Posted on June 30, 2010. Filed under: anime, books, Consuming, films, history, Japan | Tags: Anime Encyclopedia, Goodbye Little Hippo, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Mamoru Kanbe, Minoru Kawasaki, Mysterious Koala Blinky, Noozles, Panda Go Panda, Shuichi Oshida, Tokyo Ueno Zoo, wartime elephants, Yasuo Maeda, Yutaka Ozawa, Zoo Without An Elephant |
Japan’s oldest female koala died on 27 June, aged 21 – or over 100 in human terms. Named Yoshi when she was born at Tokyo’s Tama Zoological Park, she was moved to Awaji Island in Hyogo prefecture at the age of 5, and spent the rest of her life at Awaji Farm Park England Hill. [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2009. Filed under: anime, appearances, books, events, writing | Tags: Anime Encyclopedia, Jonathan Clements, obsolecence of books, Smithsonian Institution, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga |
Are books obsolete? Not everyone thinks so, as I found out at the Smithsonian Institution’s Tezuka festival.
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Posted on August 31, 2009. Filed under: anime, Creating, designing, Japan, manga, writing | Tags: 500 Manga Heroes and Villains, Anime Encyclopedia, Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, contemporary art, Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation, Horse Hospital, Manga Cross Stitch, Mr X Stitch, Neil Gaiman, shitamachi, William Morris |
What does an author hope for from a review – apart from “go and buy it”, that is? Visibility, credibility and empathy.
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Posted on August 10, 2009. Filed under: anime, comics, Consuming, Japan, manga | Tags: Anime Encyclopedia, Barbara, Be-Boy magazine, Captain Tsubasa, Club Dorothee, Editions Asuka, Katsuhiro Otomo, manga, Marilyn Monroe, Nicole Kidman, Olive et Tom, Osamu Tezuka |
France is the land of romance – more so than ever, with the launch of a French edition of Be-Boy magazine.
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Posted on August 8, 2009. Filed under: anime, books, Creating, Japan, writing | Tags: Anime Encyclopedia, Anime on DVD, Emru Townsend, Frames Per Second, Paul Jacques, Public Lending Right |
I’ve just been sent a link to a mini-review of the second edition of The Anime Encyclopedia, which appeared in 2006. The review was posted two days ago – 6 August 2009. As far as an author is concerned it’s never too late to have a review, especially a positive one that says the first [...]
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