Retail Check-In 3
With vaccine distribution ramping up, people and companies are slowly both returning to normal and adjusting to the new normal. That means there are...
5 Things To Know About Aki Irie’s Ran and the Gray World
Aki Irie will make her English debut tomorrow as Ran and the Gray World will be available in print and in digital format. But...
Go West, Young Anime: Upcoming Remakes on the Small & Silver Screens
As Japanese media franchises have risen in popularity over the past couple of decades (and have had accelerated growth in the past few years),...
Instant Analysis: Chihayafuru Chapter 1
Six years ago, Madhouse adapted an award-winning manga involving Karuta, romance, and friendships. When I watched the first episode, I liked it, but it...
An Interview With Sho Shibamoto, The Manga Artist Using Kickstarter To Localize His Manga
With the power of crowdfunding, Flower Knight Dakini is set to be available in English. Sho Shibamoto, who has been drawing manga since 2008,...
What The Media Is Getting Wrong About FUNimation Now
FUNimation, after a solid amount of complaints about their streaming service for years, announced that they will be re-branding their current streaming service into FUNimation...
Weekly Shonen Magazine Editors talk Hiromu Arakawa, Fire Force, Doujinshi
On Sunday July 30, Kodansha Comics invited three editors of Weekly Shonen Magazine to host a roundtable discussion at Kinokuniya. Here below is a...
The New Kid on the Streaming Block
There's been a lot of news about streaming lately. Amidst the mergers and closures, a new streaming platform for anime fans has made its...
GameStop Chews On Its Future
GameStop is a regular topic in this column. That should be no surprise as it's the largest video game retailer chain in the world,...
Anime NYC 2017: Narae Lee Talks Bloody Sweet, Maximum Ride
Over at Anime NYC, TappyToon brought Korean artist Narae Lee over for the inaugural convention. Known for working on the graphic novel adaptation of...