Manga News
Tezuka Film Retrospective Report |
Nov 20 2009
by Ed Sizemore
This has been a good year for English-language Osama Tezuka fans. Vertical is printing his Black Jack series in beautiful editions. DMP published Tezuka’s experimental manga, Swallowing the Earth. Frederick Schodt is touring the country with his lecture on the life and legacy of Tezuka. Two new books about the life and works [...]
NYAF Panel Report: Guest Blogger Melinda Beasi on Manga Announcements |
Oct 09 2009
Hello there, Comics Worth Reading! This is Melinda Beasi from mangabookshelf.com, filing a guest report on this year’s New York Anime Festival. Rather than waste your time by introducing myself at length, I’ll simply say this: I blog pretty exclusively about manga, so when I attend a convention, publisher panels are my primary focus. [...]
Ed’s NYAF Convention Report |
Oct 04 2009
by Ed Sizemore
Friday
Events at the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) didn’t begin until 2:00 PM on Friday. This gave me the morning to head over to Kinokuniya bookstore. I love looking at all the Japanese pens and stationary goods that are available. Plus, I needed to find a book for a project I promised a [...]
Domo Cute But Dumb |
Oct 04 2009
I thought the Domo manga was horrible — repetitive, unfunny, and pointless. (See for yourself.) But he makes for a very cute image, which is probably why he started as an ad mascot and has been most successful as various products.
Like now, for example, in 7-Eleven stores. They’ve got a special Slurpee flavor (apple, [...]
Viz Acquires Vampire Knight Anime to Go With the Manga |
Sep 30 2009
Obviously, vampires are a hot trend, with the Twilight books still selling strongly, another movie coming out, and even TV joining in with The Vampire Diaries on network and True Blood on cable. Manga is no exception.
Viz’s Vampire Knight is one of the better-known manga in this genre — the latest in the series, [...]
NY Times Graphic Books List Biased Against Manga? |
Sep 28 2009
Erica Friedman, yuri manga publisher, has posted an open letter to the New York Times:
I am increasingly concerned about the obvious bias against manga in your bestseller lists. I have no idea who writes the synopses, but it is apparent to all of us in the manga world that that person *does not like [...]
Nana (Anime Uncut Box Set 1) |
Sep 21 2009
The story of two young women named Nana moving to Tokyo as their adult lives begin, previously a manga series and a feature film, here is retold as a series of anime episodes.
Nana (Uncut Box Set 1) Buy this DVD
The two Nanas meet by accident on the train and then fall into becoming roommates. [...]
Diamond’s Manga Storage Boxes |
Sep 08 2009
Due to the kindness of a retailer friend, I was given two cases (5 boxes in each package) of the manga-sized storage boxes Diamond sold a few years back. I think they’ve since stopped offering them, since their associated storage product company, E. Gerber Products, no longer lists that size of boxes.
It wouldn’t surprise [...]
Tokyopop News: Insider Webcast September 2 |
Sep 02 2009
I’m attending the Tokyopop online press conference and sharing my notes with you. (I previously attended a similar presentation in July.)
Lillian Diaz-Przybyl again moderated — good to see a friendly face. They opened with this Deadman Wonderland manga trailer.
This new title was created by the team behind Eureka Seven, Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma [...]
Win X-Men: Misfits! |
Sep 01 2009
X-Men: MisfitsBuy this book
Since I accidentally ended up with an extra copy of X-Men: Misfits, the shojo manga re-envisioning of the Marvel superhero team, I figured it was time for a contest!
If you would like to be entered into a random drawing to win this copy, please leave a comment telling me your favorite [...]
