Manga publishers here are pinning their hopes on downloadable visual content—viewed on cell phones or other mobile screens, via a monthly fee. Will that work? I suspect it might help, actually, though I’m fairly lonely in my optimism, and it’s…
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The Rough Guides to ANIME and MANGA: Review
Posted by Roland Kelts on December 9th, 2009 at 11:30 AMThe Rough Guide to Anime by Simon Richmond et al.; Rough Guides; 304 pp., $18.99; Softcover; ISBN: 978-1858282053
The Rough Guide to Manga by Jason Yadao et al.; Rough Guides; Â 304 pp., $18.99; Softcover;Â 978-1858285610
Britain’s so-called “Rough Guides”…
Japan Pop: DOA?
Posted by Roland Kelts on December 9th, 2009 at 12:25 AMThe creativity isn’t lacking. Japanese artists are working harder than ever to produce ever more expansive versions of their craft. What’s wrong is the delivery system.
Which reminds me: Everyone’s writing about “putting the genie back into the bottle.” Last…
Manga and Anime: DOA?
Posted by Roland Kelts on December 7th, 2009 at 2:45 PM“Americans have a history of getting excited about dying Japanese art forms, without realizing they are dying.” So said my good friend and anime authority Frederik L. Schodt three years ago, when I first spoke to him for my book,…
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