Yearly Archives: 2006

ICv2 notes that Bleach appears to be benefiting from the “Cartoon Network effect,” with volume 1 of the series (first released in June 2004) hitting number 7 on last week’s Bookscan chart and volume 2 rising to number 20. (The … Continue reading →

While we’re all arguing about manga anthologies in the English-speaking world, they seem to be doing just fine in Japan. According to ANN, Tokuma Shoten has revived the magazine Ryu and has set up a contest for aspiring manga-kas. I’m … Continue reading →

On the Tokyopop blogs, ChunHyang72 has some cogent comments on the Fullmetal Alchemist censoring kerfuffle. I thought it was interesting that people were really mixed on this one, with a number of folks, even on ANN, saying it didn’t bother … Continue reading →

One of my favorite parts of this blog is the comments. I live for comments. I love when you guys take a subject and run with it. So it really hurt to have to lock one comments thread and delete … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s that time of the week again. Check out the MangaBlogCast for manga updates and a new feature, Two-Minute Tokyopop. Here are the links: Tokyopop online exclusives Mike Kiley interview Christopher Butcher letter Rob Tokar’s blog Announcement that retailers … Continue reading →

Queenie Chan has a great livejournal post about anthologies and how they could succeed. In the process, she discusses e-readers (a possible medium for manga anthologies) and explains why the iPod succeeded where a lot of e-media failed. She includes … Continue reading →