Category Archives: Mangablog

Happy Pocky Day!

Today’s article about the Shonen Jump reboot comes courtesy of Deb Aoki, who talked to senior editor Joel Enos about plans to update the magazine’s design, add some new series, and provide some content online to subscribers. Also, today is … Continue reading

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Stop, drop, and ROFL!

ICv2 talks to Shonen Jump senior editor Joel Enos about the magazine’s “re-launch,” which seems to mean a facelift plus the addition of the subscriber-only online content. Enos seems to realize which way the world is going; as bookstores and … Continue reading

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Hikaru Sasahara speaks

Deb Aoki talks to Digital CEO Hikaru Sasahara about his plans for the Digital Manga Guild and how he hopes it will change the licensing system for manga. Melinda Beasi rounds up the latest manhwa news in her Manhwa Monday … Continue reading

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Tokyopop tries PoD

Tokyopop has begun selling print-on-demand editions of both old and new books through its online shop. Johanna Draper Carlson looks over some of the offerings at Comics Worth Reading. Lori Henderson takes a look at the week in manga at … Continue reading

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Yen Press announces New Talent Search

Actually, this has been on Yen Plus, their online magazine, for two months, but if you don’t subscribe, now is the time to jump in. Here are the details. Seems it was just yesterday that Tim Beedle was saying that … Continue reading

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Digital comics, global manga hate, and fanservice for girls

I spoke to Shonen Jump senior editor Joel Enos a couple of days ago about that magazine’s new subscriber-only digital comics. Joel provided some additional details on the program and reassured me that parent company Viz is not contemplating dropping … Continue reading

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