Grand Jump serialised gourmet manga “Dashi Master” is the latest manga to fall victim to the temptations of Google Images, with the publishers suspending its publication after its author was accused of tracing a significant number of images.
Anime Industry Returns to TAF, Grovels Before Ishihara
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 19, 2011 14:10 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Events, Kadokawa, Politics, Shogakukan, Shueisha, Tokyo Anime Fair
The anime industry has grovellingly conceded that censorship under the firm hand of Tokyo fuhrer Shintaro Ishihara is OK after all – Kadokawa et al. have all humiliatingly folded and agreed to participate in the Tokyo International Anime Fair, all talk of their own “Anime Contents Expo” quietly forgotten.
- Mauvais commented on October 26, 2011 19:28
Thank goodness! Rage quelled.... More
- BustRobot commented on October 24, 2011 18:39
I checked about and at least one of the companies - Kadokawa Shoten - said that they aren't actually participating in the TAF despite what the TAF website says. The TAF just haven't bothered updating... More
All Aboard The One Piece Train
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Feb 20, 2011 08:50 JST
- Tags: Image Gallery, Marketing, One Piece, Shonen, Shonen Jump, Shueisha, Trains
As part of the celebrations for its 200,000,000th sale, the One Piece manga is taking over the trains and stations of Tokyo in an extravagant and doubtless extraordinarily expensive advertising campaign.
A schoolboy has been arrested for copyright infringement for using the “free” file hosting service MegaUpload to distribute pirated manga to the public.
PM Kan: “Transmitting Anime to the World is Important”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 14, 2010 02:23 JST
- Tags: Censorship, DPJ, LDP, Politics, Shonen Jump, Shueisha, Tokyo, Tokyo Anime Fair
Japan’s prime minister Naoto Kan has deplored the devastation Tokyo governor Ishihara has wrought on the Tokyo International Anime Fair, stressing the importance of spreading anime to the world and urging all sides to come to an accommodation even as Shueisha announced it will be blocking any Shonen Jump anime from appearing there.
Aya Hirano has appeared in Japan’s Playboy magazine for an interview and some sexy posing, the shoot proving something of a masterclass in Photoshop usage.
“What Will Befall Manga If One Piece, Naruto & Bleach End?”
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Sep 10, 2010 21:46 JST
- Tags: Bleach, Ken Akamatsu, Kodansha, Naruto, One Piece, Shonen Jump, Shueisha
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.
- Red commented on February 11, 2012 02:10
Quick Question...why is Yoruichi depicted as a white woman in the pic above? I don't get it... And Fairy Tail=Awesome. Its like Bleach Naruto Soul Eater and DBZ merged into one. Fucking epic...... More
- Red commented on February 11, 2012 02:03
Have fun dude lol... More
Last Order Canned by Political Correctness Run Amok
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Aug 20, 2010 09:12 JST
- Tags: Battle Angel Alita, Censorship, Mangaka, Shueisha, Ultra Jump, Yukito Kishiro
Battle Angel Alita – Last Order has been forced out of publication due to Shueisha’s objection to such unacceptably discriminatory language as “psycho” and “crazy” – its mangaka’s refusal to bow before publisher pressure has resulted in publication being cancelled.
- Sylar commented on September 8, 2010 07:04
The reasons are irrelevant. This is nothing more than dictatorship shit. A man should be free to say whatever the fuck he wants to say.... More
- Sylar commented on September 8, 2010 07:02
That tells you what? That they lost all sense of logic. So basically they are complete psychos. No wonder they have such a problem hearing the word.... More
Shonen Jump’s ultimatum to readers to stop uploading its manga online or face legal consequences is in response to publishers’ deeply held fears about a loss of control over their mangaka and a collapse in magazine sales, say commentators.
- Anonymous commented on August 27, 2010 21:05
What about a sort of "MangaFox"-esque website that would have all manga that any artist chooses to post, with ads integrated into webpage as you read, and also a link to the tankoubon version. Just an... More
- Anonymous commented on August 22, 2010 07:00
fucking brilliant so thats the real reason god bless sankaku complex I wouldnt of even thought about this, makes complete sense haha INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET.... More
Shonen Jump has published an editorial threatening those who illegally copy its manga on the Internet with legal or criminal sanctions, and decrying all who would “wound the souls of mangaka.”
- Anonymous commented on July 23, 2010 22:40
When that happens we will need to unite and cause a revolution for freedom!... More
- Anonymous commented on April 24, 2010 23:22
They won't win this war, Nothing can stop the INTERNET. The INTERNET and chuck norris are buddies, to declare war on the INTERNET is to declare war on chuck norris. And we know who comes out... More
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Top 10 Manga 2010 – Women’s Ranking
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Dec 11, 2009 07:12 JST
- Tags: Kodansha, Rankings, Shogakukan, Shoujo Manga, Shueisha
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