Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week of September
Not a great week for sf/f/h films, but then again, not a great week for the movies overall (back to school probably had something to do with shrinking box-office revenues)...
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Tag Archives: Japan
Top Box Office Grossers: First Week of September
No movement at the top of the charts, but the recently released 9 worked its way into a respectable slot after a scant two days in the theatres...
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Top Box Office Grossers: Fifth Week of August
A very strong week for sf/f/h movies, with none falling out of the top 25, but two new opening at the top of the charts, and one climbing back up into the rankings...
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Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee follows messengers across a dark steampunk landscape
VIZ Media will publish Horoyuki Asada's Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee in North America. In the steampunk/action manga storyline, messenger risk their lives crossing a pitch-black wilderness infested with Gaichuu...
Read more [...] Author Gene Van Troyer Dies
Author, poet, and editor Gene Van Troyer (1950-2009) was born in the US, but lived in Japan, and was the driving force behind Speculative Japan...
Read more [...] Most Popular Articles: 24-30 May 2009, and for the month of May
The most popular SFScope articles during the past week, and during the month of May, were...
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Detroit Metal City combines death metal rock with real demons
Kiminori Wakasugi's Detroit Metal City follows a Japanese death metal band devouring souls...
Read more [...] Shojo Beat closing, being replaced by Ikki online
Viz Media is closing its three-year-old Shojo Beat magazine, while at the same time debuting a US web version of Ikki, which will serialize manga on the web for free...
Read more [...] A reivew of Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer tells us about several intelligences "waking up" to the world, finding their way as the thinking, sensing beings they weren't moments before. He tells a good story in an accessible style...
Read more [...] Most Popular Articles: 3-9 May 2009
The most popular SFScope articles during the last week...
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Sakura Matsuri—Japan comes to Brooklyn
Sakura Matsuri is the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's annual celebration of Japanese culture, both ancient and modern. It attracts hundreds of cosplayers, and thousands of fans, for a wonderful interactive experience amidst the cherry blossoms of spring...
Read more [...] Rumiko Takahashi’s new Rin-Ne to debut simultaneously in Japan and the US
Rumiko Takahashi—who created Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha—will see her new manga series, Rin-Ne, debut simultaneously in Japan and the US on 22 April...
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Naruto Shippuden Episode 101 to stream live in the US simultaneously with Japanese release
Naruto Shippuden, the newest chapter in the Naruto anime series, will release simultaneously in Japan and the US on 26 March. Streaming live for free on the web site...
Read more [...] VIZ Media launching Haikasoru to translate Japanese sf novels into English
Editor Nick Mamatas will head up VIZ's new imprint, Haikasoru, which will publish English-language translations of Japanese sf novels starting with...
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Actor Ken Ogata Dies
Japanese actor Ken Ogata (1937-2008) appeared in dozens of movies and television shows over 50 years. His few genre appearances...
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