Monthly Archives: March 2006

MTV News writes about the popularity of manga with special emphasis on yaoi. Be Beautiful publisher Masumi O’Donnell explains that women find yaoi appealing because it combines romantic stories with beautiful men. Artist Youka Nitta comments that in Japan, older … Continue reading →

Alert reader sub_divided notes some suspicious similarities between Samurai Zombie, one of the Rising Stars of Manga finalists, and some frames in the manga series Blade of the Immortal. Telophase spotted it too but adds The artist has great talent … Continue reading →

The Japan Times has an interview with American writer Frederik Schodt, who translated the first five volumes of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix into English (with Jared Cook). The main subject of the interview is Schodt’s newly published book Native American in … Continue reading →

Telophase has posted reviews of the Rising Stars of Manga finalists. Just reading them is an education in itself.

As I was looking over the July books (see post below), I noticed something that I guess I knew but never really registered before. Viz charges girls a dollar more. No kidding. All their Shonen Jump books are priced at … Continue reading →

Anime on DVD has a list of some of the new titles to be expected from Viz in July, August, and September, so we can start saving our pennies now. ANN has information on Skip Beat, a manga that Viz … Continue reading →