Category Archives: Mangablog

PR: Cactus’s Secret

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Viz is rolling out a new Shojo Beat series, Cactus’s Secret (Saboten no Himitsu), that looks like it will hit the sweet spot for the younger demographic. It’s a high school love story with … Continue reading

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Sexy Voice, Giant Robot, and women warriors of Claymore

The Moveable Manga Feast gets under way with Sam Kusek, Erica Friedman, and Christopher Butcher weighing in on the book under consideration, Sexy Voice and Robo. Kate Dacey takes a first look at this week’s new comics at The Manga … Continue reading

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Sexy Voice blogathon, Yokyoama webcomic, and bishi Jareth

The first Manga Moveable Feast begins today: Over the next week, a number of bloggers will be reviewing and discussing the manga Sexy Voice and Robo. David Welsh, who organized the event, provides an introduction to the book at Manga … Continue reading

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New comics, contests, and the return of Sailor Moon?

Lori Henderson posts this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. And check out our lively roundtable on the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. Julie looks at some animal manga she’d like to see licensed at … Continue reading

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Yen announces new Haruhi and Yoshinaga manga

Yen Press announced a fresh batch of new licenses on their website yesterday, including The Melancholy of Suzmiya-Haruhi-Chan, a 4-koma gag strip based on that other Haruhi manga; another 4-koma manga, this one based on the anime K-On!, about a … Continue reading

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Crossover time: Stan Lee and shoujo X-Men

Kate Dacey, David Welsh and Brad Rice look at this week’s new comics. Danica Davidson talks to Stan Lee about Ultimo, the manga he co-authored, at Comic Book Resources. Chris Sims counts down the seven most shoujo moments in X-Men: … Continue reading

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