Check it out at the MangaCast or download it directly from iTunes. This week’s podcast features fewer stories but a little more depth in each one. Links after the cut.
Manga Market Meltdown
ComiPress: Manga sales are down in Japan.
ICv2: Yeah, and DVDs too!
Simon Jones: No! Not shrinking! Getting more diffuse!
ComiPress: Yup, see, here’s a partnership between video, game, and manga people.
Manga Pirates Walk the Plank
Creators sue three men for copyright infringement
Commentary from Simon Jones
Viz’s Signature imprint, one year later
Unfinished series: Orphans of the manga world
New Titles Watch
New titles from Shojo Beat
New titles from 801 Media
New titles from Broccoli
[…] The latest MangaBlogCast (downloadable 4.6MB M4A audiofile) features commentary on recent reports of shrinkage in the Japanese manga and anime markets, as well as on a recent manga-piracy crackdown in Japan. Related links can be found here. […]