Okay, I have approximately 2.6 million things to do before I fly out tonight, so here’s a quick round-up of the news currently circulating TEH INTARWEBS.
Anime:
- SaiAni is currently reporting on two new anime projects. One is another Tamagotchi movie (if you license it, Bandai Entertainment, I expect you to take us totally off-guard like you did when you announced the first one); the other is called Kikuchan to Ookami (Kiku and the Wolf), a tale by Grave of the Fireflies creator Akiyuki Nosaka, which will air as a TV special this August.
Required Reading:
- Patrick Macias announced that the website for Otaku USA has been redesigned, and it’s jam-packed with content to check out. I personally recommend Ed Chavez’s look at the works and style of Yamada Yoshihiro and Joseph Luster’s piece on the history of fast food-themed video games.
- Over at Anime Almanac, Scott has finally posted his much-anticipated article on his interview with Greg Ayres at Anime Next, along with Ayres’ panel. Make sure to check the comments too, as there’s been some good discussion (and there’s probably more to come).
- And finally, Publishers Weekly offers a new article in their “Life in Comics” series, this time about Creator Rights and Small Publishers. They talk about TOKYOPOP, and about why the comics industry treats its creators so differently from the way book publishers treat authors.
That oughta hold you guys for a few minutes while I get this stuff done…
Tags: fansubs, greg ayres, kikuchan to ookami, otaku usa, tamagotchi, TOKYOPOP
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 am
I love Greg but… he does come off as a jerk when it comes to fansubs. I download fansubs. I also have a dvd collection of at least 2000 disks. I buy shows I like. I buy some shows I didn’t like, since my watching buddy is into drivel laden mecha shows. But I support the industry and I keep getting screwed by it (Geneon and Tokyopop come quickly to mind).
I’m sorry, I’m going to keep downloading until the companies come up with a system that doesn’t allow for being screwed. Nozomi’s got it right. Animeigo’s done it right in the past. Even Bandai did it right with Zeta Gundam. It isn’t that hard. :)
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Speaking from a purely objective and entirely unbiased and professional standpoint, I must say that the Otaku USA article on Yoshiaki Kawajiri ( http://tinyurl.com/5qvbl4 ) is the TRUE standout article on the required reading list!