Yearly Archives: 2010

Jason Thompson needs your help! The manga expert and author of Manga: The Complete Guide is planning a talk on censorship in manga, but he’s in the middle of moving and all the manga he needs is in storage. Check … Continue reading →

Kate Dacey, Gia Manry, Brad Rice, and David Welsh look at this week’s new releases. Joe McCulloch is really looking forward to Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s Black Blizzard, and he sees a lot of interesting material there for critics and scholars as … Continue reading →

Melinda Beasi brings us up to date on manhwa-related reviews and events in her latest Manhwa Monday roundup at Manga Bookshelf. Johanna Draper Carlson weighs in on scanlation sites, pointing out that the vast majority of readers don’t care that … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson posts this week’s kid-friendly comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids and sums up this week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu. And she adds Appare Jipangu! to her licensing wish list. Kate Dacey explains precisely why OneManga.com … Continue reading →

Gia Manry looks at the recent shifts in the Japanese and U.S. markets, while Jonathan Clements points out that a drop in manga sales doesn’t necessarily mean the Japanese are reading fewer manga; there’s a robust secondhand market there. Daniella … Continue reading →

ICv2 has a new publication out detailing manga trends, and the editors predict that the number of manga releases will be down 13% this year from 2009, bringing the total number of volumes published to less than 1,000 for the … Continue reading →