Top 10 Anime Grooms – Shonen Monopoly

sakata-gintoki-by-mix721.jpg

A recently conducted ranking of the top 10 anime husbands reveals a distinctly shonen flavoured ranking…

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Anonymous commented on June 4, 2011 09:55

    Who did this? Are you crazy? There are ugly there. The most beautiful and sexy in the world is Yami Yugi and the second is Edward Elric.... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 30, 2010 21:46

    Gintoki, Shizuo, Kazehaya, Zoro and Sanji can stay, and the rest can disappear. WTF... More


Top Mangaka: “Publishers Are The Ones Raping Us!”

umizarut-manga.jpg

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.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • alidan commented on June 25, 2010 14:51

    if you can describe something as a cluster fuck wall of text, you have problems.... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 25, 2010 08:20

    We're talking about Japan, though. It's probably a good assumption that the average Japanese manga reader is considerably more internet-affine than the average American bookstore dweller.... More


Schoolboy Arrested for Leaking Shonen Jump on YouTube

nami-by-mosha.jpg

A schoolboy who uploaded manga to YouTube in advance of its release has been arrested for copyright infringement.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Chen-04 commented on August 5, 2013 04:07

    It's not really a war. More like kids throwing a tantrum.... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 20, 2011 04:41

    Theft is theft. There's county/state jail for the grown ups, and there's juvi for the youngs. Apparently you know nothing about civilized countries.... More


Top 10 Manga in Russia: “Lolicon Phoenix” Storms Ranking

lolicon-phoenix-1.jpg

Eyebrows have been raised at the news that the fourth most popular manga in Russia is apparently one “Lolicon Phoenix,” rather that the usual generic shonen title expected.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Anonymous commented on June 10, 2015 00:55

    Ме тоо.... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 10, 2015 00:51

    In Soviet Russia replies are inserted into jokes.... More


Otaku Force Mangaka Offline Over Second-Hand Shoujo

good-ending-second-hand-shoujo-manga.jpg

Otaku incensed at a mangaka’s decision to portray a heroine as being a non-virgin have launched a campaign of harassment which has seen the writer forced to close her blog, reporting that she is “heart-broken” over their hateful attacks.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Anonymous commented on July 9, 2014 03:37

    That's her fans response, her target audience so they're gonna act how they want. Sorry it sounds like I'm on their side, but that's literally how it is. Critics are critics, fans are fans. Not... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 9, 2014 03:34

    That's exactly why the outlet to being obsessed Otaku's. Try to understand their perspective, it's basically coincidence that there's so many that pressured her. They're ridiculed by you and your miles away from the Jap... More


Top 10 Manga 2010 – Men’s Ranking

one-piece-boa-hancock.jpg

The “Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2010” ranking of manga, divided into manga for men and women, provides an interesting though not altogether “sugoi” selection of manga; below is the shonen/seinen list.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Chen-04 commented on July 17, 2013 03:26

    Hi, I'm from the future. Bakuman anime sucks.... More

  • Chen-04 commented on July 17, 2013 03:24

    This isn't a men's list. It's a list for little boys from little boys.... More


kidou-senshi-gundam-rx-78-2.jpg

Japanese asked which anime and manga had the greatest influence over them as children, shaping their lives and aspirations, gave a surprisingly uniform set of answers, with titles such as Gundam and Fist of the North Star evidently doing much to shape the minds of entire generations…

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Anonymous commented on November 19, 2014 04:11

    Robotech, Macross, Vampire Hunter D. I actually stopped watching anime around 18-21, but then I watched Ninja Scroll, NGE and Ghost in the Shell and jumped back on the wagon!... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 5, 2010 19:11

    how can Sailor moon not be in the top of the list? It was the main subject of discussions for my schoolmates at the first 1-3 years in elementary school... More


Japan’s Manga Industry in Dire Straits

manga-a-sinking-ship.jpg

Japan’s manga industry faces great peril, with a significant drop in overall sales and a precipitous drop in sales for manga magazines suggesting that change may be required sooner rather than later if the industry is to arrest its decline.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • ryvrdrgn14 commented on June 21, 2010 04:14

    It may be that most people just prefer the digital delivery of content rather than paper (which is probably one of the reasons). You can't really bring your favorite manga book/magazine to work and read... More

  • Anonymous commented on November 22, 2009 11:25

    Borders, and Barnes and Noble overprice their merchandise. Yotsuba&! from Borders (EN TL'd, printed and bound in Canada, shipped to the US): $10.99 (MSRP $9.99). Yotsuba&! from Kunokuniya in the US (JP language, printed and bound in... More


Range Murata Sexy Ultra Jump

range-murata-ultra-jump-cover-clean.jpg

Ultra Jump’s 10th anniversary cover has received a particularly ravishing illustration by renowned illustrator Range Murata, who has lately been illustrating their covers.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Anonymous commented on November 13, 2009 23:55

    delicous loli... More

  • Anonymous commented on November 10, 2009 23:57

    He's taken realism in anime-styled art right into uncanny valley. The more I look at it, the more it looks like a real girl in a bikini wearing a huge loli head.... More


Top Mangaka: “Manga is in Decline”

kami-nomi-zo-shiru-sekai.jpg

Tamiki Wakaki, a top Shonen Sunday mangaka, has voiced his concerns that the Japanese manga industry is in long-term decline, and that authors not writing in the four staple genres of ero, parody, bishonen, and bishoujo can no longer expect to support themselves commercially.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Anonymous commented on April 7, 2013 11:44

    "unsuprisingly a romatic comedy" TWGOK is not just another romantic comedy. There is a reason why Wakaki is a "Top Magaka"... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 4, 2010 13:46

    There are plenty of american artists that can draw cool looking males, I understand its an issue for mangakas of modern day but if they do like for example Masakazu Katsura, he's an avid fan... More


Top 10 Strongest Anime Characters

norimaki-arale-dr-slump.jpg

When 10,000 anime and manga fans were asked “who is the strongest character?”, the results were rather predictably dominated by a lengthy list of characters from top shonen manga…

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Chen-04 commented on July 13, 2013 02:23

    Wow, that explains why GT is so much better than the rest.... More

  • Anonymous commented on May 26, 2013 04:39

    Cirno.... More


Top 10 Anime Characters You’d Like to Live With

nagi-sama-neet-repose.jpg

A recent survey asking Japanese which anime character they would most like to try living with has yielded some rather surprising results.

Read the rest of this entry »

  • Chance commented on November 29, 2011 11:24

    damn I was hoping the aunt from denpa onna to seishun otoko would be here... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 10, 2011 22:26

    agree with doraemon all the dream gadget from doraemon... with doraemon future's technology, i can get anything... More


Page 4 of 6« First...«23456»

Popular

Recent News

Recent Galleries

Recent Comments