Yearly Archives: 2006

New Seven Seas title, Swiss manga, and more

Seven Seas announced a new license this week: Venus Versus Virus, a horror/fantasy series about a girl who can see ghosts. Evil ghosts. And there are “yuri undertones.” Ed has some comments at MangaCast. Deutsche Mangaka crosses the border to … Continue reading

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MangaBlogCast #20 is up!

Check it out at the MangaCast. Jack and I will be taking a short break after this but we’ll be back after the holidays with more podcast goodness. In the meantime, here are the liner notes for this week’s podcast: … Continue reading

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Thursday A.M. lineup

MangaCast runs down the week’s comics and checks out Previews for the March/April titles. Also: Trawling through the book sites they found two possible new Blu titles by Antique Bakery manga-ka Fumi Yoshinaga. And they’re accepting guesses about Broccoli’s latest … Continue reading

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Wednesday morning news

There’s much for manga lovers to like in this week’s PWCW, including an interview with DMP president Hikaru Sasahara, a profile of Dark Horse, an interview with Dramacon creator Svetlana Chmakova, and an article about PSB, which publishes manga in … Continue reading

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Job opening at Yen Press

Kurt Hassler just dropped me a line to say he’s settling in at Yen Press, Hachette’s new manga imprint, and he’s looking for an editorial assistant. So if you’re looking for a way to break into the industry, this might … Continue reading

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Tuesday early news

ICv2 has a little more about Vertical’s upcoming edition of Tezuka’s Apollo’s Song, including a cover shot. Pata has another edition of Right Turn Only!! up at ANN, and he’s looking at a new Tokyopop series, Kamiyadori, and one from … Continue reading

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