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Category: Manga

  • Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

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    Fumiyo Kouno’s TOWN OF EVENING CALM, COUNTRY OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS has been selected by NEW YORK MAGAZINE as one of the best comics of the year. The manga is produced by jaPRESS, Patrick Macias‘ production company. He also co-edited the book. Update: Even more acclaim for the book.

  • PingMag: Manga Translator

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    PingMag interviews Simona Pini, an Italian who has been translating manga in Italian and English for 15 years, including some very popular series like BLEACH and NANA.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Sample Lab Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro Retail Space You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro at LOFT

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    They had a huge corner selling “Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro” merchandise at LOFT in Ikebukuro. Pictured above are some giant panels from the original manga, branded cans of juice, and some diagrams, and innards, of the various characters from the series.

  • Miike’s Crows

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    Takashi Miike’s next film is an adaptation of the CROWS manga. CROWS ZERO come out October 27, and you can watch a trailer for it here. Via AICN.

  • iPhone Does Manga

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    From Anime News Network: The software developer Voice Bank demonstrated software that can convert manga for Apple iPhone screens at the Red Herring 2007 “Insight Japan” conference in Kyoto, Japan, and the company is seeking partners to deliver content from Digital Manga Association Japan in the United States. Voice Bank CEO Yoshihide Kinokawa demonstrated the…

  • OTAKOOL

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    Patrick Macias‘ new column, “OTAKOOL,” debuted in today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES. You probably have a good idea of what it’s going to cover, but as the intro says, “‘Otakool’ is a monthly exploration of the worlds of anime, manga and other Japanese obsessions.” Read it here.

  • Japanamerica in Japan

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    Roland Kelt’s JAPANAMERICA now has a Japanese edition, and the launch party happens tonight (June 14) at SuperDeluxe (start time is 18:00, with free entry). The celebrations will continue with a few more events, including a night of cosplay at the Pink Cow on June 19.