Yearly Archives: 2008

Just a few short things today, but let’s start with a big one: Tokyopop has signed on with the video-sharing site Crunchyroll to promote their properties, using their embeddable manga player. First up: A sneak peek at Princess Ai: Encounters. … Continue reading →

You know that any mainstream-news story that leads with the Hello Kitty vibrator is going to be bad news, and this MSNBC column by Brian Alexander does not disappoint. Did I miss the moment when maid cafes became mainstream in … Continue reading →

How much does John Jakala love Japanese Spider-Man? He counts the ways in his latest Sporadic Sequential post, and he finds much to love. (Japanese Spidey image lifted straight from John’s blog but probably (c) someone else.) Scott VonSchilling reposts … Continue reading →

OT, but important: The LHC was turned on while we were sleeping, and the world didn’t come to an end. Apparently Nostradamus and all those YouTube people were wrong. Mr. MangaBlog is one of the physicists on the CMS collaboration, … Continue reading →

Following in the footsteps of Shaenon Garrity, Matt Thorn unearths another manga treasure from the past, Kisha Ryokô (A Train Journey), by Noboru Ôshiro, published in 1941. Ôshiro’s clear-lined art reminds me a bit of Tintin, and it makes me … Continue reading →

The ICv2 folks have posted their list of the top 50 manga properties, and not surprisingly, Naruto tops the list, followed by Fruits Basket, Death Note, Bleach—the usual suspects. Queenie Chan’s In Odd We Trust shows up at a very … Continue reading →