How Manga Took Over the World is an Exhibition currently underway at Urbis "The City Centre" in Manchester, UK.

Running from 13 March - 27 Sept 2008, The exhibition explores Manga’s influence in shaping contemporary culture, with something for everyone, from kids to adults.

After visiting the SupaNova expo the other weekend, I made one very clear judgement. I don't have much Anime or Manga in my life. I bought the latest edition of Total Anime issue 3 (The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Animation) today and with it came the urge to pick up a ninja sword. Yes, so it's not the freshest mag on the shelf, but Damn, it's a good one.

The Total Anime magazine is a bi-annually produced magazine, from Australia, by Derwent Howard publishing, and it's jam packed with quality content, and tonnes of pics. In the spotlight is Death Note (the immensely popular dark anime cult film), Afro Samurai (starring Samuel Jackson) among others.