Yearly Archives: 2010

The link post is running late today due to some Christmas-related duties, but here’s the big news of the day: Square Enix has launched their online manga store. Now the pirates-versus-iTunes theory will be tested for sure, as a major … Continue reading →

At The Comics Journal, Roland Kelts discusses the absurdities of the amendments that the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly just passed to the Youth Healthy Development Ordinance, including the fact that it specifically mentions “manga and anime” and leaves photography untouched—so real … Continue reading →

Wow! Linda Thai is up to part 10 of her interview with Stu Levy and still going strong! The Comics Village team looks at the best manga of the past week. Melinda Beasi links to an article about manhwa created … Continue reading →

The big news of the week happened yesterday, when Kodansha USA announced its summer lineup. Del Rey fans can rest assured that a number of titles will continue serialization under the new regime, including Air Gear, Fairy Tail, Negima, Sayonara, … Continue reading →

Daniella Orihuela-Gruber has some advice for manga publishers about going digital. Jason Thompson takes a look at Battle Angel Alita in his latest House of 1000 Manga column at ANN. Linda Thai’s interview with Stu Levy continues at Something Deeper. … Continue reading →

Hikaru Sasahara of Digital Manga Publishing gives PWCW’s Kai-Ming Cha all the dope on the Digital Manga Guild, which will allow fans and amateurs to translate manga legitimately and pay a cut of the sales on the back end. Among … Continue reading →