Monthly Archives: April 2007

Anime Boston was great! I wasn’t sure if it was worth going, as I don’t watch much anime, but there was enough of a manga and webcomic presence there to make it more than worthwhile. I didn’t go to any … Continue reading →

Hey, East Coast readers: I’ll be at Anime Boston this afternoon and most of tomorrow, so if you want to get together, drop me an e-mail at the address on your right. Or just keep an eye out for someone … Continue reading →

What if they announced a set of awards nominations and nobody complained? This seems to be the year. Even the mainstream comics folks seem to be pleased, and the manga community is delighted, especially because the Eisner people created a … Continue reading →

The 2007 Eisner award nominations are up, and unlike last year, manga is well represented. In fact, they added a whole new category for manga: Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan. After School Nightmare, by Setona Mizushiro (Go! Comi) Antique … Continue reading →

Here’s today’s big news: vol. 16 of Fruits Basket moves to number 15 on the USA Today Booklist. Unless I’m missing something, that’s the best showing ever for a manga; Naruto‘s peak position so far was 21 (for vol. 11) … Continue reading →

ANN has the top ten manga in Japan for last week. At Icarus Comics, Simon Jones points out that a magazine that is barely breaking even with a circulation of 2 million is not a business model other countries should … Continue reading →