Yearly Archives: 2007

I was tempted to title this “Dark Horse gets Gantz in their Pantz,” but it looks like this manga is no laughing matter. Read on for the details. The Deadliest Ball since Phantasm! GANTZ Brings Its Hardboiled Universe of Ultra-stylish … Continue reading →

Lots of manga goodness at this week’s Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week, where Ed Chavez takes a look at CMX and Kai-Ming Cha talks to Eijiro Shimada of Kodansha’s Morning Two magazine about the publisher’s international manga competition. Amazingly, Naruto tops … Continue reading →

The post-SDCC edition of the MangaBlogCast is up, recapping all the manga-related news of the con. I’m heading out for a full day (and then some) of work but will post the liner notes tonight. ICv2 talks to Del Rey … Continue reading →

ANN interviews Arina Tanemura, creator of Full Moon o Sagashite and The Gentlemen’s Alliance +. MangaCast has audio of Jason Thompson’s “100 Manga Magazines in 60 Minutes” panel from SDCC. He also has this week’s new manga list, the first … Continue reading →

OK, it’s official: The Kiss yaoi manga was a hoax, albeit a good one. Heres what CPM honcho John O’Donnell has to say: No, BB has no plans to print a KISS yaoi manga, nor any other manga featuring KISS, … Continue reading →

This week’s Overlooked Manga Festival is a pre-emptive strike: Shaenon Garrity gives us a glimpse of Tekkonkinkreet in the hopes that it won’t be overlooked. No doubt envious of the runaway success of Avril Lavigne, the KISS guys are making … Continue reading →