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Anime Tenchou OVA?

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Is it finally time for a solo adventure of the most hot-blooded store clerk in Akihabara? Not quite. Various people report that the new Lucky Star OVA, slated for release this summer, will focus on the rivalry between…

a geek by any other name » Blog Archive » Yaoi House, Underground Headed For The Boy-Harem In The Sky?

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Western BL took another hit today: the small-press publisher of BL books, Yaoi House, and its sister site, Yaoi Underground (which sells e-chapters of the owner’s fiction), are reportedly both up in the air after…

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a geek by any other name » Blog Archive » Sakura08: TOKYOPOP LiveBlog

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Aaaalrighty, it’s about time for TOKYOPOP to start. I see Lillian Diaz-Przybyl here, and a few other familiar faces who I’m sure I’ll put names to as soon as they introduce themselves. I just heard her mention…

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a geek by any other name » Blog Archive » NYCC08: License/Announcement Roundup

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My favorite thing I bought at the con: a Gurren Lagann jacket. (My favorite free swag? Tie between Del Rey’s Fairy Tail slap bracelet and Vertical’s Blackjack syringe/pen.)
Okay folks, here it is– all of the new…

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a geek by any other name » Blog Archive » Quickie: Crappy DBZ Movie Gets Sequel?

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TokyoGraph reports that the live-action Dragon Ball flick, which has been pushed back from summer ‘08 to spring ‘09, is going to get a sequel. Never mind that it looks like the biggest train wreck film in recent…

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a geek by any other name » Blog Archive » Forget Iraq’s Poke-Fans…Check Out Chile’s

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Sex, drugs, and Pokemon? It’s more likely than you think! Newsweek reports on a group of teens called “Pokemones,” who have drugs and orgies (called “ponceo”) and “[draw] inspiration from Japanese anime…

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