Manga News and Information
NewsStarting 7/20, Nippon TV will make the first 10 minutes of the first Death Note movie available on its online pay-per-view program, Second Nippon Television Network, for free. The Windows Media Player video will be available in 500kbps and 1Mbps, visitors will have to register to watch. Serialization update from Shoujo, Josei, and other Female oriented Anthologies. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of its annual Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award event, and the many manga artist and judges involved, Asahi Shimbun will be hosting the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award 10th Anniversary event, "Manga Mirai Seiki " (Literally: Manga Future Century), on 9/10 at the Yurakucho Asahi Hall. Past award winners, nominees, judges, and other manga artists will take part in the event. The event has three sections, which will feature and discuss the history of the Tezuka award, the future and potential of manga, and an "art showdown" between artists. According to Yaoi Suki, Kitty Media will be releasing a few new yaoi titles, including Can't Stop Loving You by Takakura Row. "I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ali Kokmen as Manga Marketing Manager for the Del Rey imprint, a new position, reporting to Ballantine/Del Rey Associate Publisher and Director of Marketing Kim Hovey. - http://www.gomanga.com/news/features_outcast_002.php Interview with Edward Gan, artist of The Outcast. - http://www.gomanga.com/news/features_deadalready_001.php Interview with Michael Shelfer, artist of Dead Already. According to Del Rey's July newsletter, Ali Kokmen, CPM's former Director of Book Sales, is now Del Rey's new Manga Marketing Manager. Yuki Urushibara's popular comic "Mushishi" (serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon Magazine, recently licensed in North American by Del Rey) will be adapted into a live-action film starring Jo Odagiri. The director will be Katsuhiro Otomo of AKIRA fame. |
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