Yearly Archives: 2010

Here’s the big news of the day: Viz announced that it had laid off some employees yesterday, and Publisher’s Weekly puts the number at as many as 60, or about 40% of the company. They closed their small New York … Continue reading →

Is Go! Comi dead? Their website has expired, and former editor Audry Taylor is selling off her manga collection at a charity auction. Gia did a bit of digging; I sent out an e-mail myself but I’m not sure if … Continue reading →

Jason Thompson discusses five perverted manga—and why they are so perverted—in his latest column at io9. Kate Dacey shows us how it’s done—or rather, how it’s not done—with her list of the seven deadly sins of reviewing. David Welsh discusses … Continue reading →

Jason Thompson has a new column starting at ANN on his favorite manga, and he kicks things off with a look at the classic The Rose of Versailles. Sean Gaffney looks at this week’s new releases, and Lori Henderson alerts … Continue reading →

Anna looks at online manga at The Bureau Chiefs. Kristin reads the May Previews through manga-tinted glasses at Comic Attack. Simon Jones catches the next four manga that Animate will put on Kindle, and all are former Deux releases. Julie … Continue reading →

New blog alert! Gia Manry has been liberated from the black-and-neon confines of Anime Vice and has started a new blog of her own, Anime Briefs. Gia is a great writer, and one of the few people in the MangaBlogoSphere … Continue reading →