Wanted: Cheap Manga

I found this weird anime from 1968. It’s called: 妖怪人間ベム or Human Ghost Bem. The art style is crazy, and it looks old as hell. Apparently, the only country it exported to was Italy (why?), so there is a lot of Italian nostalgia to be found. Here are some youtube links to the opening and […]

In my research for the previous post about Manga Zombie, I found a wonderful little site called EBook Japan Initiative. This is a Japanese Ebook site which pretty much specializes in manga. The prices are cheap, and might be a good alternative to people living outside of Japan, as their selection is extensive. But what […]

When Comipress started their online publication of the book, Manga Zombie, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. Comipress has always been a reliable place to find really amazing, original content about manga and Japanese culture. Often they will translate and publish articles from Japanese blogs, which are always poignant and relevant. But this […]

I was reading the newest volume of Beck (Vol. 09) when I came across a little bit of trivia. In the top right corner of page 34, there’s a list of the bands playing that night. Cue highlighted scan:

Right after Beck plays, we have The Sun. (Also, notice this was in Harold Sakuishi’s original […]

Del Rey expands into the world of moving manga with movie-like trailers for two of their new series:

Shiki Tsukai and Aventura, two Del Rey series that I probably won’t be reading, continue the tradition of Del Rey’s weak action titles. I remember seeing an early form of anime which involved a display of the […]