Monthly Archives: August 2006

It’s been over a month since Tokyopop revamped its website, and the changes have attracted plenty of attention online, so there’s an air of deja vu to ICv2’s article on the new site. But here’s something new: a two-part interview … Continue reading →

David Welsh devotes this week’s Flipped column to an interview with librarian and manga expert Robin Brenner, of No Flying, No Tights fame. On the Tokyopop site, editor Lillian DP runs through the list of what she’s working on now … Continue reading →

Good news for yaoi fans: The website for Drama Queen’s global BL anthology, Rush, is up. (Via Love Manga.) Why do artists hate having their work stolen? Telophase counts the ways on her Tokyopop blog. This is very timely not … Continue reading →

I didn’t realize this, but according to this article in the Toronto Star, anime and manga fans are at the bottom of the “nerd ladder,” as Dave Alexander of Rue Morgue magazine put it. “Closed quarters do not make a … Continue reading →

Real men read shoujo. That’s the gist of this thread on the ANN forums, in which a poster asks “Is Shojo enjoyable to males?” The answer is a resounding yes, although the jury is still out on Fruits Basket. This … Continue reading →

New on the blogroll today is Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page, which is a redesign of a site that’s been around for a while. The main feature is very literate reviews of untranslated shoujo manga (some of which is licensed, … Continue reading →