In Japan? Want to work in the doujin world? Don’t mind long hours and no pay?...
So apparently a few people on that 2ch site are kind of angry at doujin circle Hachimitsu Kuma-san over a recent job posting on the circle’s site as well as on their mixi. In essence, they are looking...
View ArticleMelonbooks Point Card Changes
Very minor news since I have a bit of spare time: As of this Monday, doujin chain Melonbooks has changed from their old and busted paper + stamp point card to a much fancier solid plastic card with...
View ArticleA worthless link post
Saw these this week and thought they were interesting: Pulp’s guide to Manga Hell, some of which you might be familiar with if you listened to AWO enough. Also proves that Jason Thompson has read so...
View ArticleReitaisai 6 Penalties: Christmas Comes Late for Me, a Tale of Big Sight East 3
As many of you may know, Reitaisai moved from the West-4 hall at Tokyo Big Sight last year, where from all reports the event was crowded and ridiculous and chaotic beyond anyone’s imagination, to the...
View ArticleC77 Acquisitions (kind of): Manga Ronso Boppatsu Vol. 1
After some twitter back-and-forths, I’ve decided to try to do a few posts where I introduce some of the stuff I picked up last Comic Market (C77), mostly just to prove to people that you can spend over...
View ArticleTranslation: Toranoana 2009 doujin stats
Source: the 2ch thread “Touhou is wasting the limited resources of doujin authors” via 2channel matome makuri via kransom’s twitter. Toranoana – Number of doujin titles of major works added from 2009/1...
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Instant review: New Hori-ZUN 2, Fushigi no kuni no Marisa
In the name of trying to keep up that “cultural exchange” theme, I’ll introduce an appropriate member of one of our favorite literary genres, the Touhou doujinshi. New Hori-ZUN 2, 44p, by circle...
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Trip report: Comic Market 79 day 1
Steps to attending Comiket: 1. Go to Japan. 2. Take the train to Kokusaitenjijouseimon. The rest is obvious. There will be about 100,000 people ahead of you in line who all arrived at 5 AM, but don’t...
View ArticleC82 genre stats
Source: unknown (Comiket staff?) via Yaraon This time around the most interesting change is the new section for Tiger & Bunny, which was split out of “Anime (Sunrise)”, and starts out with an...
View ArticleComiket Special 5 info up
Mito city, 3/21/2010. Let’s reviving city with comic and good spirit! In other news, Kodansha needs to stop pricing light novels in the BOX line at 1600 yen if they expect their customers to buy their...
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