Saturday March 08, 2008

ANIME TODAY Talks Manga With TOKYOPOP’s Stu Levy

Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Stu Levy – the president, C.E.O. and Chief Creative Officer of TOKYOPOP – to episode 61 of ANIME TODAY.

In this new interview, Levy discusses how he was introduced to Japanese pop culture, the challenges of pioneering the right-to-left manga format in North America, the effects of a saturated manga market, how TOKYOPOP differentiates itself from other publishers, social networking, his company’s film and television projects, his personal favorite titles and what TOKYOPOP has in store for 2008.

Also in Episode 60:

• Chad tells listeners "What's Hot" in the world of anime and manga.
• Shawne reminds fans about the “Bebop ‘n’ Bargains” on titles from Bandai Entertainment.
• Rich and Nick announce the winners of the contest for a New York Anime Festival souvenir package and unveil a new contest for Dragon Ball Z video games on several game platforms.
• Marie checks out Mine Yoshizaki’s Sgt. Frog manga.
• Judy-sensei talks about “coming and going” in a new Japanese 101 lesson.
• Judy-sensei gets sentimental in the newest Japanese 101 lesson.
• Listen to musical clips from the recent JapanFiles.com release, Greetings from Tokyo by Ketchup Mania.
• And finally, ANIME TODAY highlights some of the newest fan reviews from RightStuf.com visitors.

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