Monthly Archives: February 2007

It’s a MangaBlogCast morning

The latest MangaBlogCast is up, and it’s worth ten minutes of your life just to hear Jack’s dramatic reading of the plot of Make 5 Wishes. Here are the links: Avril Lavigne enters the mangasphere Roundup of PR and reactions … Continue reading

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PR: Warriors manga

Unless you’re 13, this may not be what you think it is. Warriors is a series of fantasy adventure novels featuring cats in the leading roles. Back when Tokyopop and HarperCollins first announced their joint agreement, Tania del Rio mentioned … Continue reading

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Manga in Japanese

It seems like there’s more on the internet lately about manga that hasn’t been translated yet. Robots Never Sleep is a new manga blog by a professional translator. The first few entries are promising, including the most recent one, about … Continue reading

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Rage against the Lavigne

Bloggers responded with moans and rolling of the eyes to the news last week that Avril Lavigne is getting her own manga, but the nice thing about the blogosphere is that the creators have gotten out there and defended the … Continue reading

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Quick Monday update

ComiPress translates a story about a Doraemon doujinshi that has sold over 15,000 copies and moved Doraemon publisher Shogakukan to claim copyright infringement and ask the doujinshi group to stop publishing it. MangaNews has more details, and Simon Jones puts … Continue reading

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Recent reviews

Lots of reviews came out while I was offline, so I’m grouping them all in a single post after the cut for your browsing convenience. Active Anime vol. 3 of Octopus Girl, vol. 3 of Kuro Gane. vol. 3 of … Continue reading

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