For all my American f-listers, I hope everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend! For all of my international friends, I hope you had good weekends, too, of course!

So, here's this week's obligatory i ♥ manga blogging list:
Black Jack, vol. 6
Me and the Devil Blues, vol. 1
MangaCast Review: Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!
Land of the Blindfolded, ( Read more... )

It's cold, "rainy" and cloudy in San Diego. Which is fairly normal up until about noon, but then the clouds are supposed to go away so the sun can come out. Unfortunately, the sun hasn't been visiting for the past four days ( Read more... )

Sorry for the double post, but it seemed mo' betta' if I posted this separately.

So, I've been reading more manga lately and just started on The Embalmer, which is fairly interesting and has beautiful artwork ( Read more... )

I think I vomited a little in my mouth during last night's Avatar. ( Cut for spoilerage... )

Let's start the day off with a laugh, shall we? Looks like the success of the Bleach rock musical has got a couple of folks thinking about other manga titles that would be great with music. Check the two articles out here and here.

And straight outta Comic-Con, here's an interview with manga-ka Arina Tanemura-sensei in Publisher's WeeklyThis week' ( Read more... )

Well, Comic-Con is still being discussed and picked apart. For the locals, The San Diego Union-Tribune asks: has Comic-Con become too big? There's also PopCultureShock's Top 5 Manga News Stories from Comic-Con.

Speaking of cons, The Anime Blog, dissects the problems with Anime Expo (scroll down), held earlier this year. The article, called the " ( Read more... )

So, I decided I'm going to review manga. Only thing is, I don't want to start off with what everyone else is reading--let's face it, if you want to find a review on Fruits Basket or Bleach, you have more than enough avenues to do so.

Taking that in mind, I want to do some reviews of new series I've read that I enjoy. So my reviews will not only be a ( Read more... )

So, I went and saw Paprika, the new Satoshi Kon flick, on Friday night and it was AMAZING!

The story was interesting, the subtitles were easy to follow without missing the action, and the animation itself was breathtaking. While there were some small unresolved issues, it was nonetheless a highly enjoyable film.

( Cut to spare your f-list of anything you might consider a spoiler... )

Looks like someone's trying to compete directly with Cartoon Network's [adult swim]-- the Sci-Fi Channel announced it's starting a two-hour block of anime programming on Monday nights called Ani-Monday. Last night (11 p.m. to be exact), they showed the U.S. premiere of Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society...I watched for about an hour, ( Read more... )