Yearly Archives: 2007

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei goes over this week’s new manga and throws in a couple of short reviews in her Weekly Recon. This week’s new release list is also up at The Otaku. Comicsnob publishes last week’s online sales figures and the … Continue reading →

The Sweatdrop folks have done quite well in Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga competition over the years, and now they’re sharing their secrets in a podcast. Details after the cut. Press Release: Sweatdrop Studios releases ‘Rising Stars of Manga’ podcast. … Continue reading →

Copyright infringement does NOT pay: A group of 11 artists, including Go Nagai and Takehiko Inoue, successfully sued two men for copyright infringement after the men uploaded some of the artists’ manga to the internet. A Tokyo court awarded the … Continue reading →

The blogs are alive with the news that Japanese Foreign Minister and noted otaku Taro Aso may be next in line for prime minister. Japundit notes that manga, anime, and game stocks are up. The Broccoli blog reports that the … Continue reading →

Digital Manga Publishing will be co-branding some of its books with the imprint of the original Japanese publisher and has also secured the rights to publish some of the stories online. PWCW has more. David Welsh looks over this week’s … Continue reading →

Today’s must-read: David Welsh interviews manga omnivore Jason Thompson, whose research for the upcoming book Manga: The Complete Guide required him to read pretty much every manga available in English. Good quote: When I get the “what manga do you … Continue reading →