For the sake of my sanity and the fact it is almost one in the morning, I am not going to attempt to rewrite the following news stories at all. Normally I do, but I'd rather not have my brain explode. Apologies to all.
Viz Hints That "Kubo is Coming"
The North American publisher Viz Media has released an online banner that says "Kubo is coming" with a red, white, and blue color scheme reminiscent of the Bleach manga's logo. The company is also inviting people to sign up for the Shonen Jump mailing list in connection with the banner. Tite Kubo is the creator of Bleach manga in Shonen Jump. In the past, Viz Media has hosted fellow manga creators Matsuri Hino (Vampire Knight), Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha), Arina Tanemura (The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross), and Nobuhiro Watsuki (Rurouni Kenshin) at the Comic-Con International event in San Diego, California.
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Anime News Network
Spider-Man's Stan Lee Interviewed about Ultimo Manga
The Japan Times newspaper has published an interview with Spider-Man and X-Men co-creator Stan Lee about the world of manga and his Ultimo collaboration with Shaman King co-creator Hiroyuki Takei. The interviewer, Otaku USA magazine editor-in-chief Patrick Macias, talked with Stan Lee about Ultimo and other comic topics in a separate podcast he posted last month. Ultimo premiered in Japan in Shueisha's Jump SQ.II inaugural magazine issue on April 18, and Viz Entertainment plans to publish Ultimo in North America in a format that has yet to be decided.
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Anime News Network
For those of you wanting to know what ULTIMO is about, here's a manga link.
