Monthly Archives: August 2011

JManga launches, and everyone has something to say

The JManga website launched this week with over 100 titles, some old friends (Crayon Shin-chan, Hitohira), some new manga that haven’t been published in English before. I took a quick first look at MTV Geek, and Johanna Draper Carlson, Kate … Continue reading

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Square Enix, Digital Manga Guild, and Sailor Moon

I reviewed the Square Enix online manga store at MTV Geek. Short version: If I hadn’t been writing the review, I would never have made it past the second round of registration. The Digital Manga Guild launched its first title, … Continue reading

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Digital manga, Fumi Yoshinaga, and new releases

I posted my thoughts on JManga at Robot 6, and Johanna Draper Carlson takes a critical look at three digital manga services at Comics Worth Reading. Also, in case you were on vacation, I posted a quick roundup of the … Continue reading

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JManga, fanfiction, and Viz’s meager offerings for Apple outsiders

Start your manga reading this morning with Deb Aoki’s super coverage of the JManga.com launch, with a complete transcript of the JManga panel at SDCC and interviews with the panelists. Lori Henderson, meanwhile, is not satisfied with the Viz app … Continue reading

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Beauty, Bleach, and a birthday

Lissa Pattillo looks at this week’s new manga in her On The Shelf column at Otaku USA. Sean Gaffney looks at next week’s new releases and foresees a quiet week. Tony Yao discusses his love-hate relationship with Bleach at Manga … Continue reading

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Inside the DMG, josei with odd names, and Evyione

The first Digital Manga Guild book is due out on Friday, and I got to talk to the Kimiko Kotani of the Neko Ramen team, who translated, edited, and lettered it. David Welsh looked at this week’s new manga and … Continue reading

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