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By Katsuhiro Otomo 368 pages, black and white Published by Kodansha Comics
Reading Akira makes me feel a little old. It probably has to do with first encountering Akira 20 years ago, early on in Marvel’s colored reprints of Katsuhiro Otomo’s epic. From there, Dark Horse eventually ...
Live-Action 'Akira' Movie Still Alive
comicsalliance.com 9/8/2009 — To say that the "Akira" anime is a classic is perhaps an understatement. For many American viewers, seeing Kaneda scream "TETSUOOOOO" on the (then) Sci-Fi Channel was our first experience of Japanese animation. Before "Ghost in Shell," before almost ... Read more Permalink ...
STEVE OLIFF'S ORIGINAL COLOR GUIDES FOR AKIRA
samehat.blogspot.com 10/22/2009 — Alternative Press Expo 2009 was a blast, and a great excuse to hang out with a bunch of friends and pick up some cool minicomics. Manga is not really the focus of APE, but this year Viz had a booth to promote their SIGIKKI line (and had a promo copy ...
Gluey Tart: Future Lovers
hoodedutilitarian.blogspot.com 9/25/2009 — Future Lovers , Saika Kunieda, 2008, Deux Press Cover: Do not like. Everything else: Love, love, love. I guess I could stop right there and call it a day, but that would be lazy. Even I see that. And despite lazy being my middle name (Kinu L. ...
*Hikaru no Go Books 13-15 — Recommended
comicsworthreading.com 7/2/2009 — It’s been a while since I’ve checked in with this entertaining game competition series . (In part, that’s because of a Diamond hiccup soliciting Book 14, which meant I had 15 but had to wait to get the books in order.) I’m ...
Sick Day Linkblogging
4thletter.net 10/23/2009 —
I’ve been sick for the past two days, but I’m almost back in fighting action now. While I recuperate, you get to enjoy these links to a couple of good posts.
-Tim O’Neill on the X-Men and longevity:
The weird part is that Marvel as a company aren’t ready to ...
Best Manga of 2008
comics-and-more.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — When I put together my Top 20 Comics of 2008 list this year, I noted that there weren't as many superhero comics or manga as in years past. So, I made a separate list for superheroes , and now another one for manga , because I love manga ! And despite ...
From the stack: Future Lovers
precur.wordpress.com 5/19/2009 — Saika Kunieda’s two-volume Future Lovers (Deux) is an unexpected treat. It’s a title in the yaoi category, which is focused on romantic relationships between men but doesn’t customarily concern itself with nuances of sexual orientation. There are ...
Top 25 Anime Characters: #10-#6
comicbooklegacy.blogspot.com 18 days ago — #10. Shotaro Kaneda Created by: Katsuhiro Otomo First Appearance: Akira Anime Film Voiced by: Japanese – Mitsuo Iwata; English – Cam Clarke If you take a look at Shotaro he isn't very impressive in his look. The design of the character is very basic anime. Also his core personality is ...
Happiness is a new Yotsuba&!
feedproxy.google.com 9/9/2009 —
Yotsuba&! is basically the best manga.
I mean, there may be better. I’m pretty fond of Akira and Pluto, and Pluto is hands-down the best comic to come out this year, but Yotsuba&! is basically the best. It’s the one that leaves me in the best mood after I finish ...
Paul Pope channels Akira Kurosawa for new poster
robot6.comicbookresources.com 6/10/2009 — Yojimbo by Paul Pope
The pop culture fashion site Nakatomi Inc. has a limited edition T-shirt and poster available from Paul Pope . The poster, above, is called Yojimbo , after the Akira Kurosawa film of the same name .
“The central ...
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