Suddenly I'm slow on the uptake ...
More plaudits! ICv2 2004 Manga Awards hail Viz as the top publisher of the year (let's face it, the one series that can drag me to the store on its release date is Hot Gimmick), Del Rey for best new publisher, and Rurouni Kenshin and Fruits Basket as the top titles ( ... in sales, I suppose). I have no clue how they pick what the "Phenomenon of the Year" is.
So, I missed it the first time through in this awkwardly-written article from the L.A. Times (registration required, but don't bother, really) -- Viz is planning to "simultaneously launch a monthly anthology and line of graphic novels, both under the Shojo Beat moniker." Looks like that little survey on the Viz website didn't go to waste.
iComics looks over xxxHOLiC Vol. 4 and finds that it's just so much cooler when they're not trying to gussy things up with some silly Clow Reed continuity junk. (Or trying to "cross over" with Tsubasa, for that matter.)
... Speaking of which, NHK's website for the anime adaptation of Tsubasa has just gone up, featuring a rather lanky Sakura and Syaoran.
Pop Culture Gadabout's review of Peach Fuzz Vol. 1 comes with a picture of an actual ferret! (But no, the blog entry does not smell of peaches. Or ferrets.)
And Completely Futile finds some translational issues with Tokyopop's release of Fruits Basket, but it's still better than the scanlation.
So, I missed it the first time through in this awkwardly-written article from the L.A. Times (registration required, but don't bother, really) -- Viz is planning to "simultaneously launch a monthly anthology and line of graphic novels, both under the Shojo Beat moniker." Looks like that little survey on the Viz website didn't go to waste.
iComics looks over xxxHOLiC Vol. 4 and finds that it's just so much cooler when they're not trying to gussy things up with some silly Clow Reed continuity junk. (Or trying to "cross over" with Tsubasa, for that matter.)
... Speaking of which, NHK's website for the anime adaptation of Tsubasa has just gone up, featuring a rather lanky Sakura and Syaoran.
Pop Culture Gadabout's review of Peach Fuzz Vol. 1 comes with a picture of an actual ferret! (But no, the blog entry does not smell of peaches. Or ferrets.)
And Completely Futile finds some translational issues with Tokyopop's release of Fruits Basket, but it's still better than the scanlation.
1 Comments:
Can't wait for a real shojo anthology to come out. Girls are the most loyal collector of manga in Japan, and I believe it will be true here too. Shojo Beat... blah; kinda like "Tiger Beat", only filled with bishonen instead. Heh.
-Tivome
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