of random products....
The Big Five Publishing Houses to Four
How do you get your manga? Chances are that your answer would be something like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Right Stuf. But before those retailers can stock all those volumes...
Drama Fans Go Fever-less
In mid October, viewers of Asian dramas fired up their DramaFever app...and couldn't get it to work. Well, much to their surprise, it wasn't a server interruption; it was a service...
Matching Valentines
It's almost Valentine's Day! So to celebrate, it's time for my annual list of Valentine's Day gift ideas. This year's theme is "matching Valentines". In other words, items that you can...
J-Novel Club Joins the KADOKAWA Club
The English manga and light novel space may soon be realigning thanks to a new deal.
KADOKAWA is a name most anime and manga fans probably recognize. You may have seen the...
Kodo-Mo’ Problems
If you tried to buy some adult manga recently, you may have been in for a surprise. On December 10th, Shopify "locked" the webstore for Project-H, the line for Digital Manga...
Yen On In Your Ears
I love reading, and I'm sure a lot of you do too. But one of the drawbacks of picking up a book is that it's an activity not exactly suited to...
Movie Night Moneysavers
With Pokémon: Detective Pikachu ready to hit theaters this weekend, I'm sure a lot of anime and game fans will be going to the movies soon. But between the tickets and...
Making Amazon’s De-List
Fans searching for certain light novels and manga to download to their devices have been treated to an unwelcome surprise courtesy of a famous online juggernaut.
Please note that this article discusses...