Yearly Archives: 2011

Today is our birthday: The first MangaBlog post went up six years ago today, and I’m happy to say we have grown and changed a lot since then. Thank you all for reading—it’s the community that really makes this site … Continue reading →

The news that rocked the manga world this week was that Tokyopop laid off their senior editors Lillian Diaz-Pryzybl and Troy Lewter, as well as newer hire Asako Suzuki (formerly of CMX) and several others. I wrote about Tokyopop CEO … Continue reading →

Since they had pretty much taken over the place anyway, the manga reviewers at Comics Village have decamped and formed their own site, Manga Village. Reset your bookmarks and RSS feeds and stay tuned! Melinda Beasi, Kate Dacey, Michelle Smith, … Continue reading →

Over at Robot 6, I interviewed Vertical, Inc., marketing director Ed Chavez about the news that Kodasha and Dai Nippon have bought major shares of his company—and how that will affect their manga catalog. Erica Friedman looks at the pros … Continue reading →

First, a quick note: Someone is copying this blog and reposting it without my permission, so if you are not reading this at www.mangablog.net, please click over there and stop giving this copyright infringer the web traffic. Sean Gaffney takes … Continue reading →

The big news broke last night: Kodansha and Dai Nippon have each bought a 46% share (Kodansha’s is slightly larter) in Vertical. The deal was originally described as a purchase but it seems more like an investment; details are still … Continue reading →