Category: Animation

First Kojiro... Now Tomomi Nomiya... more »
A massive earthquake, thousands of aftershocks, nuclear meltdown, radiation fallout, food, water and power shortages, and finally a heat wave just to make everything perfect. In an odd twist, however, the big typhoon that rolled through here a couple d… more »
I'm working on a lot of new content and translations to post in January, but I'm shutting down the Eastern Edge until then for the holidays.I leave you with a thought that I thought last year, and find myself thinking again this year in the following… more »
I just finished reading a Jason Thomson "House of 1000 Manga" column that I had bookmarked since October about Japan Inc, a subject that interests me. I'm a fan of Jason Thomson's columns, so I was suprised and a little flattered to see myself quoted in… more »
Originally, parts of the Kaiji Kawaguchi magazine I got a while back were in line for on-the-train translation work after the Inoue & Oda article is finished.That is until this came out today! more »
I never buy this brand of coffee. Never! I always get Boss or Georgia.Today, however, I passed them both over for this... more »
As easy as it is for anyone to say "I knew it!" now, I started talking about the coming fall of manga in North American nearly four years ago - back when people still thought it was going nowhere but up. more »
Japan picked just the right time to address the issue of child porn and virtual child porn for Americans to come out guns ablazing linking action on a movement that UNICEF has been pushing for many years to the Christopher Handley case.First… more »
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It's a real shame that Ponyo is getting little recognition outside Japan, and even less by people over the age of eight.I wrote about that on the blog yesterday and then watched Ponyo again last night after a 5k run. Something about running on a cold nig… more »
Here are the 2009 Golden Globe nominations for Best Animated Feature:•Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing•Coraline — Laika, Inc.; Focus Features •Fantastic Mr. Fox �… more »
The decade is over, most of the "best of" lists have been compiled and published, and reaction and commentary on what has been and what will be abounds.I don’t have a lot to say about the previous decade and I have few “most anticipated” upcomi… more »
On a cheery yearend note, it looks like I'm finally not the only one saying the comic and animation industry is eating its own and killing the art over here in Japan. This has been the case for a very long time and anyone who's had an opportunity to loo… more »
According to Switch Magazine, Eiichiro Oda is releasing a book of his concept art for the One Piece movie "Strong World". The book will be released by Shueisha in Japan on December 18th.Switch also has a feature article on Oda and Mr. Children, who d… more »
I was thumbing through some magazines at a bookstore yesterday when this poster caught my eye.I just liked the art. It seemed to pull me away from trying to read an interview with Slash in Japanese, over to the comics section to see what it was… more »

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