Yearly Archives: 2006

Saturday miscellany

MangaCast posts Ed’s interview with Lara Yokoshima and links to previews of When Worlds Collide (written by Tina Anderson) and more Chikyu Misaki (here and here.) At Tokyopop, editor Tim Beedle writes about Mitsukazu Mihara’s Haunted House, which he edited. … Continue reading

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Japan: Books up, magazines down

Japanese readers are deserting manga magazines for tankoubons, according to this release from JETRO (Japanese External Trade Organization), translated by Manganews. Sales of magazines were down 5% in 2005 (presumably compared to the year before) and sales of tanks were … Continue reading

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MangaBlogCast is up!

Check out the latest edition of the MangaBlogCast at MangaCast. This week, we take on the power list, direct market vs. chains, and panty shots. Here are the links: ICv2’s Ten Most Powerful People in Manga Commentary: MangaBlog Precocious Curmudgeon … Continue reading

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Free entertainment

Same Hat! Same Hat!! is chronicling a recent trip to Europe, during which they seem to have ignored all the other stuff people go for (castles, restaurants, scenery) and just looked for manga. This post, chronicling their trip to the … Continue reading

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Setting the record straight

Erica Friedman is already doing a good job of this, but I keep running into it in different corners of the Internet, so I wanted to do a short post on it. Seven Seas has clearly tapped into a need … Continue reading

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Review: RIP and Haunted House

Haunted House By Mitsukazu Mihara Rated OT for Older Teens, age 16+ Tokyopop, $9.99 R.I.P. Requiem in Phonybrian By Mitsukazu Mihara Rated OT for Older Teens, age 16+ Tokyopop, $9.99 Tokyopop seems to be on a Mitsukazu Mihara binge at … Continue reading

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