Yearly Archives: 2007

Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week lists their top ten comics for January, which seems to encompass the holiday shopping season as well. Here they are: 1. Naruto, vol. 12 2. Fruits Basket, vol. 15 3. Negima, vol. 12 4. Bleach, vol. … Continue reading →

Japan’s head otaku, Foreign Minister Taro Aso, plans to use Japanese pop culture as a diplomatic tool. One major obstacle is that aside from Aso, most high-level Japanese diplomats don’t read manga or watch anime. They are making diligent efforts … Continue reading →

Manga publisher SelfMadeHero to launch in London Independent UK publisher SelfMadeHero launches in early February 07. The focus of the launch is Manga Shakespeare, a book series providing a unique combination of manga and classic dramatic texts. SelfMadeHero books reflect … Continue reading →

Shaenon Garrity cancels her cancellation of this week’s Overlooked Manga Festival and provides a year-end update. ChunHyang72 pauses for another manga minute and asks: What underrated Tokyopop titles should she add to her pile? Free manga for Monday: Broccoli’s January … Continue reading →

ComiPress translates a Japanese article about the manga market in 2006 and reports on a new manga imprint that will be publishing a new seinen magazine. David Welsh asks if anyone has read Kino no Tabi, and what they thought … Continue reading →

A classics student named Dygo Tosa has translated a story from Kazuhiro Fujita’s Ushio to Tora Gaiden and he has posted the first four pages on the web along with extensive notes. It’s written as an introduction to manga, so … Continue reading →