Category Archives: Mangablog

ANN is reporting a bizarre little story about Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Publisher Shueisha and anime company A.P.P.P. have stopped shipments of the anime and manga because of an image that some Muslims found offensive. In the sixth episode of the … Continue reading →

ICv2 released Diamond’s sales figures for April yesterday, as well as an analysis of sales for the first quarter of 2008. The news is mixed: sales of pamphlet comics were down 7% from the first quarter of 2007, sales of … Continue reading →

In this week’s Manga Before Flowers column at Comic Book Resources, Danielle Leigh wonders why she doesn’t like shonen as much as she thinks she should, and she asks readers to suggest some new titles for her shoujo-loving self to … Continue reading →

Katherine Dacey has posted another Weekly Recon, with this week’s new manga and her recommendations, at PopCultureShock. Can’t tell 2chan from 4chan? Wired explains it all to you and talks to Patrick Macias as well about American otaku. (Via Patrick’s … Continue reading →

Ed Chavez updates his big list of discontinued manga at the MangaCast, and he notes some trends: manhwa and seinen titles are more likely to get the ax (or just fade away without an announcement) but on the brighter side, … Continue reading →

Gia is working hard at ACEN, where despite a lack of internets (boo!) she is posting regularly. It’s mostly about anime, but she has a few scooplets: Yaoi Press announced a new Dany&Dany title, Anima, Viz and ADV were no-shows … Continue reading →