Manga News
Remember Fruits Basket? |
Sep 22 2012
Fruits Basket Book 1 Jason Thompson talks about one of the greatest shojo series of all, Fruits Basket, when he decided to reread all 23 volumes over a weekend. As Jason points out, “this is the manga that kept Tokyopop alive from 2004 to 2009.” It was remarkably popular in the U.S. market and probably [...]
Viz Rescues Loveless, Reprints Series in Omnibus Form |
Sep 14 2012
Loveless Book 9 Loveless Book 9, out this week, represents Viz’s rescue of the license. Tokyopop previously published the first eight books by Yun Kouga from 2006-2008. In addition to resuming the series (up to 10 volumes in Japan), Viz will be republishing the previous books as omnibus volumes, with the first 2-in-1 book coming [...]
Viz Brings Mature Series to Digital |
Sep 14 2012
I hadn’t realized that Viz was restricting its titles available to read digitally by age rating, but now, they’ve announced that nine mature-rated titles are being added to VizManga.com. The books include: Black Lagoon Book 1 ($5.99) Butterflies, Flowers Book 1 ($4.99) The Cain Saga Book 1 ($4.99) Dogs Book 0 ($5.99) Dorohedoro Book 1 [...]
Win a Copy of Message to Adolf |
Sep 13 2012
Message to Adolf The Manga Critic is giving away a copy of Vertical’s new release Message to Adolf. This Osamu Tezuka classic is priced at $26.95, but you have a chance to win a copy by commenting at her site before midnight next Wednesday, September 19. I’m not playing, because I was lucky enough to [...]
Bandai Entertainment Calls It Quits |
Sep 05 2012
Not a surprising announcement, after the news at the beginning of the year that the company would no longer be publishing new releases — now Bandai Entertainment is completely ending its U.S. marketing and sales. Anime News Network reports that the company will discontinue sales of its Blu-ray discs, DVDs, manga, and novels. The company [...]
Manga Sherlock Debuts Only in Japan |
Sep 02 2012
Anime News Network has a story reporting that Young Ace magazine will be publishing a manga adaptation of the brilliant BBC series Sherlock. While there have been various Sherlock Holmes comics and manga in the past, this one will adapt specific episodes of the show written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and, based on [...]
Viz Digital Goes to Same-Day Releases |
Aug 23 2012
Viz has announced that, for those titles that are released digitally, they will come out on the same day as the print editions. From the press release: Blue Exorcist Volume 8 Beginning today [August 7], all VIZ Manga releases will debut on Tuesdays. In addition, digital volumes of current releases will debut on the same [...]
More Neon Alley Information; Channel Exclusive to Playstation Network |
Aug 23 2012
Viz has announced that their new anime channel Neon Alley will be launching exclusively on the Playstation Network and the PS3 game console this Fall. They’ve also snagged the famous pirate series One Piece for the channel. Episodes will air uncut with English dubs. Other new content announcements include Blue Exorcist, Nura: Rise of the [...]
A Helpful Shopping Tip: Looking for Wandering Son? |
Aug 18 2012
Amazon isn’t selling the first volume of Wandering Son right now, so the third-party sellers that list on that site have bumped up the price on the book. As of this writing, it starts at $65 US. However, smart shoppers remember that Amazon isn’t the only source for online retail. Checking the publisher’s site shows [...]
Ed Went to Otakon 2012 |
Aug 10 2012
by Ed Sizemore Two weeks ago, I attended Otakon in Baltimore. This year, the convention set a new attendance record with just over 32,000 attendees. As usual, the heat was the biggest problem this year. The temperature stayed in the mid-nineties for the weekend. My hat is off to the Baltimore Orioles mascot and people [...]