Even celebrities read 'em!
Are people more attracted to websites and links if there are cute girl pictures involved?
Former Morning Musume idol singer Mari Yaguchi with her manga shelf of intimidation.
Heeeeere's Animania with this week's Top 10 in Japan. 5/10 licensed in the US (#1 Naruto, #2 Bleach, #4 Karekano, #6 Konjiki no Gash!! / Zatch Bell!!, #7 Fullmetal Alchemist). It also points out that Vol. 21 of Karekano is the last one, so all of you who are currently collecting the US version, you can set your budget for the rest of the series.
AoD points out Viz's revamped Shôjo Beat webpage with a very interesting Media Kit containing basic info on marketing strategy. I think we need go no further than the governing principle pointed out on page 11:
Japanese = Cool
A bit blunt, perhaps, but it says it all.
Other fun facts off the SB Media Kit:
Estimated Audience: 100,000
Core Audience: Females 13+
Estimated Media Age: 17
Estimated Female/Male: 75%/25%
The Hindustan Times also reports on the power of Japanese Coolness by pointing out their rise as a world fashion leader.
Understanding yuri may come a little bit clearer thanks to this informative primer on yuri from AfterEllen.com.
DramaQueen publishing announces another license, yaoi manga Mandayuu and Me, scheduled for release in early 2006.
Kotonoha stirs the pot once again with a couple of new Comic Cue one-shots. Children Can't Choose Their Parents is a disturbing funny short comedy about a man whose girlfriend is a chicken ... while Boiling Head is a nutty send-up of all those overblown pseudointellectual SF stories.
Former Morning Musume idol singer Mari Yaguchi with her manga shelf of intimidation.
Heeeeere's Animania with this week's Top 10 in Japan. 5/10 licensed in the US (#1 Naruto, #2 Bleach, #4 Karekano, #6 Konjiki no Gash!! / Zatch Bell!!, #7 Fullmetal Alchemist). It also points out that Vol. 21 of Karekano is the last one, so all of you who are currently collecting the US version, you can set your budget for the rest of the series.
AoD points out Viz's revamped Shôjo Beat webpage with a very interesting Media Kit containing basic info on marketing strategy. I think we need go no further than the governing principle pointed out on page 11:
A bit blunt, perhaps, but it says it all.
Other fun facts off the SB Media Kit:
Estimated Audience: 100,000
Core Audience: Females 13+
Estimated Media Age: 17
Estimated Female/Male: 75%/25%
The Hindustan Times also reports on the power of Japanese Coolness by pointing out their rise as a world fashion leader.
Understanding yuri may come a little bit clearer thanks to this informative primer on yuri from AfterEllen.com.
DramaQueen publishing announces another license, yaoi manga Mandayuu and Me, scheduled for release in early 2006.
Kotonoha stirs the pot once again with a couple of new Comic Cue one-shots. Children Can't Choose Their Parents is a disturbing funny short comedy about a man whose girlfriend is a chicken ... while Boiling Head is a nutty send-up of all those overblown pseudointellectual SF stories.
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*holds head in pain* The new Shoujo Beat website scrolls and moves too much. ;_; Yargh. I love all the titles (except Godchild) but it's a pain to navigate with the headache all the . . . blinking . . . creates.
Wasn't Mari the Momusu who left cus she was "illegally" dating? I heard she's more popular as an "ousted" Momusu than the former leader of the group. Aw, still had on her old pink lady shirt... so cute.
As for the wall, well, I've seen that wall many, many times in the homes of many Asian girls, Japanese and others. It's quite common for a girl to have a bigger manga bookshelf than a dude. It's a cute picture though. Idol and manga definately make Japan cooler than before, at least in the eyes of people who never knew this side of Japan.
Yeah, Mari went into hiding for a month and a half after a tabloid caught her with her boyfriend, and now she's on TV all the time doing variety shows and such.
She's also mentioned that she has a problem with friends coming to her house to hang out -- they get sidetracked by the manga section, read for a few hours, and leave.
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