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ADD Theater: June 2006
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I obsess over comics. Friday, June 30, 2006. An old fashioned action comic preview. I wonder how old fashioned floppies will fare, as TPBs are so popular, but since this particular comic is good old fashioned fun, I don't think it'll have much trouble, especially as it is targeted for readers over 18. Posted by s.r. westwood at 4:23 PM. Thursday, June 29, 2006. Ok, I was reading Mangablog as I always do, and I was like wtf? Tokyopop is sponsoring a summer reading program. Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Posted...
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Prison Yaoi! | Yaoi Press
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Of course you know that Everythingyaoi.com lets you earn a free gift with every order. Did you know we started a new system where you can pick what reward you want? Earn as little as 10 reward points on your order and you can choose from DOZENS of different prizes! What ever you pick will be added to your order FREE! Tokyopop put a digital version of Hetalia the manga volume 1 for purchase on Zinio.com. Black Butler mangaka Yana Toboso decries illegal downloads of her work as reported by ANN. Yaoi Press ...
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Glossary | Bento Physics
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Irresponsible pictures, reviewed responsibly. This page will be updated in accordance with new posts. 8211; Literally means “beautiful youth”. It’s mostly a term used for beautiful men, especially those whose looks border on androgynous or outright effeminate. Wikipedia entry on Bishounen. 8211; a short entry, but covers the origin and use of the term. WIRED article: Cute Inc. The Age article: Japan Smitten by Love of Cute. 8211; Japanese comics. Unlike their western counterpart, they are printed in ...
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The Secret Ingredient: Cultural Repackaging X! | Bento Physics
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Irresponsible pictures, reviewed responsibly. The Secret Ingredient: Cultural Repackaging X! June 26, 2006. Posted by Samurai Tusok in Anime. Naughty Ninja just discovered a very bizarre magical bishoujo revisioning of the Powerpuff Girls. Which suffice to say is the strangest cultural feedback loop I’ve seen. It defies Understanding, and by that I mean, trying to comprehend it in some form other than a mindwank academic fuckpiece piled with CTheory-type textual hypnotics. 8211; Fans claim the new anime ...
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Text Hickeys | Bento Physics
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Irresponsible pictures, reviewed responsibly. June 26, 2006. Posted by Naughty Ninja in Links. Mark McLelland attempts to phenomenologically understand the genre in Why Are Japanese Girls Comics Full of Boys Bonking. These stories about men bonking created by and for women do not trivialise gay life. Because they are not about gay men. In womens yaoi fiction, homosexual love has been naturalised. By Wim Lunsing is a more recent one thats a heavier but rewarding read:. In 1992, Satō Masaki, a gay activist...
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Feminism in Shoujo Manga: NANA by Ai Yazawa | Bento Physics
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Irresponsible pictures, reviewed responsibly. Feminism in Shoujo Manga: NANA by Ai Yazawa. July 18, 2006. Posted by Naughty Ninja in Feminism. Previously Feminism in Shoujo Manga: Introduction. This article is the first installment of a series exploring feminism in manga marketed under the shoujo genre outside of Japan. With this series, I endeavor to find a way to do so. The immensely popular shoujo manga sensation known as NANA. Recently hit shores outside of Japan, and starts out strong for its first ...
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Weekly Linkage: J-Rock Deconstructed, Fantasy Matters and Portable Culture | Bento Physics
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Irresponsible pictures, reviewed responsibly. Weekly Linkage: J-Rock Deconstructed, Fantasy Matters and Portable Culture. July 17, 2006. Posted by Samurai Tusok in Links. All the while, I continue to maintain my useless standing in society as a perpetual student, but that’s okay, because earning money is what girls are for. See how feminist we are like that? Ix of Yuri to Boushi to Hori no Tabibito deconstructs a track from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. And these aren’t your regular run down British...
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Weekly Linkage: Where I Cheat With A Non-Link | Bento Physics
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Irresponsible pictures, reviewed responsibly. Weekly Linkage: Where I Cheat With A Non-Link. July 27, 2006. Posted by Samurai Tusok in Links. A purported ‘rock star’ of alternative comics who has never shied away from congratulating himself, but makes some interesting observations from his experiences as a gaijin manga-ka at Kodansha. 8230;the best manga is. Character-driven. Take, for example, Lone Wolf And Cub. That’s what they wanted to see. They wanted to see these characters. I will say that one thi...
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Gunslinger Girl: Social Welfare Agency, I Really Like My Life Here. | Bento Physics
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Irresponsible pictures, reviewed responsibly. Gunslinger Girl: Social Welfare Agency, I Really Like My Life Here. July 2, 2006. Posted by Samurai Tusok in Anime. I was initially oblivious to the marketing appeal of Gunslinger Girl. An anime which features a prepubescent girl solemnly holding up a SIG-Sauer P239 as its primary promotional image. Yes, I am the special kind of numbskull who fails to notice the combination of submachine guns and forlorn innocence as a calculated attempt at moé appeal. Eschew...
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Weekly Linkage: Learning Language, Episode Counts and the Anglophonic Fandom | Bento Physics
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Irresponsible pictures, reviewed responsibly. Weekly Linkage: Learning Language, Episode Counts and the Anglophonic Fandom. July 4, 2006. Posted by Samurai Tusok in Links. Professional manga enthusiast and J-pop academician recently wrote at Japan Times Online about manga as a learning aid for the Japanese language. And makes some very informative distinctions about the varying differences between how different manga-types use the language differently:. Seth Johnson of Gnostic Lone Wolf Poetry. Here are ...