
“That” mangaka – Mari Yamazaki, of Thermae Romae fame – will be tackling a manga edition of the biography of “that” entrepreneur – Steve Jobs, deceased founder of Apple.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Feb 23, 2013 23:40 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Guro, Kodansha, Marketing, Moe, Sankarea, Translation, USA, Zombies


The choice of cover for Sankarea’s US edition has raised more than a few fan eyebrows – ditching as it does the eye-wateringly cute cover of the original in favour of hanging intestines and undead menace more befitting Romeroland and its eternal zombie boom.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jan 18, 2013 14:37 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Crime, Gravure, Idol, Kodansha, Law, Music, Oppai, Police, Young Magazine

Police are investigating the possibility of arresting those involved with AKB48 idol Tomomi Kasai’s recent child breast fondling photo shoot scandal for child pornography offences, because the boy touching her breasts “looked European.”
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The spectacular self-destruction of “rampant” seiyuu Aya Hirano’s career has made the pages of top Japanese gossip rag Friday, which alleges her agency killed her musical career in order to punish her for having sex with her band.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Feb 9, 2011 00:26 JST
- Tags: Akita, Copyright, Crime, Google, Internet, Kodansha, Police, Schoolboys, Shueisha, Sites

A schoolboy has been arrested for copyright infringement for using the “free” file hosting service MegaUpload to distribute pirated manga to the public.
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The helpful graphic above demonstrates the expected devastating effect of the anime industry’s boycott of the 2011 Tokyo International Anime Fair in protest against the Tokyo government’s campaign against manga.
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10 publishers, including Kodansha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa, have announced they will have nothing to do with the Tokyo International Anime Fair due to the persecution the Tokyo government has been directing at them.
It now appears the event may as well be cancelled – if they are lucky Disney will show up, but not much else is left.
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Kodansha is telling mangaka they will get only 25% royalties on digital manga, if they deign to publish them – in spite of the fact publishers such as Amazon and Apple are offering rates as high as 70%.
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Top mangaka Ken Akamatsu has stated his misgivings about the reliance of the manga industry on the shonen holy trinity of One Piece, Naruto and Bleach, and what would befall publishers if these series were to conclude.
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Blockbuster mangaka Shūhō Satō was so disgusted by the exploitation he endured at the hands of big publishers that he exposed them in a series of damaging online revelations, and then started his own online manga distribution service in competition.
He lays bare the exploitative publishing industry straitjacket forced on mangaka in a candid interview, reproduced below.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Jun 1, 2010 07:58 JST
- Tags: Apple, Censorship, Gravure, Idol, Image Gallery, iPhone, Kodansha, Oppai

An idol iPhone app which allowed users to tear the clothes off a selection of saucy idols has fallen foul of the puritans at Apple – as usual Apple gives no explanation for the ban, although rather than bullying an independent software developer, this time they have picked a fight with heavyweight publisher Kodansha.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: May 13, 2010 17:35 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Adaptations, Dating, DS, Kodansha, Love Plus, Otaku, Relationships, Ronery

Nene’s maidenly credentials have all but been demolished by the official Love Plus manga, causing some of her many boyfriends to dismiss her as “just another second-hand bitch.”
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