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	Manga cafe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A manga café or a manga kissa (まんがきっさ）is a kind of café in Japan, where people can read manga.
		Recently, there have been complaints from manga companies that say manga cafés are unfair.
		No royalties are generally paid, and a single manga or graphic novel can be read by as many as 100 people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manga_cafe (227 words)

	International JFL Cafe. Japanese culture manga. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Manga as people know it as of 2004 only really came into being after World War II when the government bans on any non-propaganda was lifted and many publishers sprang up.
		Like its American counterpart, manga has been criticized for being violent and sexual; however, there have been no official inquiries or laws that have tried to limit what can be drawn in manga, except for fuzzy decency laws that apply to all published materials, stating that "overly indecent materials should not be sold".
		Manga are primarily classified by the age and gender of the target audience.
	www.internationaleflcafe.com /japanese-culture-manga.htm (1202 words)

	[Manga] Cafe Kichijyouji De Review
		Cafe Kichijyouji, based on a radio show and drama CD series, is not a standard serial story but instead relies on short, amusing stories involving all sorts of weirdness and fun.
		These five boys get into all sorts of strange yet charming situations from preparing the cafe for an interviewer to reserving a spot under the sakura trees to hang out that always resolve rather happily, and usually with a little quirk.
		Each story is simple to understand, unlike many other "short story" mangas where it focuses on philosophical topics, and while some stories are pretty bland compared to others, they all bring a happy little glow to the heart and a smile to the face.
	www.x111.com /anime/review.php?ID=2373 (940 words)

	The Animé Café - Café Espresso
		Also, manga rather than being differentiated by genre, is usually classified according to the different target readers.
		This is because most manga is first printed in a large telephone book sized pulp publication; each of which is aimed towards a specific readership.
		If however, a reader is only interested in one of the titles in the manga and has no intention of reading the other titles, then it's usually best to go to the tankoubon form of the manga.
	www.abcb.com /misc/guide_02.htm (1437 words)

	Focus Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		But the ‘manga cafes’ charge less than four US dollars for an hour of time or about as much as you’d pay for a single cup of coffee.
		Manga cafes are expanding at a time most other businesses in Japan are shrinking.
		But he admits the industry would be lost without ‘manga’ – the serialized picture stories which have snared fans around the world.
	focusasia.startv.com /indepth.cfm?CLIP_DATE=20040516&CLIP_NO=3 (1184 words)

	In Japan, women hit geek hangouts, too
		A female company employee, 24, who went to the manga cafe after dance school, said she wanted to work out at its gym for Thai-style stretching.
		According to the cafe association, the number of manga cafes has surged, growing from about 300 nationwide in 1999 to 2,500 last year.
		In October, a man who stayed in a multipurpose cafe in Kawasaki was found to have infected 13 employees with tuberculosis.
	www.statesman.com /business/content/business/stories/other/01/2geekcafe.html (507 words)

	S-Cafe 1997- 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/6603/
		The most frequently asked question is that there really is no difference between anime and manga, but from experience there is a huge difference between sites which specifies manga as opposed to anime.
		For one thing, manga sites tends to be more in depth about the actual manga, and I guess I'm highly biased in saying that anime web sites tends to be a paragraph about their favorite anime (most of it copied from somewhere else) and not much else.
		Another manga ring, though this one is specifically for manga translations.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Towers/6603/ring.html (352 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou ~ Quiet Country Café ~ Volume 2
		These stories follow the same basic approach of the manga with a minimum of dialogue and plot, but with lots of attention to the basic pleasures of life.
		There are also hints of the larger mysteries in the manga story, as Alpha meets a male android, the first time she has ever met such a thing.
		Like the manga, this OAV offers no answers, much less a properly articulated question, but suggests that the journey of discovery is the reward in itself.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/2225.php (1391 words)

	Crisscross - Features - Tokyo's 'manga ' cafes serve a restless generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A style of coffee shop offering a mini-library-sized collection of manga comics available for customers to read on the premises, the first opened in Nagoya in 1979 around the same time that jazz "kissa" were shutting up shop as their once revolutionary-minded clientele got married, had kids and moved on.
		As the tagline runs at i-Cafe, whose flagship shop can be found on the seventh and eighth floors of a regular looking office building in Akihabara, the modern "manga kissa" is about providing "Time and Space" for the customer, akin to the "ochaya" and "kissaten" of yore.
		Some, such as Gran Cyber Cafe, even have a private booth with a flat double seat in which a couple can snuggle up, the modern equivalent of the "dohan kissa" of old, where hard-up lovebirds paid for a coffee before settling down on a two-seater sofa behind a curtain.
	www.crisscross.com /jp/feature/958 (847 words)

	J-List side blog: Manga Cafes in Japan, and the Green Tea Belt
		One type of business that's sprung up over the past decade is the manga kissa, or manga cafe, a place where you can get coffee and kill a few hours leisurely reading through all the comics on the shelves, for a per-hour fee.
		Manga cafes have adopted to the age of the net, offering the functionality of an Internet Cafe too, with computers and wireless LAN.
		I went to an interesting place the other day that offered just about all the leisure you could want: each customer was assigned a private cubicle with a comfortable chair, which contained a computer with broadband connection and Playstation in addition to a desk.
	www.peterpayne.net /2005/02/manga-cafes-in-japan-and-green-tea.html (1106 words)

	..::WirePop \| Online Manga::..
		"Welcome to Cafe Tengu, may I take your order?" In the heart of Kyoto there is a cafe run by Murasaki Kamiya and a youth known simply as Ten-chan.
		By day they are two somewhat eccentric but mostly normal cafe staff, by night however, Ten-chan becomes one of the legendary Tengu, and aids Kamiya in his quest to help the magical creatures that have lost their way in a modern world.
		Cafe Tengu, all characters and images, are © Copyright 2006 Haiuka Igarashi, Jenny Yu, Robert Howard.
	www.wirepop.com /comic_index.php?id=32 (153 words)

	Manga Books 3 - Sailor Moon\|Group Moon Sailor Picture
		The first thing you need to know about Tarot Cafe, if you're planning on reading it and know a little art history, is that you've never seen manga done this art deco (with more than a hint of Aubrey Beardsley lurking about) before.
		Pamela is the young owner of the Tarot Cafe, set in downtown London, where customers come to have their cards read.
		This is a Korean manga, and the little sound effects you see are the Korean script, not Japanese.
	www.sailor-moon-101.info /sailor-moon/manga-books-3/page/13 (1290 words)

	Welcome to Shader's Cafe! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Some of the features included in Manga Studio 3.0 are the software’s large selection of screen tones, single-click special effects, drag and drop tools, word balloons and floating palettes.
		Once the manga or comic artwork is completed, it can be printed from any computer, sent to a service bureau for publishing, formatted for the Web or exported for coloring.
		Manga Studio was originally created in Japan as ComicStudio and has become the #1 selling manga software in Japan and worldwide.
	www.shaderscafe.com (835 words)

	Internet Cafe Glossary of Terms
		Some Internet cafes, especially those that organize gaming tournaments, allow you to bring your own laptop to the cafe instead of using their computers for wired Internet connection.
		A cafe that offers public access to computers that are connected to the Internet, used for web surfing or e-mail for example.
		Many cafes use automated metering software, which require you to log into the computer, then the software will automatically log you off when your purchased time is up.
	www.internet-cafe-guide.com /internet-cafe-glossary.html (406 words)

	Love Manga » Blog Archive » Nerdy Manga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Mainichi News is reporting on the once nerdy Manga cafes, booming into a growing market, so much so that non-manga orientated businesses are getting in on the act.
		Menus match whatever fare can be found at family restaurants, while many mankitsu, as fans call the cafes, are now equipped with showers and lend out blankets for those staying overnight, almost putting them on a par with the average cheap hotel.
		It tickled me though, thinking that manga or just comics in general here in the UK are still in the nerdy side, hell I’d be happy with a nerdy manga cafe.
	www.manga.omoikitte.com /?p=81 (631 words)

	Amazon.com: The Tarot Café 4 (Tarot Cafe): Books: Park Sang-Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Tarot Cafe (Tarot Cafe) by Sang-son Pak
		In the 4th issue of this supernatural fantasy Manga, Pamela, the owner of the Tarot Café, is visited by the spirit of a young man named who wants to reconcile with his adopted sister before moving on to his eternal rest.
		Tarot Café is an interesting Manga combining elements of fantasy, supernatural, the occult, and romance into one big cauldron that provides a lot of mass appeal.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1595328149?v=glance (730 words)

	S-cafe.org 1997-2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		New design, fresh art and more arting and less manga aftr 8 years or so.
		Got to face the fact that I hardly read any manga to justify it.
		Also have removed the guestbook since it is routinely filled with random crap, though you can contact me at the above unlinked email address should you wish to.
	www.s-cafe.org (66 words)

	.::Anime & Manga Cafe::.
		The Anime and Manga Cafe has just opened for business.
		We are now employing people, if you would like a position please post your resume to the Cafe Owner.
		We are currently serving some Sailor Mars manga images in the photo area.
	www.stormpages.com /g/guildcafe (70 words)

	Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko[Cafe Alpha] ; Youngrok LEE's Comics Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Saying the analogy of the two mangas, the latter reminds me of a movie by Hollywood, but the former of oriental monochrome drawings by India Ink.
		The atmosphere of this manga is strangely unrealistic, of which background is near Yokohama and when humane robot models are produced(about A.D. 3000, I guess -.-).
		Without steady and various fans, it's difficult that such a manga is long selled(the author's work is only one from now on, YKK!).
	myhome.naver.com /fischer/Ashinano/CafeAlpha.htm (774 words)

	- - eyeonanime.co.uk 2.0: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Due out tomorrow from Manga Ent is a one-shot OVA release called Submarine 707r, which I have had the pleasure of reviewing
		Manga reviewer Luke Pierce is back after a long absence and has taken a look at Tokyopop’s volume 1 release of Korean’ Demon Diary manhwa.
		Kevin has popped back up from his manga reading to give us his opinions on two more graphic novels in the Hellsing series from Dark Horse; with looks at volume 6 and volume 7.
	eyeonanime.co.uk (2401 words)

	Otaku News
		The good folks from ADV Films UK and Cafe Manga have sent us details of their special anime screenings which will be running throughout March.
		The Manga cafe also inform us that they've introduced happy hours during 6pm to 7pm where they'll be offering 25% discount off all drinks, note that if the staff are in doubt they will ask for ID. All titles screened are rated 12 and are uncut.
		According to Manga News there is an interesting article about a robotic version of Me-Teru from the famous manga Gingatetsudo 999, or Galaxy Express 999 as a receptionist.
	www.otakunews.com (2515 words)

	The Christian Science Monitor \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The sprawling cafe is full of people poring over one of 35,000 manga, or comic books.
		Yomu Yomu is a manga cafe, where customers can sit down with a drink or a meal and spend the afternoon flipping through a favorite comic.
		Japanese cafes traditionally kept a few manga on hand for customers, but the concept of a cafe dedicated to them is fairly new.
	www.csmonitor.com /cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/1999/01/08/fp16s2-csm.shtml (371 words)

	Anime News Network - March 2004 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Although ADV will not comment on unannounced manga licenses, they have clarified that, to date, they have only announced licenses for the portions of Peace Maker Kurogane and Matantei Loki Ragnarok that were published by Mag Garden.
		Tokyopop has sent out a press release today announcing that they are expanding their manga operations to Germany, where they have tapped the former Director of a local manga publisher to lead the German division.
		In the manga, Golgo 13, Duke Togo, becomes involved in an international scandal with the United States tricking Japan into spending massive amounts of yen to keep the dollar high, and the yen low.
	skuld.animenewsnetwork.com /archives/news.php?yearmonth=2004-03 (3937 words)

	Amazon.com: The Tarot Cafe Vol. 2: Books: Sang-Sun Park,Sukhee Ryu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		I require both beauty and plot in a manga and this title is one of the few that can deliver.
		The first volume of "Tarot Cafe" was a worthy buy, being beautiful, intriguing, and charismatically enigmatic...but a instead of having a solid plot, there was a collection of mini-stories.
		All in all, Tarot cafe is dark, stylish fun, and you'll definitely want to pick up number 3 after reading 2.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1595325565?v=glance (1480 words)

	Anime Lives! - Manga by the Hour at the Manga Cafe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Sasano, who arrived from Japan a year ago opened a manga cafe called Atom in June.
		Many manga stories have more in common with pulp fiction and prime-time television than Marvel or DC comics.
		Manga itself has been around since the 1940's, but over the last few years Japan has seen a Starbucks-style proliferation of cafes where fans pay admission to read manga and drink coffee or tea.
	www.animelives.com /printout8875.html (152 words)

	News and Rumours
		Manga Entertainment have really put a lot of effort into the release of their next major series, and it must be said that early signs look good.
		According to Play.Com, the live action movie version of Shuichi Shigano's popular manga Initial D is due to hit the UK in a few months.
		The film, which focuses on the underground world of illegal drift racing on Japan's mountain roads, is due to hit DVD and UMD on 17th July, and fans of The Fast and The Furious, Taxi and Gone in 60 Seconds should definitely check it out.
	www.animetion.co.uk /news.htm (854 words)

	Absolute-0.com: PR - Stone Bridge Press Annuounces Cruising the Anime City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Sunday's New York Times had a small article about Atom, a manga café; in which customers pay a $5 admission to read manga and drink coffee or tea.
		Most of the manga are in Japanese for New York's Japanese community, but there is also a section in English.
		Manga cafés are nothing new to Japan, of course.
	www.absolute-0.com /the_pr/2004/stonebridge/pr-stonebridge-cruising_08-17-2004.htm (286 words)

	BritAnime: UK Anime News
		ADV are repeating their free screenings at Cafe Manga (near London County Hall), with showings of Noir, Last Exile and Kino's Journey:-
		London to chill out in, read from the manga library they will be stocking, and watch anime on their dual plasma screens on either side of the bar.
		Rising Stars of Manga UK TokyoPop UK has announced the winners of the first UK Rising Stars of Manga competition to find new creative talent.
	www.ryouko.demon.co.uk /ukanews.htm (1464 words)

	Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Yokohama Shopping Trip)
		The first of these characters we meet is pretty much only known as "Ojisan." He runs what passes for a gas station nearby Cafe Alpha, speaking with a curious accent, somewhat bent over, and with the widest face distorting grin.
		The first story in the series is what the manga is named after: "A Yokohama Shopping Trip." Alpha closes up her small, not very often visited cafe, to travel to Yokohama to buy some supplies.
		After closing the cafe she travels by the gas station that is on her way to Yokohama.
	www.ex.org /2.4/27-yokohama.html (1694 words)

	Digital Manga Publishing - Café Kichijouji de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The young staff at the Cafe Kichijouji are a colurful bunch.
		They're the source of continual headache for the poor cafe master who oversees them all.
		In this volume, however, the cafe staff is beset by troublesome children - from the lost little girl Reina, to the gang of bratty thugs who seem to have a grudge against Maki and Toku, the guys have their hands full.
	www.dmpbooks.com /titles?n=17&t=104 (95 words)

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