Anime in LA.

We'll know when anime has truly gone mainstream when we no longer see stories in the papers on how it's going mainstream. This week's Anime Expo is reason enough for Charles Solomon to whip out the boilerplate once again for the Los Angeles Times and plug in the new numbers and quotes. And why the hell not. The show will be huge this year.

You probably don't need me to tell you Bamboo Dong got another column up today at Anime News Network. Like any good host, Dong opens with an anecdote again and then reviews and ranks the new releases. Two are "Shelf Worthy": NieA_7 and Adventures of the Mini Goddesses. Five rental recs follow, and hey, a good week: No perishables. Maybe there was simply no time to waste on them; Bamboo is off to Anaheim as well.

ICv2 reports that Bandai will be releasing the last in the Love Hina series this September.

This next story, via Anime News Service, is only marginally related to anime, but I just love it. Instead of buying magazines, some Japanese are using their cell phones to photograph them. Publishers are up in arms and have launched a campaign to halt this "digital shoplifting."

Three online viewing tips, all previews for anime movies, and all via Natsume Maya: Chikyu ga Ugoiita Hi (The Day the Earth Moved), 5-tou ni Naritai (I Want to Become a 5th Grader) and Nasu - Andulusia no Natsu (Eggplant - Andulusian Summer).



Posted by dwhudson at July 1, 2003 8:10 AM