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I invited Humberto Saabedra from AnimeNews.biz (and PhoneNews.com) & LB Bryant from OtakuReview.net (plus Ani.me) to discuss the past year in news. We covered some manga industry moves, the recently passed Tokyo Bill 156 (the best part of the show, frankly), and domestic anime publishing stuff. Recorded on December 18, 2010.
Twitter handles: Humberto (@AnimeNewsdotbiz) and LB (@otakureview)
Download: Episode 11
Show notes:
Opening song: Dano – “Winter Empire” [Free Music Archive]
Manga industry reaching toward digital
[02:21] The move to digital manga
[03:27] Yen Plus goes digital, subscription only
http://www.yenpress.com/2010/07/so-long-farewell-until-we-go-online/
http://www.yenpress.com/yenplus/
http://sigikki.com/
http://www.shonensunday.com/
http://www.shonensunday.com/series/rinne/
[08:50] Japanese publishers form manga coalition
Publishers Weekly, ANN
Related: Weekly Shonen Jump asks readers to stop scanning its series
Anime Vice, ANN, About.com Manga
[10:05] Ken Akamatsu launches J-Comi with Love Hina.
I mention Kodanasha’s Morning magazine planning an English site.
[11:25] brief technical difficulties music: “Book End Bossa” by Round Table feat. Nino
[14:42] Square-Enix opens North American digital manga store
Related: Lissa Patillo wrote her feelings about the store’s launch
Humberto brought up Crunchyroll’s alliance with Bitway and there’s also the Digital Manga Guild. (Publisher’s Weekly; Deb Aoki interview with DMP CEO)
[15:45] Manganovel was the defunct translation project I was trying to recall.
[17:10] Domestic manga publishing changes
[17:15] DC Comics shuts down CMX manga imprint
Coverage: About.com Manga, Publishers Weekly
Reactions: Robot 6, About.com Manga, MangaBlog, Icarus Publishing
- Viz rescues Tenjou Tenge for Signature line
- Hyakko was listed with an October release
[20:10] Kadokawa takes over Del Rey Manga
October: About.com Manga, Kuriousity, Jason Yadao
December announcements for 2011: About.com Manga, xxx
Suvudu website changes: Robot 6
Deltora Quest (the anime) *was* brought over to the US
Cage of Eden and EX – Shounen Hyouryuu have similar elements
[26:10] Vertical‘s breakout year: Chi’s Sweet Home, Twin Spica, Peepo Choo, 7 Billion Needles
[29:20] Barnes & Noble and Borders struggling financially
[31:30] BILL 156
- Dan Kanemitsu has written some solid posts about the legislation’s content.
- Publishers boycotting Tokyo Anime Fair
- Japan Times editorial about freedom of expression
- Ishihara backtracking on what he’d said in a 1972 book
- Brian Ruh wrote about the bill in his Brain Diving column
[46:00] Domestic anime publishing
[46:30] Aniplex USA starts releasing its own stuff including Kara no Kyoukai on Blu-Ray
[53:35] Upcoming movie releases: Redline, Summer Wars, Eva 2.0, Disappearance of Haruhi
[55:00] Suddenly asked about favorites of 2010
[56:15] FUNimation made a deal with Fuji TV to simulcast noitaminA series
(Alex Leavitt did a panel about the block at Otakon.)
58:19] Almost forgot about NIS America and its anime releases.
(Pilot for 90′s NBC sitcom Working.)
[1:04:40] another sudden prompting, this time for predictions
[1:05:45] Section23 still doing fine for themselves
[1:08:00] the slow wrapup
Ending music: 懐かしき東方の血 by Cross Current
(stage 3 theme from Touhou Imperishable Night)
