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...
Dark Horse Embraces Its New Home
Neon colors. Big hair. New wave music. Arcades. Indiana Jones. Full House. Transformers. Care Bears. Blockbuster stores. The 1980s introduced a lot of trends...
Interview: The Azuki Team Talk Launch Day, Immediate Challenges, and Digital Manga Availability
The newest legal manga service, Azuki, announced themselves to every manga fan globally June 17, but didn’t officially launch until June 28. We are...
Why One Fan Spent a Night Recreating Akane’s Plushie
Anime can make you do creative things -- like recreate a potato plushie from one of the spring season’s standouts.
...And spend all night doing...
More Manga in Your Pocket
There's a new app for reading manga in town, so it's time to check it out!
According to Wikipedia, a company called NHN Japan Corporation...
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...
An Anime-ful Summer
This summer will probably be very different from your usual summer. Many July 4th celebrations have been canceled, conventions have been moved to online-only,...
Amazon Channel Won’t Catch ‘Em At All
It was only about a month ago that Amazon's Anime Strike service was shut down. As I stated earlier, the news was celebrated almost...
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"....
Welcoming The New Year in Japan
I guess this is still the time to wish everyone reading this a very Happy New Year. I must say that for me 2015...