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I might add images when I get my PC back up and running. In the meantime click on the titles to go to their homepages.

LUPIN III vs. DETECTIVE CONAN

I’d totally forgotten this special was due, let alone that it was due so soon. I often complain that non-Monkey Punch created characters in the various TMS Lupin specials look like they’ve stepped out ( Read more... )

The Milestones of Quality and Quantity - The “100 Million Copies” Best-Seller Comics Award ComiPress.

Astro Boy, Black Jack, Doraemon, Dragonball, Slam Dunk, Touch, Fist of the North Star, Detective Conan, One Piece, Golgo 13, Oishinbo & Kochikame - the twelve 100 million manga sellers. Comi Press has a translated article from ACGTalk about these ( Read more... )

How Gosho Aoyama won the great detective wars.

As mentioned in the Kindaichi Files entry, over the last decade there has been a popularity of detective manga and anime. While Kindaichi Files was popular, there is one series that has risen above all competitors and imitators. Detective Conan.

The manga started in 1994, and with the anime following ( Read more... )