Manga News
Ed Says Farewell to Reviewing |
Nov 11 2011
by Ed Sizemore Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been asking myself one question, “Should I keep reviewing manga?” When I look at the number of manga review sites and the quality of the reviews being published, I’m further forced to ask, “Am I really saying anything new that isn’t being said better?” I [...]
Digital Manga Online Store Expands to Tablets |
Nov 11 2011
Digital Manga, one of the pioneers of providing legal online manga with their emanga store (established in 2008), has now made a store app available for iPad and Android tablets. Content includes titles from DMP, their BL/yaoi imprints Juné and 801 Media, plus their Digital Manga Guild books. I haven’t had a chance to compare [...]
Viz Announces SuBLime Yaoi Manga Line |
Nov 09 2011
The largest English-language manga publisher, Viz Media, has announced that they are launching a line (not an imprint, but a partnership) to cover the one genre of manga they haven’t yet tackled: yaoi (boys’ love). In partnership with Libre Publishing, the biggest Japanese publisher of boys’ love titles, and the largest anime store chain in [...]
Manga Out Loud Discusses Princess Knight |
Nov 09 2011
The latest episode of the Manga Out Loud podcast has some distinguished guests: Frederik L. Schodt and Helen McCarthy join Ed to discuss the newest Osamu Tezuka work available in English, Princess Knight. (Note: although posted afterwards, the podcast came before Ed’s review, linked there.) Unfortunately, this was another episode I wasn’t able to be [...]
Dark Horse Adds Manga to Digital Store |
Nov 07 2011
Dark Horse Comics has expanded its digital offerings by adding manga. They even run right to left. New titles include Crying Freeman, 2 volumes, $6.99 each Hellsing, 3 volumes, $5.99 each, volume 4 available 11/23 Lady Snowblood, 1 volume, $5.99, volume 2 available 11/9 Old Boy, 2 volumes, $5.99 each Path of the Assassin, 1 [...]
Japorn Comics Sells Unknown Erotic Manga for Android With Complicated, Hard-to-Use System |
Nov 06 2011
Six Degree Works announced the release of the Japorn Books app for Android, selling erotic manga digitally. However, they’re making a lot of mistakes. They’re promising “about 200 books”, but there’s no list of titles easily found on their website — which means to find out what’s available, you have to install their app. New [...]
Manga Out Loud Finishes Its NYAF Coverage |
Nov 01 2011
Manga Out Loud makes it to fifty with a second episode discussing NYAF. (The first one went up last week.) Guests include Lissa Pattillo, Melinda Beasi, and Erica Friedman. Congratulations, Ed, on a great run of the show so far!
This Week’s Manga Moveable Feast Covers Horror |
Oct 29 2011
Just in time for Halloween, Lori Henderson is hosting the latest Manga Moveable Feast, dedicated to the wide-ranging topic of horror manga. Regular readers of this site know that that’s not my favorite genre, but I have covered the following titles in the past: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service — my favorite! Book 11 is [...]
Manga Out Loud Discusses NYAF |
Oct 29 2011
The latest episode of the Manga Out Loud podcast features Ed, Sean, Ron, and Kate discussing the New York Anime Festival. I haven’t had a chance to listen yet, but I’m curious to hear the conversation. I know there’s been some debate about whether keeping the show separate from the bigger, simultaneous New York Comic-Con [...]
Ed Went to New York Anime Festival — Part 3 |
Oct 27 2011
Ed attended the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) earlier this month. This is part three of three describing his experiences there, covering Sunday, October 16, and his final thoughts. Part one and part two have been posted. Sunday I starting out Sunday by running the CBLDF booth in Anime Artist Alley. We had a few [...]
