Seven Seas is Making Waves in 2017
Seven Seas Entertainment may not be the biggest manga publisher in the U.S., but they seem to be on a roll lately. Let's just...
What’s Stopping GameStop From Growing?
GameStop had a poor holiday season.
Sales were down almost 19% versus the previous year's holiday season, and this decline was already on top of...
Five Mistakes New Anime Shoppers Tend to Make
So you're a new anime fan. Welcome! But as you start down the path of otaku-dom, here are some mistakes and bad habits that...
Welcome to The Apocalypse: Surviving Shingo Honda’s Creature!
Generally speaking, there are manga that happen to involve characters with some sort of power aiming to save the world from the upcoming apocalypse.
Then...
Dear Hot Topic…
Dear Hot Topic,
I like you. I really do. But you're making it hard for me to ever want to shop there again.
You see, I...
Instant Analysis Plus: Zyword
When I first saw the cover for Zyword on Viz's site I was convinced this was a CLAMP title. Lo and behold, it's not...BUT...
A Farewell to Geoffrey
Betteridge's law of headlines says that any question in the headlines of an article is answered with a no. Well, a while ago, I...
Delicious in Manga Form: Our Favorite Food Manga
The long and storied history of food manga has been pretty lengthy in Japan. But with recent titles like Food Wars, Piacevole, and Sweetness...
The “Save Barnes & Noble!” Campaign
Last week, this article went viral. The New York Times' David Leonhardt opines the fact that monopolies have been allowed to thrive since the...
TheOASG Heads to Anime NYC
The second year of Anime NYC is just about here, and that means it's time to learn what actually went right, and what didn't...