Category Archives: Mangablog

I’m back home again, ready to adjust to the new normal. Again, thank you for all your kind comments and condolence messages. Last week was bleak at times, and it was really comforting to hear from so many friends. Needless … Continue reading →

Hi everyone. I’m sorry I haven’t been around the internets the past few days. My father died on Tuesday. I’m in the busywork stage of bereavement—planning, traveling, paperwork—but I hope to be back into a regular blogging routine by the … Continue reading →

Just a few short things today, but let’s start with a big one: Tokyopop has signed on with the video-sharing site Crunchyroll to promote their properties, using their embeddable manga player. First up: A sneak peek at Princess Ai: Encounters. … Continue reading →

You know that any mainstream-news story that leads with the Hello Kitty vibrator is going to be bad news, and this MSNBC column by Brian Alexander does not disappoint. Did I miss the moment when maid cafes became mainstream in … Continue reading →

How much does John Jakala love Japanese Spider-Man? He counts the ways in his latest Sporadic Sequential post, and he finds much to love. (Japanese Spidey image lifted straight from John’s blog but probably (c) someone else.) Scott VonSchilling reposts … Continue reading →

OT, but important: The LHC was turned on while we were sleeping, and the world didn’t come to an end. Apparently Nostradamus and all those YouTube people were wrong. Mr. MangaBlog is one of the physicists on the CMS collaboration, … Continue reading →