Yearly Archives: 2006

Newsarama has an interview with Adam Arnold of Seven Seas on his web manga Aoi House, which will be coming out in print on May 31. In addition to writing Aoi House (it’s drawn by Seven Seas artist Shiei), Adam … Continue reading →

ICv2 has a statement from John O’Donnell, managing director of CPM: As our business has been significantly impacted by Musicland’s bankruptcy filing, we are facing tightening sales conditions and are currently focusing on a cost cutting program which will structure … Continue reading →

AnimeOnDVD has a brief writeup on the Tokyopop panel at Anime Boston, including a list of new titles. Also: TokyoPop is working to create original stories based on Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Something to note is that Jake Forbes is … Continue reading →

German artist Dirk Schweiger has put a new spin on webcomics: He takes requests. Ask Schweiger, who lives in Tokyo, to sample an aspect of Japanese culture and he will draw a comic about it. The result is MORESUKINE, a … Continue reading →

Thanks to Adam Arnold for bringing this to my attention in comments on my earlier CPM piece: Peter Tatara (CPM’s media rep) posted this message on AnimeonDVD’s message board: “Ahoy. CPM should be making an official statement Tuesday regarding the … Continue reading →

As this manga thing starts to catch on, there has been a lot of talk about print runs, so I thought it would be interesting to do some compare-and-contrast. What made me think of this was this article about the … Continue reading →