Fun Stuff

08/06/07 0838 hours

Sorry I was a little quiet yesterday, but I’m working on a seekrit projekt. ♥ Here’s what’s up as of this morning:

  • The big news today is of an adaptation of Petit Eva, those cute little SD Evangelion figures that spawned some 4koma strips as ads recently. ANN beat me to the details, such as the fact that all the characters (including the angels!) are being developed into high school characters. Oddly, though, they say that it’s being “made into video,” not that it’s being made into an anime - the whole thing is still a little unclear.
  • While I’m on ANN, they have an interview with Arina Tanemura up. I love how the guy’s like, “I hear you’re a big fan of Morning Musume!” And she’s all “Yes, I’m a big fan!” and he’s all “ORLY!? ME 2?!” (…to paraphrase).
  • The Minamike anime adaptation (based on the manga by Kyou no Go no Ni’s Koharu Sakuraba) is set to start in October. Guess I’ll have to get cracking on a Fall Preview, eh?
  • For you dubaholics, a Red Garden trailer from ADV.
  • International Manga Award winner Madeleine Rosca has part three of her Japan travelogue up.
  • ComiPress has word on a new Ishino Arashi manga, and a new US manga-style advertising company.
  • Last but not least: this has got to be the coolest punishment for a cop ever.

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    • A Quick Pre-SDCC Roundup

    07/26/07 0929 hours

    Okay, I gotta go get ready to do this convention thing, but here are a few more items:

  • Randall over at Ikimashou has a good catch-up with recent figures, including the new Yotsuba Revoltech figure, which is finally up for preorder ♥
  • Speaking of figures, Japanator has a closer look at the fantasy!Haruhi that comes with the new PS2 game.
  • Award-winning Hollow Fields creator Madeleine Rosca has a third post about her trip to Japan up.
  • Apparently loli manga is the best way to explain the Japanese Defense Ministry.
  • Aaaaand according to ComiPress, GoodsTrain is starting a new line for novels, drama CDs, and other books, and one of their first products will be a drama CD for Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de, which is also getting an anime in the near future.

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    • ‘Hollow Fields’ nabs an award and a reprint

    07/24/07 1005 hours

    Many of you have probably already heard that Madeleine Rosca’s OEL manga Hollow Fields, published by Seven Seas, was one of the main runners-up/award winners at Japan’s first International Manga Awards, and the only westerner to make it that far.

    Seven Seas is definitely trying to make good use of the award; they’re actually sending Hollow Fields back for a re-print, according to this press release. I have to say that it winning an award makes me more intersted in the series than the description in the release does:

    Hollow Fields is a three-volume manga series for all ages that tells the story of little Lucy Snow, who, in a macabre twist of fate, finds herself enrolled at Miss Weaver’s Academy for the Scientifically Gifted and Ethically Unfettered—also known as Hollow Fields. Located on the outskirts of Nullsville and run by the insidious Engineers, the grim boarding school dedicates itself to raising the next generation of mad scientists and evil geniuses.

    Hollow Fields

    Worth noting that in spite of being OEL, it’s read right to left.

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