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Protaku is a blog dedicated to covering Anime and Manga from Japan. Protaku has commentary about various series and movies, and insights on the Anime industry.
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iaTV and TokyoPop team up
TokyoPop is teaming up with iaTV, the Only 24/7 Network in the U.S. for Asian Pop Culture, for broadcast of its properties and some advertising opportunities. From the press release: Programming acquired by iaTV from TOKYOPOP includes two popular J...
News: Anime Expo up 5%, Tokyopop cancels stuff, ADV corrects
I’ve been kind of busy with various tasks, so here’s some random linkage to keep y’all occupied. ICV2 reports official numbers for Anime Expo 2008 attendance: “An attendance of 43,000 attendees was announced, up from 41,000 la...
TokyoPop’s Bizenghast iManga
Back when TokyoPop announced their restructuring and layoffs, they mentioned that their new direction would include more focus on their digital distribution channels. One of those channels is what they call iManga. I actually hadn’t even heard...
Viz owners expand their licensing plans
There’s news from Publisher’s Weekly, and it’s kind of flown under the radar in most of the manga blogosphere. Shueisha and Shogakukan—the two Japanese publishers that own the American-based manga publisher Viz Media—have enter...
