Category Archives: Mangablog

DMP Kickstarter Fails, Yen Confirms New Licenses

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Brigid Alverson

Johanna Draper Carlson has some commentary on Digital Manga’s Tezuka World Kickstarter, which failed to reach its goal last week. Lori Henderson shares her thoughts as well at Manga Xanadu. Some sharp-eyed folks spotted a couple of unannounced manga on … Continue reading →

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More from Masashi Kishimoto

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Katherine Dacey

Viz has picked up Zone-00, originally licensed by Tokyopop, as a digital release. Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto talks about his plans for the next few months, which include a Naruto spinoff that will launch in April, some other Naruto-related business, … Continue reading →

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Review: Barakamon, Vol. 1

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Katherine Dacey

Barakamon, Vol. 1 By Satsuki Yoshino Rated T, for Teens Yen Press, $15.00 Barakamon is a textbook fish-out-of-water story: an impatient city slicker finds himself in the country where life is slower, folks are simpler, and meaningful lessons abound. Its hero, … Continue reading →

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Naruto creator speaks

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Brigid Alverson

Shonen Jump’s latest “Jump Start” manga are Ryohei Yamamoto’s E-ROBOT and Nobuaki Enoki and Takeshi Obata’s Gakkyu Hotei. The magazine will run the first three chapters of each series. In an interview with the Asahi Shimbun, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto … Continue reading →

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Tatsumi on Film; Anno on Instagram

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Katherine Dacey

Gekiga pioneer Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s work is now accessible to viewers on the big screen, thanks to Singaporean director Eric Khoo. Khoo adapted such classic stories as “Hell,” “Goodbye,” and “Beloved Monkey,” interleaving them with vignettes from Tatsumi’s autobiography A Drifting Life.  This … Continue reading →

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Bookmarked! 11/12/14

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Brigid Alverson

Welcome to another edition of Bookmarked! This week, Johanna Draper Carlson of Comics Worth Reading joins Kate and I as we talk about what’s on the top of our reading stacks this week. I’ll start: Brigid: I have been reading … Continue reading →

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