Monthly Archives: August 2005

Both my daughters are devoted Fruits Basket fans, and they like to pre-order so they can get the books as soon as possible. Today, they pointed out something that strikes me as strange: On its website, Tokypop gives the release … Continue reading →

Sequential Tart has a fun piece on the geometry of the manwha love triangle, in which Jen Bomford explains how you can use hair to tell the good guys from the bad guys: short and neat is a boy you … Continue reading →

As we haven’t been able to get away for a vacation this year, my two daughters are sitting around reading manga the way some people eat potato chips. My 12-year-old is up to volume 12 of Kare Kano and volume … Continue reading →

Christopher Butcher Comics.212.net, is musing about a possible shakeout in the manga industry, a thought triggered by a “fairly well-sourced rumour” that ADV and Geneon* are suffering because of truckloads of returns from a chain store that has dropped manga. … Continue reading →

A quick note on something that would be interesting if I were in California, which I’m not: Chico State University (about 90 miles north of Sacramento) is holding a series of lectures, workshops, and art exhibits with the theme “Shojo … Continue reading →

On AlterNet, an article on shoujo manga from the marketing point of view. Not much new here, but it’s a good introduction to the market, using the launch of Shojo Beat to discuss the success of shoujo titles in the … Continue reading →