Weekly Tidbits

Sep 29, 2009 20:25



  • What modern anime characters would look like if they were animated in the 1990s. [Sankaku Complex]
  • For the Pokemon fangirl who has everything, it's time to pick up some Poke Menstrual Pads. [Kotaku]
  • Equality Now now wants Japan to ban all hentai. [Sankaku Complex]
  • Wired has an article up on the 4Chan vs Scientology war. [Wired]
  • Final Fantasy XII copies the classic hentai series Bible Black for one of its characters. [Sankaku Complex]
  • A new licensing company has picked up a bunch of really old titles & have even started dubbing them. [Fanboy Review]
  • CLAMP's long-running "Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles" will be ending next month in Japan. [ANN]
  • Yaoi Press founder Yamila Abraham has been indicted in Federal District Court in Nevada on nine charges. [ICv2]
  • Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver are taking Japan by storm, selling more than 1.4-million copies in two days. [Joystiq]
  • This Fall's new yuri series Sasameki Koto has released a free kissing game for the iPhone & iPod Touch. It's available in both Japanese & English. [ANN]
  • How Yen Press' new Yotsuba manga differs from ADV's original release. [Yen Plus Info]
  • Konami is hosting the next Shonen Jump Championship September 26-27 in Orlando, Florida. [ICv2]
  • The latest expansion for the Pokemon TCG offers the promise of a Pokemon so legendary, it created the entire Pokemon universe. "Platinum-Arceus" will be released on November 4. [ICv2]
  • Viz Media is releasing "Naruto Shippuden the Movie" on DVD on November 10th. [ICv2]
  • Yen Press has announced that it will publish a manga adaptation of the first volume in Lisi Harrison’s "The Clique," due out in July. [ICv2]
  • AnimEigo is set to begin releasing the Tora-San movies with a boxed set of four films in November. [ICv2]
  • Rice farmers in Japan make some interesting crop signs. [Daily Mail]

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