Category Archives: Mangablog

At Rocket Bomber, Matt Blind takes a look at 2008 online manga sales with charts of the top releases of the year, the sales numbers for Naruto, a publishers’ scorecard, nonfiction sales, and a look at manga-related novels. ANN reports … Continue reading →

Bookscan, which tracks sales of books and graphic novels in bookstores, released the top 20 graphic novels of 2008, and while that Watchman thing topped the list, there were 9 volumes of Naruto in the top 20. Also on the … Continue reading →

New on the menu this month: Viz launches Oishinbo, a cooking manga about a food journalist who sets out to choose the ultimate Japanese menu. This involves lots of tasting, of course, as well as lots of side trips into … Continue reading →

Thursday was Kitchen Ceiling Demolition Day, so I didn’t get to post—sorry!—but as I trot ’round the blogosphere this morning, there seem to be more than the usual number of philosophical and aesthetic discussions. Put on your thinking caps, kids! … Continue reading →

David Welsh looks at this week’s new releases, but he’s fixated on one book: The final volume of After School Nightmare, in which everything finally comes together. The Eastern Edge translates part 1 of an interview with Naoki Urasawa. It’s … Continue reading →

Michelle Smith lists her picks of the week at Manga Recon. Lori Henderson looks over the latest Previews at Manga Xanadu. At Comics Worth Reading, Johanna Draper Carlson lists her picks for the best manga of 2008. And at Rocket … Continue reading →