Monthly Archives: January 2011

Love and hate in shonen manga, visual effects in shoujo

Lori Henderson posts the list of last week’s all-ages comics and manga, and picks her favorites, at Good Comics for Kids. Lissa Pattillo shares her comics-shop finds at Kuriousity, and at Comics Village, the whole team selects their favorites from … Continue reading

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Comfort manga

Jason Thompson looks at Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha in this week’s House of 1000 Manga column at ANN. On the ANNCast, Ed Chavez of Vertical (publishers of Buddha!) discusses his company’s new licenses, Princess Knight and Drops of God. Manga bloggers … Continue reading

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Vertical nabs Princess Knight, Drops of God

Big news today: Vertical announced two new manga licenses, Osamu Tezuka’s Princess Knight and the wine-tasting manga Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku). Princess Knight was one of the early shoujo manga and features a swashbuckling princess disguised as a … Continue reading

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Shonen love-hate relationships, food manga, and more

Brad Rice checks the list of this week’s new releases at Japanator, and David Welsh is pleased to see the second volume of Summit of the Gods on the list. At Manga Bookshelf, Kate, David, Melinda, and Michele list their … Continue reading

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Style and substance

The Manga Villagers peruse the best of the past week’s new manga. David Welsh takes a look at the winners of this year’s Shogakukan Manga Awards; only Ooku: The Inner Chamber has been licensed in the U.S., but several of … Continue reading

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MMF winds up; new titles from Digital

The Manga Moveable Feast celebration of Karakuri Odette continues with a Manga Out Loud podcast devoted to the topic and Johanna Draper Carlson’s review of vols. 4 and 5. And at Experiments in Manga, Ash Brown has an interesting essay … Continue reading

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