Monthly Archives: August 2006

Uh-oh! I was lazy a few posts back and just picked up Love Manga’s recap of the USA Today top 150. So he and I both missed the big news of the week: Volume 14 of Fruits Basket debuted at … Continue reading →

After a two-week hiatus, our latest podcast is up at the MangaCast. I’m leading off this week with a little philosophical discussion of Japanese versus global manga. Then Jack takes it away and fills in the week’s news in his … Continue reading →

Love Manga checks the USA Today Booklist and finds that Naruto, Kingdom Hearts, and Tsubasa have all slipped off the list, but Bleach makes its first appearance, at number 146. Rumiko Takahashi fan site Rumic World reports that Takahashi-sensei will … Continue reading →

At the Translation Dojo, translator William Flanagan explains how manga in the U.S. evolved into unflipped tankoubon rather than flipped floppies. Christopher Butcher adds his two cents to the yaoi conversation and has a good take on Jason Thompson’s LiveJournal … Continue reading →

PW Comics Week has a longish interview (for them) with Jae-Hwan Kim, the artist of Warcraft. Kim drew manwha in Korea but now works directly for Tokyopop, and he notes some interesting contrasts: PWCW: Did you have to make adjustments … Continue reading →

Time magazine discovers manga, and aside from missing the fact that boys read manga too, they do OK. Most of the article focuses on the business side, with a digression into the global vs. Japanese discussion. Love Manga has the … Continue reading →