Monthly Archives: May 2006

QueenieChan reports that vol. 1 of The Dreaming is going to a third printing, and rather a large one: 45,000 copies. The reason: The book is being picked up by Scholastic for its book clubs. If you want an example … Continue reading →

Active Anime has more details on the Viz titles announced at BEA. Anime News Service (scroll down—no permalink) muses about the spelling of Buso/Busou Renkin, one of the new properties. Meanwhile, Anime on DVD posts the latest new title solicitations … Continue reading →

Have you submitted nominations for the manga awards yet? Time is running out. Dragonball Z comes to an end. At the link, Ed puts it in perspective: In many ways DBZ helped make Viz’s magazine Shonen Jump. Either YuGiOh or … Continue reading →

ComiPress has a list of the best selling shoujo manga of all time. The top seller is Boys Over Flowers, and Nana is number 4. Pata has some good analysis. My own reaction was surprise at how many of the … Continue reading →

This article in Mainichi Daily News has lots of interesting nuggets about sales of Japanese manga in other countries. Like this: Currently, reports Tsukuru (June), Shonen Jump enjoys sales of between 300,000 to 350,000 per issue (of which subscribers account … Continue reading →

I guess he’s getting tired of posting everyone else’s awards, because Ed at MangaCast is proposing we start our own manga awards. He’s looking for nominations in the following categories: Best Publisher Best Manga Series Best Short Best Global Manga … Continue reading →