Yearly Archives: 2007

Review: Battle Royale, Ultimate Edition

Battle Royale, Ultimate Edition, vol. 1 by Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi Rated M for Mature, age 18+ Tokyopop, $24.99 On one level, Battle Royale is an ultra-violent manga version of Survivor. The plot is brutally simple: It’s a game … Continue reading

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Spring is just around the corner

MangaCast takes a look at this month’s Previews, featuring manga due to come out in February and March. Also: Did you know MangaCast has info on manga publishers? This is a great resource, with contact info, web links, and a … Continue reading

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Dark manga

In this week’s Publishers Weekly Comics Week, I interview action/fantasy/romance writer Christine Feehan about her manga Dark Hunger, an adaptation of one of her short stories, which took comics fans by surprise when it topped the Amazon charts—and puzzled some … Continue reading

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Good news for Nana fans

Nana is back, according to translator Tomo Kimura, who writes in her blog that mangaka Ai Yazawa stated on her mobile site that she is fully recovered from the illness that caused her to take a hiatus from the comic. … Continue reading

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Interviews, reviews, and a Gakuen Alice widget

The Tokyopop folks seem to be pretty psyched about Gakuen Alice, which is due out in December. If you go to this page, you can download a widget that will display a page a day between now and December 21 … Continue reading

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Travel plans and some news

A couple of announcements to start the week: I’m going to NYAF! It sounds like there’s going to be a pretty good manga scene there, and I’m always happy to have an excuse to visit my former hometown. If you’re … Continue reading

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