ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com/media/feedlogo.gif ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Good for Health: 'AKIRA' Bike Rides Across Japan for Autism Charity [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/06/akira-replica-motorcycle-autism-earthquake-charity-japan/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/06/akira-replica-motorcycle-autism-earthquake-charity-japan/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/06/akira-replica-motorcycle-autism-earthquake-charity-japan/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Shinji Tejima spent several years and the equivalent of about $120,000 American dollars to create a flawless replica of the iconic red motorcycle seen in AKIRA, the landmark 1980s manga and anime written and drawn by Katsuhiro Otomo. The ... Read more

 

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]]>akiraautismjapankatsuhiro otomoKatsuhiroOtomoAndy Khouri2012-04-06T15:30:00 00:00'AKIRA' Creator Katsuhiro Otomo to Return to Long-Form Mangahttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/28/katsuhiro-otomo-manga-serial-shonen-meiji-period-akira/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/28/katsuhiro-otomo-manga-serial-shonen-meiji-period-akira/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/28/katsuhiro-otomo-manga-serial-shonen-meiji-period-akira/#commentsFiled under: ,


The great mangaka Katsuhiro Otomo is recognized around the world for his enormous influence on comic books and anime, a legacy cemented in his seminal work, AKIRA -- a 2,000-page opus that remains Otomo's only long-form manga. That is set to ... Read more

 

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]]>akirakatsuhiro otomoKatsuhiroOtomoAndy Khouri2012-03-28T15:30:00 00:00Amazon Pulls, Then Returns, Yaoi Manga Publisher To Kindle For Mysterious Reasonshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/26/amazon-pulls-then-returns-yaoi-manga-publisher-to-kindle-for-m/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/26/amazon-pulls-then-returns-yaoi-manga-publisher-to-kindle-for-m/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/26/amazon-pulls-then-returns-yaoi-manga-publisher-to-kindle-for-m/#commentsFiled under:


All manga is not pornography. When put like that, it just sounds like common sense, doesn't it? Sadly, it's an argument that one manga publisher had to make when Amazon suspended the entire Kindle output from Digital Manga Publishing, Inc. due ... Read more

 

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]]>Amazon.comCensorshipDigital MangaDigitalMangalgbtYaoiGraeme McMillan2012-03-26T17:30:00 00:00'Gon' Getting a Nintendo 3DS Game in Junehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/22/gon-baku-baku-baku-baku-adventure-nintendo-3ds-game/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/22/gon-baku-baku-baku-baku-adventure-nintendo-3ds-game/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/22/gon-baku-baku-baku-baku-adventure-nintendo-3ds-game/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


It seems 2012 may be the year of Gon. Masashi Tanaka's tiny orange dino will not only get his own 50-episode CG animated series and two forms of new manga in April, but according to a new website launched by Namco Bandai, Gon will get a Nintendo ... Read more

 

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]]>GonGon Baku Baku Baku Baku AdventureGonBakuBakuBakuBakuAdventureMasashi TanakaMasashiTanakaNamco BandaiNamcoBandaiCaleb Goellner2012-03-22T12:30:00 00:00Diminutive Dinosaur 'Gon' Getting CG Animated TV Series in Japanhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/08/gon-cg-animated-series-japan/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/08/gon-cg-animated-series-japan/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/08/gon-cg-animated-series-japan/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Masashi Tanaka's Gon will finally make its TV debut in Japan on April 2. Having been in the pipeline from Japan's Kodansha and Korea's Daewon Media since as early as 2010, the series is planned to last 50 episodes. Based on Tanaka's seven-volume ... Read more

 

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]]>CG animationCgAnimationDaewon MediaDaewonMediaGonKodanshaMasashi TanakaMasashiTanakaCaleb Goellner2012-03-08T14:00:00 00:00Warner Bros. Wants the 'Get Smart' Guy to Make a 'Bleach' Moviehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/23/bleach-manga-live-action-movie-warner-bros-peter-segal/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/23/bleach-manga-live-action-movie-warner-bros-peter-segal/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/23/bleach-manga-live-action-movie-warner-bros-peter-segal/#commentsFiled under: , ,


The neck-breaking speed with which the much maligned AKIRA live-action film goes in and out of active development has me unsure as to its present status, but the movie blog people seem to think it's dead for the moment. However, seemingly ... Read more

 

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]]>bleachdan mazeauDanMazeaumasi okaMasiOkapeter segalPeterSegalTite KuboTiteKuboviz mediaVizMediawarner brosWarnerBrosAndy Khouri2012-02-23T15:00:00 00:00Gundam Theme Park Opening in Tokyo in Aprilhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/02/gundam-theme-park-tokyo-april/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/02/gundam-theme-park-tokyo-april/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/02/gundam-theme-park-tokyo-april/#commentsFiled under: , ,


It won't quite hit the scale of Tokyo Disney, but a new mini theme park dedicated to all things Gundam will surely be the mech-iest place on Earth when it opens up on April 19. According to Sankei News, Bandai's Gundam Front miniature theme park ... Read more

 

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]]>GundamJapanMobile Suit GundamMobileSuitGundamtheme parksThemeParksTokyoCaleb Goellner2012-02-02T12:30:00 00:00New 'Rurouni Kenshin' Manga Coming to Japan in 2012http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/28/new-rurouni-kenshin-manga-2012/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/28/new-rurouni-kenshin-manga-2012/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/28/new-rurouni-kenshin-manga-2012/#commentsFiled under: ,


Just more than 12 years after its conclusion in Japan, Rurouni Kenshin will return with new manga in May of 2012 in Jump Square magazine. Though the run will be brief, Nobuhiro Watsuki's samurai romance series will eclipse the creator's current ... Read more

 

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]]>Jump Square MagazineJumpSquareMagazineNobuhiro WatsukiNobuhiroWatsukiRurouni KenshinRurouniKenshinCaleb Goellner2011-12-28T14:30:00 00:00New Images From the Live Action 'Rurouni Kenshin' Movie Surfacehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/05/rurouni-kenshin-movie-live-action-images/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/05/rurouni-kenshin-movie-live-action-images/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/05/rurouni-kenshin-movie-live-action-images/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Rurouni Kenshin fans got their first look at Japan's live action film last week in the pages of Jump Square magazine with a single image of star Takeru Satoh holding Kenshin's signature sakabato reverse-bladed katana. The haunted former "Hitokiri ... Read more

 

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]]>KenshinRurouni KenshinRurouni Kenshin movieRurouniKenshinRurouniKenshinMovieCaleb Goellner2011-12-05T13:00:00 00:00'White Akira' Pours One for America's Dreaded Live Action Movie [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/01/white-akira-parody-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/01/white-akira-parody-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/01/white-akira-parody-art/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Responding to Acting Auditions' plot synopsis for the live action Akira film on the way from Warner Bros., Curious Old Library's Chris Schweizer has illustrated his tongue-in-cheek excitement for a film that seems desperate to deviate from ... Read more

 

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]]>AkiraAkira live action movieAkira movieAkiraLiveActionMovieAkiraMovieWarner Bros.WarnerBros.Caleb Goellner2011-12-01T16:30:00 00:00'Akira' Movie Update: Kaneda the Bartender and Actual Japanese Person Offered Rolehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/30/akira-movie-synopsis-ken-watanabe/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/30/akira-movie-synopsis-ken-watanabe/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/30/akira-movie-synopsis-ken-watanabe/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


As predicted by George Takei in April, Warner Bros. Pictures seems intent on making its live-action adaptation of AKIRA -- the seminal manga and anime by Katsuhiro Otomo -- as pointless as possible. Takei and other AKIRA fans' pronounced ... Read more

 

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]]>akiragarrett hedlundGarrettHedlundkatsuhiro otomoKatsuhiroOtomoKen WatanabeKenWatanabekristen stewartKristenStewartAndy Khouri2011-11-30T15:00:00 00:00Untranslatable Genius: Interviewing Experimental Manga-ka Yuichi Yokoyamahttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/10/yuichi-yokoyama-interview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/10/yuichi-yokoyama-interview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/10/yuichi-yokoyama-interview/#commentsFiled under: ,


Like the act of reading his wonderful comics, the act of interviewing the manga-ka Yuichi Yokoyama, the most talented and exciting cartoonist working in any country today, is harder than it sounds. As someone who lives 6,000 miles away and speaks ... Read more

 

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]]>Baby BoomBabyBoomColor EngineeringColorEngineeringGardenMatt SenecaMattSenecaPicture BoxPictureBoxYuichi YokoyamaYuichiYokoyamaMatt Seneca2011-11-10T16:30:00 00:00The Wine Manga 'Drops of God' Will Take You To Heaven and Backhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/28/wine-manga-drops-of-god/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/28/wine-manga-drops-of-god/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/28/wine-manga-drops-of-god/#commentsFiled under: ,


Sometimes, it's amazing what a little genre diversity can do. While most U.S. comics tend to be limited in their subject matter [Ed. note: COUGHsuperherocomicsCOUGH], comics in Japan are both more popular and more varied; you can find smash hits ... Read more

 

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]]>David Brothers2011-10-28T13:00:00 00:00Manga Mixtape: 16 Hip Hop Tracks About 16 Anime Classics by Akira the Donhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/26/manga-mixtape-16-hip-hop-tracks-about-16-anime-classics-by-akir/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/26/manga-mixtape-16-hip-hop-tracks-about-16-anime-classics-by-akir/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/26/manga-mixtape-16-hip-hop-tracks-about-16-anime-classics-by-akir/#commentsFiled under: , ,


This year, Manga Entertainment -- the company that brought anime classics like Akira and Ninja Scroll to international audiences -- is celebrating their 20th anniversary, and in honor of that occasion, the appropriately named UK-based pop rapper ... Read more

 

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]]>Akira the DonAkiraTheDonManga EntertainmentManga MixtapeMangaEntertainmentMangaMixtapeChris Sims2011-10-26T16:00:00 00:00Viz Launching SuBLime Yaoi Manga Linehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/25/viz-media-sublime-yaoi-manga/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/25/viz-media-sublime-yaoi-manga/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/25/viz-media-sublime-yaoi-manga/#commentsFiled under: ,


North American manga publisher Viz Media, in partnership with prominent retailer Animate and Japan's leading boys love manga publisher Libre, will launch the new SuBLime line of Yaoi titles in both print and digital formats beginning this spring. ... Read more

 

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]]>sublimeViz MediaVizMediayaoiCaleb Goellner2011-10-25T16:00:00 00:00Warner Bros. Officially Greenlights White 'Akira' As More White 'Akira' Films Propagate [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/21/white-akira-chronicle-m83-midnight-city-garrett-hedlund/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/21/white-akira-chronicle-m83-midnight-city-garrett-hedlund/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/21/white-akira-chronicle-m83-midnight-city-garrett-hedlund/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


Warner Bros. has officially "greenlit" production of AKIRA, the studio's long-in-development live-action adaptation of the classic manga and anime created by Katsuhiro Otomo. The studio announced in July that it had hired Unknown and House of Wax ... Read more

 

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]]>akirachroniclefreakangelsGarrett HedlundGarrettHedlundm83midnight cityMidnightCityAndy Khouri2011-10-21T11:00:00 00:00Parting Shot: 'Saturday Night Live' Skewers Anime and J-Pop Fans [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/17/snl-j-pop-anime-saturday-night-live/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/17/snl-j-pop-anime-saturday-night-live/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/17/snl-j-pop-anime-saturday-night-live/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Actress Anna Faris hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend, appearing in a skit called "J-Pop America Fun Time Now" that parodied American fans of anime and J-Pop and even implied -- via Jason Sudeikis as a frustrated Japanese language ... Read more

 

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]]>anna farisAnnaFarissaturday night liveSaturdayNightLivesnlLaura Hudson2011-10-17T18:00:00 00:00$1,000 'AKIRA' Jacket The Last Piece Of Clothing You Will Ever Need [Fashion]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/10/akira-jacket-kaneda-red-black/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/10/akira-jacket-kaneda-red-black/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/10/akira-jacket-kaneda-red-black/#commentsFiled under: ,


Does it still count as cosplay if you spend nearly $1,000 on an official replica, or is that just looking really damn good? In any event, the object in question is one of the greatest accoutrements in all of science fiction and comics: the iconic ... Read more

 

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]]>akiracosplayfashionkatsuhiro otomoKatsuhiroOtomoAndy Khouri2011-10-10T13:00:00 00:00Parting Shot: Dramatic 'Akira' Image Transformed into LEGOhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/07/akira-lego/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/07/akira-lego/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/07/akira-lego/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Fans of the seminal anime and manga Akira -- or the time-honored internet tradition of transforming just about anything into Lego format -- may enjoy this Lego rendition by Flickr user SPARKART! of a classic shot from the Katsuhiro Otomo tale of ... Read more

 

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]]>akiraKatsuhiroOtomolegoLaura Hudson2011-10-07T17:30:00 00:00Akira Toriyama's 'Dragon Ball' Has Flawless Action That Puts Super-Hero Books to Shamehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/07/akira-toriyamas-dragon-ball-is-full-of-laughs-and-action-that/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/07/akira-toriyamas-dragon-ball-is-full-of-laughs-and-action-that/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/07/akira-toriyamas-dragon-ball-is-full-of-laughs-and-action-that/#commentsFiled under: ,


Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise is the butt of a lot of jokes these days. I'm sure you know them: something something power levels, something something "It's over 9000!", and so on. It's a melodramatic series with incredible market ... Read more

 

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]]>akira toriyamaAkiraToriyamadragon ballDragonBallDavid Brothers2011-09-07T13:00:00 00:00