Yearly Archives: 2009

Digital Manga Publishing announced two new licenses yesterday, both from Vampire Hunter D writer Hideyuki Kikuchi. Yashakiden: The Demon Princess, is a novel series and is rated 16+, for YA readers; DMP has posted a preview of the first chapter … Continue reading →

ICv2 lists BookScan’s top 20 graphic novels for March. Watchmen leads the list, but after that, it’s pretty manga-heavy, with Naruto dominating and Fruits Basket, Vampire Knight, Bleach, Rosario + Vampire, Negima, and Maximum Ride making single-volume showings as well. … Continue reading →

Tiamat’s Disciple has lots and lots of questions for Kurt Hassler, and Kurt responds in his usual upbeat fashion, capping it off with an exclusive bit of news: Yen will be releasing a new edition of Azumanga Daioh. Lori Henderson … Continue reading →

Well, not entirely for free—you need to get your hands on a copy of the May issue of Shonen Jump, so you can find out the secret password. Then enter it on the Shonen Jump website and through May 5, … Continue reading →

God Len posts this week’s new releases at Japanator. And here is a rundown on the April list from Digital Manga, including the first volumes in their new DokiDoki imprint. (Image is vol. 1 of Train Train, one of the … Continue reading →

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, creator of The Push Man, Abandon the Dead in Tokyo, and, most recently, A Drifting Life, will be making appearances in New York and Toronto in late April/early May. Deb Aoki has all the details. Also, The Onion’s … Continue reading →