Manga Before Flowers
Anime-Expo Day One (Part One)
- by Danielle Leigh
- Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 5:05 PM EST
First, thanks to Brian for helping me get press credentials! I missed a few panels today that were press & industry only but that’s my own fault for not thinking of this earlier. In the meantime, I did have a really great time checking things out and making my own schedule.
Since Gia at a Geek by any […]
Anime-Expo: Day 0
- by Danielle Leigh
- Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 AM EST
So my first time West of Des Moines, Iowa ever (oh shush, I grew up on the East coast) treats me to a bomb threat at the LAX airport. Fun!
This is going to be short and not very sweet but oh well. I feel the need to share my convention horror mildly inconveniencing stories. Also, my dinner […]
Manga Before Flowers — Convention Talk
- by Danielle Leigh
- Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 2:11 PM EST
A week from now from I leave for L.A. & the mother of all Anime convetions — Anime Expo.
This will be my third anime convention ever. The first was ACEN (Anime Central) a large-ish regional convention held in Chicago each May (attendance last year 12,000), and the second AnimeIowa (attendance last year 2,300), a much smaller regional con held in, […]
Manga Before Flowers — Previews, Previews, Previews!!
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 at 7:42 AM EST
Nothing gets me more excited about manga than working on my previews order — the excitement of anticipation (i.e. “Is that new title going to kick as much ass as I think it will?” or “How much more can NANA break my heart?”) is really what makes previews so much fun and occasionally nerve-wracking (”dear god, […]
Manga Before Flowers — Publisher & Fan Woes
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 PM EST
This is a quick news round-up of recent shake-ups in the world of manga publishing and my usual column will probably appear later this week….
Manga Before Flowers — Creator Rights & Fan Responsibility
- by Danielle Leigh
- Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 10:18 AM EST
Just wanted to update with a pointer to a very interesting post by David Welsh over at his blog Precocious Curmudgeon. He draws together two discussions occuring on the manga blog-o-sphere happening right now — the Tokyopop “Pact” & the issue of fan translations of anime & manga — in a very smart, and very significant, way here.
For the record, […]
Manga Before Flowers — News Flash: Corporations Suck!
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 at 2:52 PM EST
Okay, so the fact corporations suck is not surprising…but since I just spent this morning giving both fans and U.S. media corpations a fair shake, as it were, in my column, I’m feeling rather chagrined when I blog-hop this afternoon and find that Lea Hernandez is reporting on the latest (& truly hideous) Tokyopop contract with creators here. […]
Manga Before Flowers — Fanworks and How the Fan works
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 at 7:19 AM EST
This week I really wanted to discuss two anime series that started up this spring in Japan which I’ve been following week-to-week thanks to the efforts of two fansub groups who subtitle episodes of each series in English within days of their release in Japan. (My justification for discussing anime on a comic book blog was that both […]
Manga Before Flowers - A Boy’s Education
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 at 6:41 AM EST
So I’ve been thinking about how much I love shojo, how I’ll give almost any shojo title a chance no matter how ridiculous its concept, how amateur its art, or how shallow its emotional content may be. I may not like every shojo title I pick up (and will often rail against the stupidity of the dull-cookie-cutter-plots I may encounter) but […]
Manga Before Flowers — Comfort Reading
- by Danielle Leigh
- Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 8:36 AM EST
Right now I’m reading primarily for comfort as frequent headaches are keeping me from picking up anything too complex visually or intricately-plotted right now (headaches are also my excuse for late column this week, sorry folks!). Today I discuss the titles that are just plain enjoyable to read and fulfill the first order of the […]
Manga Before Flowers — Short Reviews
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 5:45 AM EST
Like the title says…short-(ish) reviews of the manga volumes that I found the most memorable and / or enjoyable from the recent stack. The following are my general impressions and reactions to these titles, although I do try to expand upon my initial take on new series since those reviews are always the most useful to the manga-buying crowd.
Finally, I want to note that I will be […]
Manga Before Flowers — NYCC08: Really? That was it?
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 6:50 AM EST
You know, I really thought I was going to get a column out of New York’s Comic Con. Somehow, even after all the licensing announcements have been made and new graphic novel initiatives revealed I’m feeling very, very uninspired.
Sure, I will want to pick the Haruhi manga and light novels (snatched up by Yen Press) […]
Manga Before Flowers — Review: With the Light, Vol 1 and 2
- by Danielle Leigh
- Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 8:02 AM EST
This seems like a good week to discuss Yen Press’ manga title, With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child by Keiko Tobe, as Comedy Central just held a benefit for Autism Education this past Sunday. While the Comedy Central benefit really emphasized the stars’ performance, they did show short educational clips between skits, musical numbers, and […]
Manga Before Flowers - Procrastination Poll!
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 6:08 AM EST
I’m delaying this week’s column a bit (I hope to get some manga reviews out later this week), but in the meantime, a little poll for my manga-readers out there.
Do you also read U.S. comics and if so what titles are you currently following?
I’m currently “following” (this might mean I’ve read the latest issue or […]
Manga Before Flowers — Ask not what the manga industry can do for you…
- by Danielle Leigh
- Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 at 10:23 AM EST
Well, usually I’m all for being a responsible fan but since today happens to be my birthday, and I also happen to be sick (still, sigh, so not cool on one’s birthday) I’m going to make unreasonable demands of the manga industry. Because the good folks here gave me a blog and by god I’m going to […]
