Last week, Studio Voice Comics released a tremendous, gorgeous, tactile two-volume anthology of Osamu Tezuka’s erotic manga. I bought myself copies while in Tokyo, and the production quality is simply gorgeous. So gorgeous I can’t bear to tarnish…
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Biopic Miniseries on Shigeru Mizuki
Posted by Anne Ishii on March 2nd, 2010 at 6:44 PMGe Ge Ge no Nyobo (The Wife of Ge Ge Ge) is a biography based on a memoir written by Mizuki’s wife, Fumie Iida. She’s Ge Ge Ge’s wife because “Ge Ge Ge Kitaro” is Mizuki’s most famous manga/anime creation.…
Event: Postcards From the Edge
Posted by Anne Ishii on January 9th, 2010 at 8:06 AM(Apologies to the three of you who read me here as well as on my personal blog. You know I wouldn’t perform double penetration unless it was truly warranted.)
Postcards From the Edge is to VisualAIDS what the Post-It…
Blog: Korea in Japan
Posted by Anne Ishii on January 5th, 2010 at 1:12 AMWhile Japan’s Prime Minister Hatoyama suggested the introduction of legislation allowing ethnic Koreans to vote in Japanese elections (a small but tectonic gesture), Japanese gamers freak out when they see “Sea of Korea” in “El Oriente” –a historical RPG…
Wine and Roses…and Manga
Posted by Anne Ishii on December 31st, 2009 at 4:37 AMApologies in advance for my holiday disappearance. In Fraunchy France now enjoying ice-cold weather and the first full moon in twenty years. More nonsense to come in the new year. Here’s a little wine news, to celebrate my Gallic hosts.
Agi Tadashi’s wine-appreciation manga series, “Kami no Shizuku” (Mead of the Gods) made Wine Magazine’s “2009 Most Powerful” list.
“These Manga Are Awesome!”
Posted by Anne Ishii on December 9th, 2009 at 2:27 PMI have no best of list, as mentioned previously, but here’s a neat take on such lists:
Kono manga ga sugoi! (loosely translates as “These manga are awesome!”) is a mook published at the end every year that lists…
See guys…
Posted by Anne Ishii on December 9th, 2009 at 11:39 AM…this is how you get results. Spokespeople to American youth for popular religion = Jars of Clay. In Japan = cosplayers in knee-highs and kitten ears distributing manga.
Artist Spotlight: Yusuke Nagano
Posted by Anne Ishii on December 7th, 2009 at 5:03 PMA little hej hej from Scandinavia. Wonderful little “discovery” made here recently:
The band Little Dragon, fronted by half-Japanese half-Swedish Yukimi. Great music if you’re into dreamy electronica (yes… I sometimes am), and turns out her father is…
Almost New Year’s Eve Event
Posted by Anne Ishii on December 7th, 2009 at 4:36 AMMeet the centerfolds of the industry. Rawr.
I’d go if I were in town. Please go for me and take a lot of pictures.
Christmas Gift Review, Manga Retaliation
Posted by Anne Ishii on December 3rd, 2009 at 5:34 AMI’m not very good about keeping up with news-content driven manga blogs, but news-content driven manga blogs have been very good about cross-referencing each other in all their postings, so I feel my industry duty is usually done with a…
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- 6. The Moto Hagio Interview conducted by Matt Thorn (Part Two of Four)
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