NY Comic Con 2011: The FORBIDDEN PLANET Reaction
Matt D. (your gregarious host) and Morgan Pielli (your intrepid cameraman and director) took a trip to this year’s New York Comic Con. The sights! The sounds! The…smells! It’s a sensory overload, and you just never know when inspiration will strike..!
STORE-WIDE SALE OCTOBER 14 – 16!
Take a break from the Con this weekend for some great deals at Forbidden Planet NYC! *Existing discounts or specials; e.g. Magic the Gathering Booster Packs, Student Discounts, Manga Deals; do not apply.
It’s a Sailor-bration!!
Join us for a special event to celebrate the new printing of the Sailor Moon manga and the first time ever printing of Code Name Sailor V via Kodansha comics with a trivia contest, presentation of the series’s history and impact, and a cosplay contest with prizing provided by Forbidden Planet, Kodansha USA and Funimation!
Epic Anime Beatdown
From time to time I travel to anime conventions. While they are fun for anyone who is into this sort of thing there are some things you have to watch out for. I don’t just mean pedobear or the possibility that if you are in cosplay you may be glomped to death. No. The thing [...]
Dark Horse Set To Bring The US Lastest CLAMP Manga!
Over the years Dark Horse has done a fantastic job of bringing American fans the best in manga and translated novels (like the Vampire Hunter D series, one of my very favorite series). It’s no secret that they’ve done more than bring us the latest volumes of what you could classify as heavyweight and/or classic [...]
Go to DMC!!!
Viz Media’s Detroit Metal City is like nothing you’ve seen before. I remember when the first volume came out. I knew nothing of the book, but as a Heavy Metal fan myself, I was instantly attracted to it. Now Volume 8 is hitting the shelves this Tuesday, and I’m salivating for it because I’ve become [...]
K-On! The Manga Review
Here it is. My first manga review. As the title probably gave away it’s for the first volume release of K-On. If you have no idea who or what K-On! is I highly suggest you use your powers of google. Ah hell, I’ll be convenient and even link you to the wiki article on the [...]
New from Sentai
Manga releases are finally coming in in waves instead of drips, and there’ s plenty interesting to read, but there’s also plenty to watch. Let’s dip into anime news this week since I rarely get to talk about DVDs (partially because, for a long time now, there hasn’t been much to talk about). January saw [...]
Harvey Award Nominations 2009
Nominations for The Harvey Awards for books released in 2009 have been announced, and are presented below. Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators – those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. They are the only industry awards [...]
New Videos at FP Transmissions
A handful of new videos have been recently added to FP Transmissions, Forbidden Planet NYC’s video page, covering a broad range of our wares. They’re worth a gander when you get the opportunity. SEE Lindsay Johnson discussing Manga in cat ears once again! MARVEL at the unabashed geekery of Josh Weisbrod and Ruben Miranda as [...]
DC Gives the Ax to CMX Manga Line
DC Comics’ foray into Manga publishing is no more. The CMX line has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet its maker. It’s a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If one hadn’t nailed it to the perch it”d be pushing up the daisies! Its metabolic processes are now history. [...]
Eisner Award Nominations 2010
This year’s Eisner Award nominations have been announced. Presented at a gala event during San Diego Comic-Con in July, the Awards are named after Will Eisner and are voted on by comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. For more information on the Awards and their history please visit Comic-Con’s Eisner Awards FAQs. (Note: links to [...]
Manga Transmission
FP Transmissions, now featuring Emma Larson and Lindsay Johnson, having lost they damn minds and talking Manga.
Live Action 20th Century Boys 2
Via press release: VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, will release the science fiction feature 20th CENTURY BOYS 2: THE LAST HOPE on DVD on February 16th in North America through its distributor, VIZ Media. 20th CENTURY BOYS will carry a MSRP of $24.92 US / [...]
Kai-Ming Cha’s Top Ten Manga of 2009
Well-respected manga blogger and FP buddy Kai-Ming Cha has posted her Top Ten Manga of 2009 list, along with some industry analysis, to Publishers Weekly. Comprised mostly of titles geared for an older readership (sorry, kids- no Naruto, nor free hugs here) it’s an eclectic brew. What made #1? Why, Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A DRIFTING LIFE [...]