Posts tagged with "anime"
Manga Monday: Sakura-Con Report—Part 2!
May 19, 2014
Last month, we shared some pics from Sakura-Con 2014 of those dressed as characters from books published by Dark Horse—thanks once again to all the cosplayers! But maybe at a future con we'll be asking even more people to pose, because another thing we did at Sakura-Con was announce some of the new manga titles we'll be publishing over the next year! Let's recap our announcements... Read More...
Manga Mondays: Looking Ahead to 2014!
Dec. 30, 2013
It's the New Year and it's time to plan and reflect, so, like that two-faced Janus (the clue's in the name, Sherlock) let's look both forward and back. Read More...
Manga Mondays: 2013 Cosplay Album Part 3
Dec. 23, 2013
If you went to Kumoricon, you know that the dealer's room may be a place to sell stuff, but it'll never sell out. I'm not talking about how many booths there are, but the uncompromising feel of the place; hard, like concrete. Read More...
Manga Mondays: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Dec. 16, 2013
Moeeeeee—that's a common reaction to Rei Ayanami as depicted on the cover of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project vol. 13, out in stores this week. Read More...
Manga Mondays: Vampire Hunter D
Dec. 9, 2013
So who is this vampire hunter known only by a single initial, and how in the world are there twenty volumes (and yet more to come) detailing his exploits? Read More...
Manga Mondays: CBLDF Presents - MANGA!
Dec. 2, 2013
One of the ways Dark Horse is observing our 25th anniversary of publishing manga is with a book that’s out in stores this week: CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices. Read More...
Manga Mondays: 2013 Cosplay Album Part 2: Anime Expo!
Nov. 25, 2013
I admire Anime Expo; I more than just like it. It has great fan roots: its immediate ancestor, the one-shot AnimeCon ’91, was put together by a coalition including GAINAX (yes, that GAINAX—yes, they helped organize a con for American otaku), the late Toren Smith (whose Studio Proteus was responsible for many of the classic manga published through Dark Horse), and John McLaughlin of BayCon (with whom Toren had worked to create a legendary, film festival-like anime program at BayCon ’86). Read More...
Manga Mondays: Berserk + Oldboy + Oh My Goddess!
Nov. 18, 2013
There’s little doubt that Kentaro Miura’s Berserk is among the most gut-wrenching, blood-drenched, mind-scrambling fantasy/horror sagas ever imagined. Read More...
Manga Mondays: Lone Wolf and Cub + Berserk, Trigun & Hellsing!
Nov. 11, 2013
Great news! Lone Wolf and Cub creator Kazuo Koike announced at New York Comic Con that he plans to write more Lone Wolf and Cub stories, furthering the original saga’s sequel, New Lone Wolf and Cub (Shin Kozure Okami), which starts its North American publication at Dark Horse this June. Read More...