Monthly Archives: July 2009

David Welsh takes a look at this week’s new manga, which includes the final volume of Fruits Basket (and he has a special request for those of you who haven’t read it… yet). Tangognat makes her picks from the July … Continue reading →

First of all, there’s a good reason why my header image is missing—Mr. MangaBlog upgraded me from WordPress 2.5 to 2.8 yesterday, and the image didn’t survive the transition. It will be back in a few days, and hopefully some … Continue reading →

The Anime Expo folks say that attendance topped 44,000 this past weekend, making AX the biggest anime and manga show in the country. Opinion Prone summarizes Deb Aoki’s tweets on the global manga panel and adds some opinions, and Evan … Continue reading →

Friday was a busy day for the manga folks at Anime Expo. Here’s a roundup of news and announcements: SPJA Awards: The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) gave their awards at AX. Here are the manga-related ones: … Continue reading →

From glancing at Twitter and my news feeds, it looks like the first day of Anime Expo included some good music and some anime license announcements, but not much of note for manga fans. ANN summarizes the keynote address Austin … Continue reading →

ICv2 has BookScan’s top-selling graphic novels for June, and manga dominates the list with 17 titles. If you’re not a regular Yen+ reader, this might be a reason to check it out: Queenie Chan (The Dreaming, Odd Thomas) has a … Continue reading →