The Hunt for Anime Black Friday Deals: 2019 Edition
It's Thanksgiving Eve, everybody! Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is known for its doorbuster deals. But the deals will be a-plenty from today until Cyber Monday. But while you shouldn't...
Simon & Schuster Can’t Go to Its New House Just Yet
"The bigger, the better."
It's a common saying, and the opposite of something like, "Good things come in small packages." Neither are necessarily wrong, especially in the world of business. For instance,...
.hack//Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble kicked off the Columbus Day aka Indigenous People's Day weekend with a rare one-day coupon, and their Black Friday Chapter 1 sale started just after Amazon's Prime Day...
Manga Planet Launches Its Subscription Service
A while back, I wrote about Futekiya, a boys' love all-you-can-read subscription service for $6.99 a month. Well, now a sister site has made its debut, so it's time to take...
The Kohl’s Saga Continues
Kohl's has told its customers for years that "the more you know, the more you Kohl's" and to "expect great things". But do either of those apply when they've found themselves...
Some FuniStuf Occured at AX
Anime Expo took place this past
weekend, and as always, there were a lot of announcements for anime and manga
fans. This year's convention may not have had the biggest surprises in its
nearly...
The Dark Side of Online Reviews
Reviews are subjective. That's obvious, of course, and basically no matter what you are considering to watch, read, use, or whatever, there are going to be some people who sing of...
National Comic Book Day the Manga Way
Today, September 25th, is National Comic Book Day. (Not to be confused with Free Comic Book Day!) When manga first started gaining a foothold here in America, it was in the...
Should You Start Your Holiday Shopping Even Earlier This Year?
Usually, in the beginning of October, I write about the start of the holiday shopping season. After all, each of the final three months of the year have popular celebrations, and...
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....