Entries in the ‘Manga’ Category:

Powet Alphabet: K is for Kinnikuman

One of my favorite toy lines as a kid was M.U.S.C.L.E., which stood for Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere! Unfortunately, there was little to no story given to these bizarre two inch figures. One must look to its Japanese origins from the series Kinnikuman (literally ‘muscle man’) to really understand what M.U.S.C.L.E. was [...]

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S is for Sailor Moon

Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.
Sailor Moon is not a building block of what makes me a geek. It’s the whole building, and whatever else makes me a geek is maybe a broom closet in that building. [...]

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The Dirge of Scans_Daily

So this is going to be a little late to the table in terms of what’s already been discussed amongst online comic bloggers and enthusiasts, but everyone can always use another point-of-view, right?
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with online community known as Scans_Daily, it was a Livejournal-based grouping of comic fans who [...]

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Feature: Life Lessons Learned from Anime

Last weekend, many poweteers attended the ever exciting Anime Boston convention. (and subsequently became engrossed in the massive line waits for registration and pre-registration alike, but that’s neither here nor there) After the convention having come and gone, to keep my little brain from going into withdrawal after being thrown back into the mediocrity that [...]

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Lost Classics: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (Arcade, Playstation, Dreamcast)

Although it’s all but unknown over here, Hirohiko Araki’s manga Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has enjoyed a sizable following in its native Japan. A bizarre mash up of vampires, martial artists, fortune tellers, superheroes, and gangsters, Jojo is a story about the trials and tribulations of the Joestar family. A major focus of the [...]

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Music & Manga Come Toegther

It would appear that there’s more to reveal at the San Diego Comic-Con than just neat toys and teasers for comics. TokyoPop, which is the #1 publisher of manga and graphic novels in the US and the and the largest supplier in the world, has seen fit to team up with in a marketing partnership [...]

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Cutie Honey Movie Review

A very sexy review of the Cutie Honey movie and DVD.

Purchase either just the movie or the super lunch box set
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A Sailor Moon Game for the Wii

Not letting the fact that the show’s been off the air for over 10 years stop it Sailor Moon seems to have a game planned for release on the Wii. Asian import store YesAsia has this product description up for a Sailor Moon game published by Namco set to be released in December [...]

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