May 13 2010
Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai = Oreimo – Official Anime Website Opens
 It looks like we’re in for more new anime titles with long names this season! |
Archive for the 'Books' Category
Feb 24 2010
Japanese Ramen Cookbooks Part #1
 Here begins my exploration into the world of Japanese ramen (ラーメン) books. |
Feb 18 2010
Macross Variable Fighter Master File VF-19 Excalibur Book
 It’s been some time since the first Macross (マクロス) Variable Fighter Master File book release so here’s the update. |
Jan 22 2010
Free Light Novel Reading Online at FB Online
 Enterbrain Inc, and Famitsu Bunko have launched “FB Online” today, a free Japanese website where readers can enjoy reading bi-weekly releases of light novels, manga, and new articles. |
Jul 28 2009
Accelerando Versus Suzumiya: Applying Transhumanism to Haruhi
 I just finished Accelerando by Charles Stross (2005), an incredible book that delves into the fascinating world of trans and post humans, uploaded and branched identities, self-assembling nanomachines and supersentient AI. |
Jul 20 2009
VIZ MEDIA TO PUBLISH BOOKS BASED ON NEW MIYAZAKI FILM PONYO
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VIZ MEDIA WILL DAZZLE READERS WITH A TRIO OF NEW RELEASES BASED ON CELEBRATED NEW New VIZ Media Titles Include 4-Volume Official Film Comic, Picture Book And Art Book San Francisco, CA, July 20, 2009 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, will publish a series of new releases based on PONYO, the new animated film from Studio Ghibli and Academy Award®-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki. |
Jul 14 2009
Win a Laser Etched Kindle Courtesy of Amazon, Engadget, and Adafruit
 Show off your creativity and wn a customized Kindle! |
Jul 10 2009
Variable Fighter Master File : VF-1 VALKYRIE Book
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If you’re a Valkyrie fan you’re probably going to NEED this book. |
Jul 09 2009
Commemorative Photo Book of 1:1 Scale Gundam
 To remember the construction of the 1:1 scale Gundam in Odaiba, Shueisha is releasing a 100 page photo book (“Real-G ~ 1/1scale GUNDAM Photographs ~” ) showing the stages of it’s assembly. |
Jun 23 2009
Tatakau Shisho (Fighting Librarians) TV Series Begins This Fall
 Moonphase says that the Tatakau Shisho (Fighting Librarians), a series of light novels written by Yamagata Ishio and illustrated by Maeshima Shigeki will become an anime series. |
Jun 11 2009
Japanese Government Releases English Guidebook on Local Japanese Cuisines
 If you’re visiting Japan, be sure to drop by the information counter at the airport because the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) released an English guidebook on Tuesday covering local Japanese cuisines. |
May 14 2009
Spice and Wolf Announcements May 10, 2009
 The official Spice and Wolf website has been updated with new info. The new information concerns volume 11 of the novel series and the web radio show. |
Apr 30 2009
Viz Media Giving Free Manga Sampler on May 2nd
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VIZ MEDIA TO DAZZLE MANGA AND SUPERHERO FANS WITH A SPECIAL SHONEN JUMP MANGA SAMPLER FEATURING ULTIMO FOR 2009 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY |
Apr 17 2009
“Learn While You Obsess : An Introduction to Japanese Trains”
 There’s a book title that raises an eyebrow or two. The title of the book is, “Learn while you Obsess An Introduction to Japanese Trains” (萌えながらグングン身につく 日本の鉄道 ～入門編～) . It’s basically a guide to the different trains in Japan. |
Apr 15 2009
Spice and Wolf’s Latest News: New DS Game Coming This Summer (Updated)
 A couple of new developments on the Spice and Wolf website. There’s the announcement of a new Spice and Wolf DS game scheduled for release in Japan this Summer. |
Apr 14 2009
Mini-Skirt Space Pirates Novel Gets Anime
 Why not? This was just announced on the Asahi Publications website. Expect this anime in the Summer. |
Feb 12 2009
Updates on Spice and Wolf (Ookami to Kooshinryoo) Website and Storyline for Season 2
 There’s several new announcements from the official Spice and Wolf website: |
Feb 03 2009
Capsule Light Novel Review: Full Metal Panic-Fighting Boy Meets Girl
 Perhaps I am doing this in reverse, but I suspect this is because I am more like Konata than Kagami so I have a tendency to seek out the light novels for anime I like, instead of the other way around. |
Jan 25 2009
New Novel: “Senran Gakuen” (War Torn Campus)
 It’s a novel by Fujiwara Takashi titled “Senran Gakuen” (戦乱学園！) (War Torn Campus) and started selling on 1/23/2009. The novel is illustrated by Fujishiro You. |
Jan 17 2009
Wanimagazine’s Gelatin Looking Good
 Wanimagazine is going to be publishing a quarterly that will feature some familiar names doing eiither art or manga. Looks like something to pick up. |
Dec 02 2008
Kyoto Manga Museum Surpasses 500,000
 It’s been 2 years since the opening of Kyoto’s Manga Museum. They’ve exceeded 500,000 attendees and they’re celebrating their 2 year anniversary. |
Nov 17 2008
Taishō Baseball Girls and Eri Yoshida 16 Year Old Female Draft
 Back in August we all heard about the decision to make an anime series based off the light novel series Taishō Baseball Girls (大正野球娘。 Taishō Yakyū Musume.) So, unsurprisingly, the title comes to mind when I heard about the recent 16 year old female pitcher who was drafted to join the Kansai Independent League. |
Nov 06 2008
Light Novels in November
 Akiba.kakaku.com posted a listing of light novels that are being released at the beginning of November. |
Oct 15 2008
An Education in Genji
 It may be the oldest full-length novel in world literature and it’s celebrating it’s 1000th anniversary. |
Oct 07 2008
Tachikoma’s All Memory Mook
 From the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, now we’ll get to see things from the tachikoma’s point of view. If you love the Tachikoma, then you’ll want to get this book. |
Sep 28 2008
Spice and Wolf Novels Coming to US
 ANN reports that at the New York Anime Festival 2008, Yen Press announced that they has acquired the Spice and Wolf (狼と香辛料, Ōkami to Kōshinryō) light novel series by Isuna Hasekura and Juu Ayakura. |
Sep 25 2008
Macross Frontier 2059: Memories Artbook
 Publisher Kadokawa will release an artbook titled マクロスF 2059:MEMORIES (Macross F 2059:Memories) on 10/24/2008. |
Sep 18 2008
Not Even Fairy Tales are Safe From Lucky Star
 Little Red Riding Hood Konata?? On October 1, 2008, Kadokawsa will be releasing the light novel: Lucky Star: Super Fairy Tale Big Battle. Can you name all of the fairy tales spoofed on the cover? |
Sep 01 2008
Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji Monogatari ) Anime Series Begins January
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An old story gets new life in the new year. |
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