It’s time…for New York Times’s best selling manga of the week (ending July 10). Without further ado, check out our top 10 sellers. More »

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In an interview with the Studio Ghibli owned magazine, Neppuu, renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki discussed his distaste towards, well, just about everything tech related. His newest device to hate on is the iPad, or as he call it, the “game machine-like thing.” More »

The New York Times recently came out with their list of Top 10 Best Selling Manga of the week (ending June 26), check it out!

1. Naruto, Vol. 48 2. Vampire Knight, Vol. 10 More »

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From Ningin: Shonen Gangan’s July issue sold out, thanks to the ending of a great manga/anime series Fullmetal Alchemist. However, this issue sold out so quickly that many FMA fans couldn’t get their hands on it which prompted Square Enix (the publisher of Shonen Gangan) to republish the last chapter in their September issue, coming out on August 12. More »

From Ningin: Two movies that I’m looking forward to watching are GANTZ and Studio Ghibli’s The Borrowers. Fortunately for me, a new trailer was released for each of these movies that has raised my anticipation even further. More »

From Ningin: A 14-year-old boy from Nogoya, Japan has been arrested recently for uploading leaked manga volumes on to the popular video streaming site YouTube. Suspected of leaking One Piece, Naruto, Major and Gintama, the boy is reported to have uploaded the illegal content from December 2009 to February 2010. More »

A teaser has been released of the highly anticipated live action movie of the manga, Kimi Ni Todoke. More »

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From Ningin: If you’re a teenager in Japan and you haven’t heard of the hit anime and manga series, One Piece, then you must be living under a rock, in a cave, somewhere on a far away island! One Piece is currently one of the biggest crazes among Japanese youth, and it looks like Schick Japan is taking advantage of it. More »

From Ningin: Any Dragon Ball Z fans out there? Come on, I know there has to be some! Well, are you ready to relive the Dragon Ball Z experience all over again? Well, if you’re in the United States and get the Nicktoons channel, then you’re in luck! More »

From Ningin: KT Systems has announced that it will be opening what it says will be Japan’s first ever boys-love bar in the Tokyo Akihabara otaku shopping district. KT Systems has emphasized that MiracleJumP, as it will be called, will not be a gay bar. More »