News From 06/27/02


Short Comment- Shounen Mangas, have Sneek Peeks for upcoming Releases.

Well, this is pretty interesting. Apparently, Shueishia Co.- the publisher of the Weekly Jump series known for their library of famous manga titles like Jojo's Bizzare Adventure, has an online site which allows consumers to take sneek peeks at their upcoming releases. The mangas can be purchased on the site as well, even if the customer lives outside of Japan. ...Well, there's still the need to figure out the Japanese text for ordering, of course.

For the sneek peek to upcoming titles, check out
[ S-Manga.net ].
Special thanks to
HK-DMZ PLUS.com for the News.

- Henry A. Moriarty



Short Comment- The FIFA Fair Play Awards: Belgium Currently at top, Korea at bottom

FIFA has released the current standings of their Fair Play Awards for this world cup. The release was made when the first quarter of the finals just finished off, but I missed on mentioning it. It counts more than just the soccer players into account, but check it out if you're interested in the tournament. [ Link: FIFA World Cup ].

And in a related story to FIFA, the one and only Soccer legend Pele, criticizes this year's World Cup refereeing as "very poor"
[ Link: AP ].

- Henry A. Moriarty