"100 Foreign Anime & Manga Questions" is an ongoing series from AnimeAnime where Japanese fans ask questions about the foreign Anime and Manga scene. One of the recent questions deals with the quality of translation of English fansubs.

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Malaysian Star takes a look at how digital manga are becoming more and more popular, and asks the question "do we still need paper comics?"

Over the last few years, the market for manga in Brazil has grown. There is now a much larger number of Japanese cartoons available at newsstands and bookshops for all tastes and in all formats.

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The Yomiuri Shinbun has an article examining the growing popularity in Japan of reprinting classic manga from earlier eras, catering to older, original fans and people interested in the historical significance of earlier titles.

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The Mandana Tsushin (Manga Bookshelf Transmissions) Blog ponders what the Japanese manga scene would look like if full-color comics were the norm, much like in American and European comics.

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A protest and request from the Japanese Anti-Smoking Association:
We hope that all smoking scenes from the manga and anime "NANA" will be removed by June 30, 2006.

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The otaku culture is becoming increasingly popular in France. Over 60,000 people are expected to attend this year's Japan Expo held in Paris from 7/7 to 7/9. Manga artists such as Morishige, Aki Shimizu, Hideki Owada, Kenjiro Katatsu, and Mamiya Takizaki, as well as animator Kizuhide Tomonaga, are will be attending the expo.

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Livedoor News has an article commenting on a recent phenomenon in Japan, and perhaps a true testament to the era of information overload we live in: kids who don't know how to read manga.

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Toei Animation and Gentosha recently announced "Ga-nime" (art anime), a new form of media that will display static art/drawings one by one, accompanied by music and speech. The first "Ga-nime" DVD will be released on August 1st, 9 other Ga-nime series will soon follow, each costing 3,129 yen.

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The blog Living on Digital Gadgets has an interesting analysis on the sales strategies of online and brick-and-mortar bookstores, and ways in which online bookstores could learn from the physical stores to better stimulate impulsive purchases. (All costs have been roughly converted to dollars at a rate of 100 yen = $1)

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Apparently the author of the blog noticed us linking to/quoting his site, and was kind enough to post an entry giving us a shout-out.

「デジ埋」 管理人様、ご紹介有難うございました!

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