Manga Library

The new Tokyo International Manga Library, which will house two million + manga, anime, games and related media (think cels, character goods, figures, dojinshi), is scheduled to open in 2014 at the Surugadai campus of Meiji University. The building planned to house the collection will be 5 stories and 8, 500 square meters (think 2+ acres).

Meanwhile, Kyoto has had Kyoto International Manga Museum since 2006. With 500 yen (think $5.50) you can buy a day pass to the museum, where you can read all the manga you want from its collection.

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NEW MANGA, NEW ANIME

New. More ordered. Coming in All the Time.
Stop by the library and check some out.

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Publish Post

NY Anime Festival

It's heeeeeere. Starting tomorrow. The Last NY Anime Festival... Kidding. Next year, the PTB are combining the Comicon and Animefest to better "monetize" the events. Whatever. It means NYCC + NYAF = total takeover of the Javits Center from October 8-10, 2010. And hey, pre-combo the NYCC was the 2nd largest pop cult event in America and the 2nd largest event in NYC. Bwhahahah.
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Emily the Strange, Pikachu Origami. And More.

Cut. Fold. Repeat.
Origami Manga/Anime Style at Club Manga tomorrow night.
That's Thursday. 5:00 -6:30 pm.
Westhampton Presbyterian Church.

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Diz Biz

Okay. Disney XD, which is Disney's cable station primarily geared toward showing children's animated TV series, has acquired Naruto Shippuden. Bowderlization ahead?

Hmmm. "Believe it" ?

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VIZ manga online

Go here to read online manga (including the new Rin Ne by Takasha Rumiko and Arata by Watase Yuu) being released (for the first time ever! Yay!)simultaneously with the Japanese releases. The manga will be released in book format in the U.S. under VIZ Media's new Shonen Sunday imprint starting with Rin Ne in October.

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Inuyasha Again

Rumors and reports have it that the Inuyasha anime series will resume this fall in October with Inuyasha: Kanketsuhen (Inuyasha: The Final Chapters) on Japan’s YTV.

The Inuyasha manga ended with Volume #56 last June but the 167 episodes of the anime only covered the manga through Volume #36. That works out to approximately 4.6 anime episodes per book. With 20 books remaining, that means how many episodes ahead?

Reports also say the original voice cast is returning.

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