Yearly Archives: 2010

Apres le deluge, manga

San Diego Comic-Con was busy but didn’t feature as many manga announcements as in previous years. I rounded up the weekend’s news at Robot 6; The big news was that Drawn & Quarterly licensed two manga by Shigeru Mizuki, Onward … Continue reading

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Manga for grown-ups

There’s plenty of manga action going on at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend; most of the big publishers are there, although they don’t seem to be announcing huge numbers of licenses as in years past. Top Shelf announced it would … Continue reading

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BREAKING: One Manga shutting down, Square Enix opens up shop

One Manga, the largest illicit manga scan site and one of the top 1,000 websites on the whole internet, is shutting down. This message, from site administrator “Zabi,” appears on the front page: “There is an end to everything, to … Continue reading

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Pre-SDCC news roundup

Kate Dacey has some summer reading suggestions in her latest Good Manga for Kids column. Here’s the full press release on the three new series that Seven Seas announced yesterday: As predicted by ANN, they are ToraDora, Amnesia Labyrinth, and … Continue reading

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More new manga, and farewell to Yen Plus

The sleuths at ANN think they have figured out the third Seven Seas license: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (A Certain Scientific Railgun), by Motoi Fuyukawa. The Manga Village team looks over the past week’s new releases and makes their picks. … Continue reading

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Seven Seas drops a few hints

New title guessing game: Seven Seas has three new titles to announce, and they are doing it in an unorthodox way: As puzzles via Twitter. Yesterday’s clues were “Anagram: ‘Toad Roar’” and “Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of … Continue reading

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