Manga News
Kingyo Used Books Cancelled in English |
Feb 22 2013
Kingyo Used Books Book 1 According to this series review by Shaenon K. Garrity, the meta-manga series Kingyo Used Books has been cancelled. Four books came out in English, with the last appearing in 2011. Garrity says, Viz published Kingyo as part of its SigIkki line, but was forced to cancel it after four volumes. [...]
The 20th Century Boys Song Is Real! See Naoki Urasawa Sing It |
Feb 10 2013
This makes me happy. The song that motivates the downtrodden to rise up against the evil dictator in Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, “Gutalala Sudalala”, actually exists! And here’s footage of the author himself singing it at Japan Expo 12 in Paris (which explains the French narration). I’ve set the clip below to skip the [...]
Unico Preview Posted by Digital Manga |
Feb 07 2013
Digital Manga has posted a preview of Osamu Tezuka’s Unico, a book they funded via Kickstarter. It’s a kids’ book, to be published as a full-color, 400-page omnibus. I can’t tell you when, exactly, it will be available, because while the website says the release date is 02/06/2013, the newsletter that announced the preview says [...]
Digital Manga Direct Shutting Down |
Jan 30 2013
I admit, I’m not sure I understand what this means, or how significant it is, although I can’t help viewing it in light of the news at the end of last year that Digital Manga was putting all its print titles on hiatus. Then again, if they’re not releasing print books, then they don’t really [...]
Newest Manga Moveable Feast Covers Moyoco Anno |
Jan 20 2013
Flowers & Bees Book 1 It’s that time again! This week, Experiments in Manga is hosting a Manga Moveable Feast dedicated to the works of Moyoco Anno. The author has had a number of series translated into English, each from a different publisher, including the newest, Sakuran: Blossoms Wild (Vertical), an historical manga about a [...]
Tokyopop Returns… Again. Sort Of. |
Jan 19 2013
The Tokyopop website is up again. The domain was previously redirected to Facebook a little under two years ago. Now, it’s a way to promote sales of their titles through RightStuf.com, their print-on-demand partner, as well as logo merchandise hosted on CafePress. The sales links caused some confusion, since they list an awful lot of [...]
Kodansha Comics Done Rescuing Del Rey Titles |
Jan 17 2013
Kodansha Comics effectively replaced Del Rey Manga in late 2010. Their release plans then were a mix of new-to-US titles and reissues, some in omnibus form. Some series picked up where Del Rey left off, particularly if they were popular titles. However, the Kodansha Comics Twitter account has some bad news for fans hoping to [...]
Digital Manga Brings Downloadable Files to eManga.Com |
Jan 06 2013
Digital Manga’s website and storefront, eManga.com, has been revamped for the new year with a number of changes. As stated in their customer newsletter, Our online reader is still available and better than ever, but now you can download our content in a variety of popular digital formats compatible with your e-reading device of choice. [...]
True Manga Success? Being Turned Into an American Comic |
Jan 03 2013
I’m still not sure whether this is an amazing or disturbing thing… Someone’s really trying to make some money out of Cyborg 009. It was originally a manga which ran from 1964 (!) – 1981 in Japan. Tokyopop translated the first ten volumes, which are now out of print. There were two movies, two radio [...]
My Year in Manga 2012 |
Dec 20 2012
In past years, I’ve written a post titled “Best Manga of [Year]“. This year, I’m retitling. My manga reading has decreased, in part due to my interests swinging back a bit to graphic novels, in part due to what material has been available. This year, I’m just looking back at what I enjoyed reading this [...]