Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Manga to get same-day global release


major publishing firm Kodansha Ltd. will make new manga installments digitally available in English worldwide. In collaboration with Crunchyroll , the simultaneous release project will use the site’s platform to release new installments for 12 popular Kodansha series, including the smash-hit “Attack on Titan”, “Fairy Tail” and “Space Brothers”.
The service will be made available in a total of about 170 countries. A monthly subscription will cost $4.99. In return, subscribers will have access to new installments in the 12 series concurrently with their Japan release in such Kodansha publications as Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Morning, without a long wait after their Japan release.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

creator of Anpanman died


Takashi Yanase, creator of “Anpanman,” died at 94.
Suffering from severe food shortage during and after the ww2, lead him to an image of hero who brings foods to starving people.
Often criticized as ‘it is cruel to let people eat anpanman’s face’, he used to reply ‘no problem, because it is made of bread’ jokingly. He also stated that true justice is not something cool, and you often sacrifice yourself for that. There is a deep philosophy behind the comic books.
There are five anpanman museums in Japan.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

nekomimi, warm clothing


you can bundle up in this product(left), or the one on the right
the clothing have insulation, washable, with hood, nekomimi(cat ears) and tail. comes in 6 patterns.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

'La Maison en Petits Cubes'


La Maison en Petits Cubes is an animated film for by KATO Kunio.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Steve Jobs in manga

belated again.

Manga version of ‘Steve Jobs’ in available on iTunes, since August 2013. as the guardian said.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013