Category Archives: Mangablog

I took a look at Tokyopop’s June releases in “Ten-Minute Tokyopop” at Robot 6. Melinda Beasi takes a look at recent news and reviews in her latest Manhwa Monday post at Manga Bookshelf. Rick Marshall talks to Dave Roman, co-writer … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson rounds up an unusually active week in manga at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman has the latest new releases and other yuri news at Okazu. At Blog@Newsarama, Julie Opipari discusses the manga she’s most looking forward to from … Continue reading →

Jason Thompson’s second House of 1000 Manga column looks at Pilgrim Jäger, a historical (well, sort of) about a pair of traveling exorcists in Europe in a time of religious upheaval. Roland Kelts thinks that “cool Japan” may be a … Continue reading →

Melinda Beasi, Johanna Draper Carlson, Kai-Ming Cha, Simon Jones, Julie Opipari, Lissa Pattillo, and Brad Rice react to the news that Viz laid off up to 60 staffers this week. Viz has also put up a short post on its … Continue reading →

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 →