With school over, some of us have more than enough time to waste. And what better than to use all that extra time catching up on some great manga? The manga I prefer to read are usually something anyone can enjoy — no “War and Peace” or Kafka here (not that there’s anything wrong with either, of course). More »

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Summer 2010 is right around the corner, and boy is it going to be a hot one. How hot? Like Wonder Girls I’m So Hot, hot. No one here is complaining — we love hot. So much that the Ningin blogger staff has put together their lists of hot in music, dramas, anime, manga and movies: More »

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Two movies that I’m looking forward to watching are GANTZ and Studio Ghibli’s The Borrowers. Fortunately for me, a new trailer was released for each of these movies that has raised my anticipation even further. More »

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A 14-year-old boy from Nogoya, Japan has been arrested recently for uploading leaked manga volumes on to the popular video streaming site YouTube. Suspected of leaking One Piece, Naruto, Major and Gintama, the boy is reported to have uploaded the illegal content from December 2009 to February 2010. More »

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From Girlybubble: Early last month, Blythe Theater released Part 1 of their Blythe manga series, which is part of this year’s Blythe 9th Anniversary Charity Exhibition called Manga Girls Inspiration. They introduced us to Marabelle Melody, who seems like a normal girl, but really, she is a superhero. More »

Japan held a charity exhibition of Blythe Dolls which included manga and anime character inspired dolls. More »

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How can Kimi ni Todoke become more adorable than it already is? By creating a Pinky Street version of the characters (though for this release, it only includes the lovable Sawako Kuronuma)! More »

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From Rekuru: A teaser has been released of the highly anticipated live action movie of the manga, Kimi Ni Todoke. More »

The CW’s Supernatural is an American horror drama that has been around since 2005 and has just wrapped up its fifth season. Starring Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki as Dean and Sam Winchester, Supernatural tells the story of the dynamic duo traveling the country slaying demons, investigating ghost sightings, saving lives and, of course, saving the world. More »

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With anime fan-subbing sites on the chopping block to make way for more “legal” alternatives, it looks like manga scanlation sites may soon be next on the hit list. A new coalition is being formed between Japan’s Digital Comic Association and several American publishers to bring an end to manga scanlation sites. More »

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It was announced in the latest issue of Josei magazine Feel Young that Yumi Unita’s manga Bunny Drop, or Usagi Drop in Japanese, is going to get a live action adaptation. More »

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If you’re a teenager in Japan and you haven’t heard of the hit anime and manga series, One Piece, then you must be living under a rock, in a cave, somewhere on a far away island! One Piece is currently one of the biggest crazes among Japanese youth, and it looks like Schick Japan is taking advantage of it. More »

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Formed in 1997, the Japanese rock band, BEAT CRUSADERS, is finally disbanding. The group will perform their last live performance together at the end of the summer on August 4th. This performance will coincide with the release of a special DVD single, entitled Situation. More »

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Oricon released the list of Japan’s top selling manga for the first half of 2010 and surprise, surprise, more than half of the series come from Shonen Jump. Let’s see if your favorite series made it to the top… More »

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ATTENTION ALL BLEACH FANS! If you download Japanese Bleach episodes weekly, then this article may be of interest to you! The video-streaming website, Crunchyroll, will begin a Bleach simulcast starting on June 8th. More »

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“Thunder…Thunder…Thunder…THUNDERCATS!!! HOOOOOO!!!!!!” Doesn’t that bring back memories? Prepare to go down memory lane with the revival of the ThunderCats franchise with an animated series done by Japanese studio Studio 4°C. More »

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Evangelion: 2.22 Blu-ray and DVD were released last week in Japan and apparently, beat Michael Jackson’s This Is It in Blu-ray sales. More »

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According to the Oricon charts, the hit anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro, has officially broken the one millionth mark for number of DVDs sold. Oricon cites the millionth DVD as being sold last week. More »

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Who can ever forget the classic Disney movie about a lovable blue alien named Stitch? Well, what some of you may not know is that Stitch has his own Japanese anime series! More »

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Cockroaches are one of the most despised creatures of this planet. But despite that, can they be, dare I say it, cute? Looking at some pictures from a manga, I can safely say “Yes, they can.” More »

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