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Kyō's Cocoon gets anime in summer 2025
(0 posts, 144 views) Posted: 9 months ago by residentgrigo in Cocoon (KYOU Machiko)
Cocoon (KYOU Machiko)
(0 posts, 144 views) Posted: 9 months ago by residentgrigo in Cocoon (KYOU Machiko)
Cocoon (KYOU Machiko)
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Akita Shoten announced on Tuesday that Machiko Kyō's Cocoon manga is inspiring an anime that will air on NHK in summer 2025. Hitomi Tateno, a veteran Studio Ghibli animator, is the animation producer, with the studio Sasayuri producing the anime...
Golden Kamuy anime announces "The Final Chapter"
(0 posts, 249 views) Posted: 9 months ago by residentgrigo in Golden Kamui
https://twitter.com/kamuy_anime/status/1673337569226964997
70.5 chapters + an epilogue remain to be adapted for all that care.
(0 posts, 249 views) Posted: 9 months ago by residentgrigo in Golden Kamui
https://twitter.com/kamuy_anime/status/1673337569226964997
70.5 chapters + an epilogue remain to be adapted for all that care.
New Poll - Planets
(10 posts, 1135 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Mars as I am a Sci-Fi fan but Jupiter is the best Sailor Scout.
Mars, Jupiter (Zeus) and Pluto are the most interesting gods. Jupiter wins here. He turned into a swan to rape a woman! Back when gods were interesting.
(10 posts, 1135 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Mars as I am a Sci-Fi fan but Jupiter is the best Sailor Scout.
Mars, Jupiter (Zeus) and Pluto are the most interesting gods. Jupiter wins here. He turned into a swan to rape a woman! Back when gods were interesting.
New Poll - Updating Time Period
(14 posts, 1294 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Same as the manga's original setting if this is an either-or as some stories full-on lose their cohesion if taken out of their original setting. Boogiepop and Others (Novel) and Banana Fish stopped making a lick of sense in their new (rush-job) anime due to "modernization...
(14 posts, 1294 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Same as the manga's original setting if this is an either-or as some stories full-on lose their cohesion if taken out of their original setting. Boogiepop and Others (Novel) and Banana Fish stopped making a lick of sense in their new (rush-job) anime due to "modernization...
The Anime Start/End Chapter Box is systematically losing info about older adaptations
(2 posts, 313 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Suggestions & Bugs
And the mass deletion for both older adaptations and season breakdowns began anew. Report through the User CP the moment you notice something or kiss the Anime Start/End Chapter box goodbye as I can´t and won´t fix this all. 1/3 of the anime listed in the OP was affecte...
(2 posts, 313 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Suggestions & Bugs
And the mass deletion for both older adaptations and season breakdowns began anew. Report through the User CP the moment you notice something or kiss the Anime Start/End Chapter box goodbye as I can´t and won´t fix this all. 1/3 of the anime listed in the OP was affecte...
New Poll - Geography
(16 posts, 1414 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Western Europe (Germany) but originally from Russia.
(16 posts, 1414 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Western Europe (Germany) but originally from Russia.
The Anime Start/End Chapter Box is systematically losing info about older adaptations
(2 posts, 313 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Suggestions & Bugs
I have to break the no double posting for a week rule as this is about a site function.
Old adaptation info, seasonal info and missing content/abridgment info were all equally in danger in the end. I simply noticed the missing older shows first before it became clear what...
(2 posts, 313 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Suggestions & Bugs
I have to break the no double posting for a week rule as this is about a site function.
Old adaptation info, seasonal info and missing content/abridgment info were all equally in danger in the end. I simply noticed the missing older shows first before it became clear what...
The Anime Start/End Chapter Box is systematically losing info about older adaptations
(2 posts, 313 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Suggestions & Bugs
The problem I bring up is a 2023 issue and I know for a fact that the box has a wider use even outside of the site as I saw my own edits being quoted in Reddit questions into how much which adaptation adapted and where original endings start. Spriggan was such a case when...
(2 posts, 313 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Suggestions & Bugs
The problem I bring up is a 2023 issue and I know for a fact that the box has a wider use even outside of the site as I saw my own edits being quoted in Reddit questions into how much which adaptation adapted and where original endings start. Spriggan was such a case when...
The Fable: The Second Contact Ends in 5 Chapters
(1 posts, 363 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in The Fable The second contact
The Fable The Second Contact
(1 posts, 363 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in The Fable The second contact
The Fable The Second Contact
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This year's 26th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine revealed on its cover on Monday that Katsuhisa Minami's The Fable: The Second Contact manga will end in five chapters, including the chapter in the 26th issue.
Minami launched the m...
Minami launched the m...
Gunka no Baltzar´s demographic
(0 posts, 202 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Gunka no Baltzar
Gunka no Baltzar changed publishers last year and moved from the Seinen Comic @ Bunch by Shinchosha to Bessatsu Shounen Magazine by Kodansha. The magazine AoT ran in. Dropping it "down" to Shounen seems to be only logical at this point as it´s an ongoing manga. The split...
(0 posts, 202 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Gunka no Baltzar
Gunka no Baltzar changed publishers last year and moved from the Seinen Comic @ Bunch by Shinchosha to Bessatsu Shounen Magazine by Kodansha. The magazine AoT ran in. Dropping it "down" to Shounen seems to be only logical at this point as it´s an ongoing manga. The split...
Evolving tastes
(14 posts, 1295 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Manga General
I wasn´t crazy about Jump as a teen in the early 00s. I had access to adult entertainment since childhood so the demographic that should have spoken to me most at the perfect age was already a 2nd runner to midnight anime and I immediately gravitated to Eva (a daytime sh...
(14 posts, 1295 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in Manga General
I wasn´t crazy about Jump as a teen in the early 00s. I had access to adult entertainment since childhood so the demographic that should have spoken to me most at the perfect age was already a 2nd runner to midnight anime and I immediately gravitated to Eva (a daytime sh...
New Poll - Conan
(16 posts, 1538 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Conan Edogawa will win as this is a site for weebs but Conan O'Brien is the king of the algorithm. Google trends don´t (fully) represent real life of course but the IP's ultimate niche status outside of Japan is why he could make this extended joke:
Conan Calls Out Detec...
(16 posts, 1538 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Conan Edogawa will win as this is a site for weebs but Conan O'Brien is the king of the algorithm. Google trends don´t (fully) represent real life of course but the IP's ultimate niche status outside of Japan is why he could make this extended joke:
Conan Calls Out Detec...
New Poll - Conan
(16 posts, 1538 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Arthur Conan Doyle but Future Boy Conan is the best entry on the list. Conan the Barbarian likely comes 2nd to mind. The Brian Wood comics for Dark Horse were good. Too bad about the author being a creep.
(16 posts, 1538 views) Posted: 10 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Arthur Conan Doyle but Future Boy Conan is the best entry on the list. Conan the Barbarian likely comes 2nd to mind. The Brian Wood comics for Dark Horse were good. Too bad about the author being a creep.
A Side Character's Love Story Gets Live-Action Film in 2024
(0 posts, 242 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Mobuko no Koi
Mobuko no Koi
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-18/a-side-character-love-story-manga-g...
(0 posts, 242 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Mobuko no Koi
Mobuko no Koi
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Akane Tamura's 16th A Side Character's Love Story (Mobuko no Koi) manga volume announced on Friday that the manga is inspiring a live-action film that will open in 2024.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-18/a-side-character-love-story-manga-g...
Medalist Olympic Ice-Skating Manga Gets TV Anime
(0 posts, 217 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Medarisuto
Medalist
(0 posts, 217 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Medarisuto
Medalist
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Kadokawa announced on Thursday that Tsurumaikada's Medalist Olympic ice-skating manga is getting a television anime. A new official website and Twitter account opened to unveil a visual and staff.
Yasutaka Yamamoto (Noblesse) is directing the anime at ENGI. J...
Yasutaka Yamamoto (Noblesse) is directing the anime at ENGI. J...
About 'demography' labelling rule on Manga Updates
(18 posts, 1120 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Manga General
The Seinen magazines (and some Shounen) that have gravure covers tend to be those that really go for men. A men´s magazine in the same way Playboy was but with comics. Basically what Heavy Metal Magazine did the 80s in America and Europe. Morning is again the perfect exa...
(18 posts, 1120 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Manga General
The Seinen magazines (and some Shounen) that have gravure covers tend to be those that really go for men. A men´s magazine in the same way Playboy was but with comics. Basically what Heavy Metal Magazine did the 80s in America and Europe. Morning is again the perfect exa...
About 'demography' labelling rule on Manga Updates
(18 posts, 1120 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Manga General
Magazines that carry manga with no demographic as Newtype exist and I remember Manga Erotics F simply targeting adults for example so this issue is way older. The site isn´t quite designed for manhua where gender divides can be found but the rest becomes a mess. No one i...
(18 posts, 1120 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Manga General
Magazines that carry manga with no demographic as Newtype exist and I remember Manga Erotics F simply targeting adults for example so this issue is way older. The site isn´t quite designed for manhua where gender divides can be found but the rest becomes a mess. No one i...
Is the "tragedy" genre appropriate for this manga?
(9 posts, 568 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Tetsuwan Atom
It´s all up to the admins now and "astro boy tragedy" gives zero results on Google. Yes, none. The Wayback Machine further shows that the manga never had the tag and the others I explain above (minus mech) as late as 2022. Funny how it is suddenly one after the site´s e...
(9 posts, 568 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Tetsuwan Atom
It´s all up to the admins now and "astro boy tragedy" gives zero results on Google. Yes, none. The Wayback Machine further shows that the manga never had the tag and the others I explain above (minus mech) as late as 2022. Funny how it is suddenly one after the site´s e...
Is the "tragedy" genre appropriate for this manga?
(9 posts, 568 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Tetsuwan Atom
Tezuka manga have begun to be drowned in genres fairly recently. What is that about? Having a broad look through his entries will lead to 2 or 3 hours I will never get back this week...
The punishment of being well-read. A psychological on New Treasure Island (1947), WTF?...
(9 posts, 568 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in Tetsuwan Atom
Tezuka manga have begun to be drowned in genres fairly recently. What is that about? Having a broad look through his entries will lead to 2 or 3 hours I will never get back this week...
The punishment of being well-read. A psychological on New Treasure Island (1947), WTF?...
New Poll - Unfinished Series
(19 posts, 1729 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Bad or boring plot. I won´t bother with a proper ongoing if only the art is good and I don´t mind if the art quality drops (fill-in artists became a plague in US comics) as long as I still know what I am looking at. HxH really pushed that and the "fixed" Chimera Ant arc...
(19 posts, 1729 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Bad or boring plot. I won´t bother with a proper ongoing if only the art is good and I don´t mind if the art quality drops (fill-in artists became a plague in US comics) as long as I still know what I am looking at. HxH really pushed that and the "fixed" Chimera Ant arc...
New Poll - Manga Quality
(18 posts, 1647 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in News
No difference at all. There is a bunch of total trash and follow-the-trend shovelware but that was always the case. The shitty trends of today will give away to the shitty trends of tomorrow and ESP and mechs being shoved into goddamn anything in the 80s and 90s wasn´t b...
(18 posts, 1647 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in News
No difference at all. There is a bunch of total trash and follow-the-trend shovelware but that was always the case. The shitty trends of today will give away to the shitty trends of tomorrow and ESP and mechs being shoved into goddamn anything in the 80s and 90s wasn´t b...
New Poll - Qualities of a Hero
(14 posts, 1338 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Conviction. I thought this through with multiple characters from multiple mediums and A man gotta have a code. No question about that. Even anti-heroes as the Punisher only work if they and the writers stick to their guns and don´t compromise. It´s why the current direc...
(14 posts, 1338 views) Posted: 11 months ago by residentgrigo in News
Conviction. I thought this through with multiple characters from multiple mediums and A man gotta have a code. No question about that. Even anti-heroes as the Punisher only work if they and the writers stick to their guns and don´t compromise. It´s why the current direc...
New Poll - Surgery
(23 posts, 1709 views) Posted: about 1 year ago by residentgrigo in News
I have a pro tip to get a week off work. I had my wisdom teeth removed in the military, at the very start of the week, so I could get the full week off with pay and no vacation days taken. They posed no danger whatsoever but I randomly found out about that policy and enjo...
(23 posts, 1709 views) Posted: about 1 year ago by residentgrigo in News
I have a pro tip to get a week off work. I had my wisdom teeth removed in the military, at the very start of the week, so I could get the full week off with pay and no vacation days taken. They posed no danger whatsoever but I randomly found out about that policy and enjo...
Anime-inspired teenage gangs that originated in Moscow plaguing streets of Ukraine’s cities, Kyiv says
(0 posts, 335 views) Posted: about 1 year ago by residentgrigo in Hunter Hunter
CNN´s report from last month: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/02/europe/anime-inspired-russian-gangs-ukraine-intl/index.html
A more complex breakdown: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/03/03/ryodan-anime-teens-kremlin-russia-ukraine/
This is about HxH, I am not trolling...
(0 posts, 335 views) Posted: about 1 year ago by residentgrigo in Hunter Hunter
CNN´s report from last month: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/02/europe/anime-inspired-russian-gangs-ukraine-intl/index.html
A more complex breakdown: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/03/03/ryodan-anime-teens-kremlin-russia-ukraine/
This is about HxH, I am not trolling...
New Poll - Surgery
(23 posts, 1709 views) Posted: about 1 year ago by residentgrigo in News
Minor surgery at, I think, 15. It's not a tumor.meme. Except it was.
(23 posts, 1709 views) Posted: about 1 year ago by residentgrigo in News
Minor surgery at, I think, 15. It's not a tumor.meme. Except it was.
