Monthly Archives: July 2006

The latest edition of MangaBlogCast is up at MangaCast for your listening pleasure. This week I actually got myself together enough to do a segment myself, which is why I’m running behind on everything else. I’ll post the show notes … Continue reading →

I was e-mailing Susan Hale of Tokyopop about something else and asked her if it was true, as I read in a panel report, that Tokyopop has picked up the licenses to Aria and Peacemaker Kurogane from ADV. Here is … Continue reading →

CMX finally breaks the silence on Tenjho Tenge with a thoughtful response to the company’s critics from Director of Manga Asako Suzuki. She acknowledges fans’ dissatisfaction with the edits and indicates that the staff has taken this whole thing seriously, … Continue reading →

The Star of Malaysia looks at the future of digital comics. Futabasha Publishers is talking about going from the phonebook magazine format to a free webcomic, then printing the collected chapters in a single book (as they do now). It’s … Continue reading →

I’m not sure what possessed me to propose an article on manga to the paper I freelance for, although having a supportive and enthusiastic editor had a lot to do with it. Anyway, here is the final result. I didn’t … Continue reading →