Anime NYC and Japan Society have joined forces to to launch the American Manga Awards, the first-ever award program dedicated to honoring manga creators, stories, and the publishing professionals who bring them to readers in US & Canada.
The award ceremony will take place on Aug 22, 2024, at Japan Society’s Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium in Midtown Manhattan, the night before Anime NYC kicks off.
The invitation-only event will be hosted by author and translator Matt Alt and will recognize achievements in eight categories:
Mangaka Hall of Fame Manga Publishing Hall of Fame Best New Manga Best Continuing Manga Series Best New Edition of Classic Manga Best Translation Best Lettering Best Publication Design
To be eligible for submission, manga must be published in English (print or ebook) between Aug 1, 2023, and July 30, 2024.
Other submission guidelines include:
Best New Manga must have first volume published (print or digital) within these eligibility dates Best Continuing...
The award ceremony will take place on Aug 22, 2024, at Japan Society’s Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium in Midtown Manhattan, the night before Anime NYC kicks off.
The invitation-only event will be hosted by author and translator Matt Alt and will recognize achievements in eight categories:
Mangaka Hall of Fame Manga Publishing Hall of Fame Best New Manga Best Continuing Manga Series Best New Edition of Classic Manga Best Translation Best Lettering Best Publication Design
To be eligible for submission, manga must be published in English (print or ebook) between Aug 1, 2023, and July 30, 2024.
Other submission guidelines include:
Best New Manga must have first volume published (print or digital) within these eligibility dates Best Continuing...
- 6/4/2024
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
Manga creators, stories and publishing professionals will be formally honored this August in the inaugural American Manga Awards . The collaboration between Anime NYC creators and organizers LeftField Media and the non-profit Japan Society organization will be held on Thursday, August 22, 2024, just prior to the start of Anime NYC. Author and translator Matt Alt ( Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World ) will host the ceremony and reception, honoring professionals in the industry, including the likes of Frederik L. Schodt. As for the categories, here are the eight areas of manga in the spotlight: Mangaka Hall of Fame Manga Publishing Hall of Fame Best New Manga Best Continuing Manga Series Best New Edition of Classic Manga Best Translation Best Lettering Best Publication Design Related: New Manga to Read for Pride Month 2024 The American Manga Awards committee will be in charge of selecting entrants to the Mangaka Hall of Fame and...
- 6/3/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
Let’s raise a toast to the inventor of karaoke, the late great Japanese engineer Shigeichi Negishi. He devised the first karaoke machine in 1967, the “Sparko Box.” This invention changed the soundtrack of our lives forever. Negishi’s death was announced this week, at the age of 100, which means a century of making the world a louder, more tone-deaf place. His legacy is that all of us who are terrible singers can live out our tawdriest pop-star dreams for a few minutes of karaoke glory. We owe him so much.
- 3/16/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Shigeichi Negishi, the Japanese engineer who gifted the world one of its greatest inventions — the karaoke machine — has died, The Wall Street Journal reports. He was 100.
While Negishi’s death is just being reported now, he died of natural causes on Jan. 26 after a fall. His daughter, Atsumi Takano, confirmed his death.
Negishi’s pioneering karaoke machine, dubbed the “Sparko Box,” was first prototyped and released in 1967. The engineer loved to sing, and the idea for the machine came one morning at his electronics company in Tokyo after an employee...
While Negishi’s death is just being reported now, he died of natural causes on Jan. 26 after a fall. His daughter, Atsumi Takano, confirmed his death.
Negishi’s pioneering karaoke machine, dubbed the “Sparko Box,” was first prototyped and released in 1967. The engineer loved to sing, and the idea for the machine came one morning at his electronics company in Tokyo after an employee...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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- 5/2/2023
- MUBI
The Yokai Monsters Collection will be available on Bu-ray October 19th from Arrow Video
From the makers of Daimajin comes a trilogy of terror ripped from the pages of Japanese folklore, with ghosts and monsters from ancient myths and legends brought to life through stunning special effects, alongside an epic, big-budget reboot of the series from a modern-day master of the macabre, now available together on Blu-ray for the first time.</p
In the first film in the trilogy, 100 Monsters, a greedy slumlord’s attempts to forcefully evict his tenants invite the wrath of the titular spirits when a cleansing ritual is botched, with terrifying results. The second film, Spook Warfare, tells the tale of an evil Babylonian vampire inadvertently awoken by treasure hunters, and a brave samurai that teams with the yokai to defeat the bloodthirsty demon. In the final film, Along with Ghosts (released only 12 months after 100 Monsters...
From the makers of Daimajin comes a trilogy of terror ripped from the pages of Japanese folklore, with ghosts and monsters from ancient myths and legends brought to life through stunning special effects, alongside an epic, big-budget reboot of the series from a modern-day master of the macabre, now available together on Blu-ray for the first time.</p
In the first film in the trilogy, 100 Monsters, a greedy slumlord’s attempts to forcefully evict his tenants invite the wrath of the titular spirits when a cleansing ritual is botched, with terrifying results. The second film, Spook Warfare, tells the tale of an evil Babylonian vampire inadvertently awoken by treasure hunters, and a brave samurai that teams with the yokai to defeat the bloodthirsty demon. In the final film, Along with Ghosts (released only 12 months after 100 Monsters...
- 10/5/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Salor Suit and Machine Gun
A perky high-schooler takes on the mob in “Sailor Suit and Machine Gun”, a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that riffs on the yakuza film, coming-of-age drama and ‘idol movie’, inventively adapted from Jiro Akagawa’s popular novel by director Shinji Somai, a massively influential figure in Japanese cinema whose work has been little seen outside his homeland.
Hoshi Izumi is a young innocent forced to grow up quickly when her father dies and she finds herself next in line as the boss of a moribund yakuza clan. Wrenched from the security of her classroom and thrust into the heart of the criminal underworld, she must come to terms with the fact that her actions hold the key to the life or death of the men under her command as they come under fire from rival gangs.
Presented in both its Original Theatrical and longer Complete versions, and...
A perky high-schooler takes on the mob in “Sailor Suit and Machine Gun”, a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that riffs on the yakuza film, coming-of-age drama and ‘idol movie’, inventively adapted from Jiro Akagawa’s popular novel by director Shinji Somai, a massively influential figure in Japanese cinema whose work has been little seen outside his homeland.
Hoshi Izumi is a young innocent forced to grow up quickly when her father dies and she finds herself next in line as the boss of a moribund yakuza clan. Wrenched from the security of her classroom and thrust into the heart of the criminal underworld, she must come to terms with the fact that her actions hold the key to the life or death of the men under her command as they come under fire from rival gangs.
Presented in both its Original Theatrical and longer Complete versions, and...
- 8/29/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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