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Bandai Acquires CODE GEASS Licenses

By Kai-Ming Cha | 12/11/2007 @ 02:57PM

Anime distributor and part-time publisher Bandai Entertainment has announced that they have the anime, manga, and light novel licenses for CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Rebellion.
Lime Studios Brings New Twist to Global Manga

By Brigid Alverson | 12/11/2007 @ 02:56PM

With two series under way in Germany and another in France, New Jersey-based artists David Boller and Mary Hildebrandt, put the “global” in “global manga.”
Faust Editor Katsushi Ota Speaks

By Kai-Ming Cha | 12/11/2007 @ 02:55PM

In August, 2008, Del Rey Manga will publish Faust, a four year old Japanese literary anthology with a circulation of 65,000 featuring excerpts from light novels, manga and stories by cutting edge Japanese writers and mangaka, in the U.S.
Around the Floor at NYAF

| 12/11/2007 @ 02:54PM

While fans engaged in cosplay and went to J-Pop concerts, nearly all the major players in manga publishing were on hand to make announcements and talk to fans.
Comics Briefly

| 12/11/2007 @ 02:53PM

Marjane Satrapi Signing; Dramacon and Zombies Calling at The Beguiling; NYAF on PW The Beat; American Elf Archive Now Free; BOOM Studios Holiday Party; and CBLDF Holiday Parties
Photo Mania

| 12/11/2007 @ 12:52PM

Photos from the 2007 New York Anime Festival at the Javits Center in New York City.
New Report Finds Manga Sales Up; Anime DVD Down in '07

by Calvin Reid | 12/07/2007 @ 01:39PM

Manga sales are estimated to have increased 10% in 2007, but sales of anime on DVD have declined due to piracy and high price, a report issued at yesterday's ICv2 Anime and Mange conference found. The conference is the kick-off event for the first annual New York Anime Festival which runs today through Sunday.
Tor Books, Seven Seas Ink Joint Manga Venture

By Calvin Reid | 12/06/2007 @ 01:12PM

Science fiction and fantasy publisher Tor Books announced plans to enter the U.S manga market by creating a new manga imprint with Seven Seas Entertainment, an independent publisher of original and licensed manga, manga-inspired prose titles and illustrated juvenile fiction based in Los Angeles.
Z-Cult FM Shutdown Spotlights Downloading Issues

by Heidi MacDonald | 12/04/2007 @ 05:34PM

Marvel and DC have acted together to force popular comics BitTorrent site Z-Cult FM to remove their comics.
Crime Novelist Swierczynski Tries Comics

By Laura Hudson | 12/04/2007 @ 05:33PM

Novelist Duane Swierczynski is working on two comics series for Marvel
Facing Fear with Drew Rausch

By Stephanie Mangold | 12/04/2007 @ 05:32PM

Drew Rausch has several moody projects coming out including a collection of his Sullengrey mini-series later this month.
True Stories of an Airship on the Arctic

by Chris Arrant | 12/04/2007 @ 05:31PM

Ben Towle's new graphic novel explores the real-life drama of the crash of an Italian airship at the North Pole.
Comics Bestsellers December

By Calvin Reid | 12/04/2007 @ 05:30PM

Diary of a Wimpy Kid takes the #1 slot and is joined by Naruto (#2), Stephen King's Dark Tower (#3) and Buffy's The Long Way Home (#10)
Comics Briefly

| 12/04/2007 @ 05:29PM

New Zuda Winner; Party with the CBDLF; Comic Book Idol at NYCC; Cosplay and Gaming at NYAF; Women, Todd Klein at The Beat; Comic Book Club Discussion; Fundraiser for Bill Mantlo; and Jason Thompson Speaks
Panel Mania: Wonton Soup

| 12/04/2007 @ 07:00AM

In this 10 page preview of James Stockoe's quirky Wonton Soup: A Space Trucker Cooking Opera, a cook turned space rig driver, stops for R&R on a remote planet and does a little intergalactic cooking. The book will be published by Oni Press this month.
NYAF’s John McGeary Talks Anime

By Kai-Ming Cha | 11/30/2007 @ 01:40PM

PWCWtalks with the show manager of the New York Anime Fest about the intersection of anime and manga and what will make NYAF different from other anime conventions.
Inside the Otaku Marketplace

By Calvin Reid | 11/30/2007 @ 01:39PM

ICv2 CEO Milton Griepp has organized “The ICv2 Anime and Manga Conference: Inside the Otaku Generation” a conference that will provide analysis and reporting on trends in anime and manga.
Takehiko Inoue Unveils Mural at New Kinokuniya

By Kai-Ming Cha and Heidi MacDonald | 11/30/2007 @ 01:38PM

Famed mangaka Takehiko Inoue (creator of basketball manga Slam Dunk and the Samurai manga Vagabond ) visited New York City to help celebrate the opening of the new Kinokuniya bookstore
Comics Briefly

| 11/29/2007 @ 01:37PM

2008 Eisners Judges Named; Vampire Writing Contest; Adrian Tomine at Giant Robot NY; Bryan Lee O'Malley, Hope; Larson Signing;Shooting War Signings ; Fletcher Hanks at Rocketship; Naruto on Direct2Drive; and Comics Holiday Shopping
Christine Feehan Romances Manga Fans

By Brigid Alverson | 11/27/2007 @ 08:00PM

The popular fantasy-romance novelist is the latest high-profile prose name to crossover to comics.

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