Manga News
Digital Manga Crowdsources New Tezuka Publication |
Jan 15 2012
Following the success of their Swallowing the Earth Kickstarter to bring a licensed title back into print, Digital Manga Publishing has launched a new Tezuka campaign. This one again breaks new ground: It will bring a previously untranslated manga by Osamu Tezuka into print in English for the first time. Barbara is about an author [...]
Another Manga Publisher Ceases New Releases |
Jan 02 2012
As reported at Anime News Network, Bandai Entertainment will stop releasing new manga and anime titles as of February, although “it will continue to distribute in its existing catalog lineup [until licenses expire]. … Most of its contractors and three of its five fulltime staff members will be laid off.” (I’m sorry to hear that [...]
Ed Returns to Present His Top 10 Manga of 2011 |
Dec 30 2011
by Ed Sizemore Looking back over 2011, there were some great manga published. In particular, three significant books were translated into English: Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, Tank Tankuro, and Wandering Son. Only Tank Tankuro by Gajo Sakamoto didn’t make my top ten list. It’s an important children’s manga from pre-World War II. However, it [...]
Sailor Moon Latest Manga Moveable Feast |
Dec 26 2011
Sailor Moon Book 1 Sean Gaffney has announced today the next Manga Moveable Feast, covering Sailor Moon, with a post that discusses his love for the series and his hope to see coverage of both the manga and anime this week. Ed previously reviewed the first Sailor Moon book along with volume 1 of Codename [...]
Viz the Digital Publisher of the Year |
Dec 22 2011
In a year where we were all worried about what digital comic availability meant for the industry and how much they should cost and whether creators are getting paid for any of their work (here’s an unexplored story: one anecdotal report suggested DC may not have paid anything out yet), there’s one American comic publisher [...]
Best Manga of 2011 |
Dec 13 2011
Using the same methods I used last year for the Best Manga of 2010, here are the manga I most enjoyed and anticipated this year. I’m using a highly idiosyncratic definition of “best”, based mostly on what I looked forward to, wanted to re-read, and/or was willing to buy sight unseen. I have a few [...]
From the Mailbag December 4 |
Dec 04 2011
I skipped last week, because nothing showed up because of the American Thanksgiving holiday. Which made this week a bonanza! Wandering Son Book 2 The highlight, in terms of book I’m most looking forward to reading, is the second volume of Wandering Son. The two gender-swapped children are now in sixth grade, a time when [...]
Manga Out Loud Continues With New Format, Natsume Ono MMF Discussion |
Nov 21 2011
The 52nd episode of Manga Out Loud has just been posted, completing two years of biweekly (on average) episodes. Congratulations, Ed! We debut a new format with this episode, where Ed and I discuss a few manga titles in one segment before inviting in our guests for a second. This episode, we’re talking with Alex [...]
Jen Lee Quick Still Plans to Continue Off*Beat |
Nov 19 2011
Off*Beat Volume 2 Off*Beat was one of the Tokyopop OEL manga titles, a quirky series by Jen Lee Quick about a boy genius and the friend he obsesses over. Book 1 was released in 2005, with Book 2 out late 2006. In 2008 came news that the series was on indefinite hiatus. That was after [...]
Digital Manga Turns to Kickstarter to Bring Book Back in Print |
Nov 12 2011
Swallowing the Earth Digital Manga published Osamu Tezuka’s Swallowing the Earth back in 2009, and once the initial run was sold, the book went out of print. Now, they’ve set up a Kickstarter drive asking for money to reprint the book. If they raise $3,950 or more (they’re well on their way after just a [...]
