Archive for June, 2009
MW movie preview – first review in English?
I’ve just read my first English-language review of the live-action MW movie – it seems to be the first online. It’s on Recca’s Blog – she’s a passionate Tezuka fan. She saw the film at a preview on 23 June and is pretty disappointed by Hiroshi Iwamoto’s version of Tezuka’s picaresque masterpiece. Find pics and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tezuka Typewritten Transcripts
On 24 June the fabulously quirky classic anime blog Let’s Anime showcased some wonderful volumes from the Kodansha Complete Works of Osamu Tezuka – complete with typewritten synopses in English. Dave Merrill regularly goes where no blog has gone before. We’re not worthy, but go and wander the vast forests of arcane lore and sacred [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Normalising manga: now part of the mainstream
I’m going to Cambridge in October to speak at a conference on Women in Comics. It should be a really interesting day – the organisers have mixed academics, critics and writers with comic-makers, both male and female, and the range of topics sounds like fun: Trina Robbins on Nell Brinkley, Asia Alfasi on cultural dialogue and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Ocean Waves: UK Premiere for Ghibli TV feature
Optimum Releasing have announced that their August 2009 UK release of Ocean Waves will premiere at the Japanese Art Festival in Richmond, Surrey on 11-12 July 2009. Admission is free.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Ponyo trailer on Apple
The new Hayao Miyazaki movie trailer is available on Apple.com
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Manhua man
Chinese artist visiting London this weekend
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Honour where it’s due: Frederik L. Schodt
Frederik L. Schodt has done more than almost anyone else to make the world of Japanese comics accessible to non-Japanese speakers. This year, Japan has shown its appreciation with one of its highest honours.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pop culture or political football? Archiving manga and anime
Japan’s attitude to preserving its mass culture is changing, but not everybody thinks that’s it’s a good thing. With much of kamishibai’s historic art already destroyed, it seems some politicians are happy for manga to go the same way. But Japanese and foreign scholars think comics aren’t really so inconsequential, and are working to preserve and study them.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Sakuran: riot night in
Mika Ninagawa’s Sakuran is a naughty, joyous riot of a movie.
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