Category Archives: Mangablog

Patrick Macias interviews Stan Lee for The Japan Times about his foray into manga at the age of 85. Vol. 29 of Naruto rises from number 57 to 44 on this week’s USA Today best-seller list. The UK’s 2007 Eagle … Continue reading →

Japanese culture: It’s everywhere. Even in your superhero comics: This is from the sketchbooks for DC’s Final Crisis, which is some really big superhero comics event that launches this month. Opinions, anyone?

It seems to be awards season in Japan; the latest are the 32nd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, which were announced yesterday. Shugo Chara! got the nod for best children’s manga; none of the others are licensed yet, but they are: … Continue reading →

Let’s start off with a question for you: MangaBlog reader David Hearst recently asked me to recommend some manga. Here’s what he likes: I’ve found that I really enjoy “slice of life” stories like Yotsubato and Azumanga Daioh. I just … Continue reading →

The Speed Racer movie causes the mainstream media to notice, once again, that Japanese culture seems to be popular over here. Look, there’s sushi in the supermarkets and manga in the bookstores and hey, that Gwen Stefani lady designed a … Continue reading →

I’m reading DMP’s luscious two-volume set of Speed Racer right now, so I was intrigued to find this interview with Peter Fernandez, who was heavily involved in the American adaptation of the anime and wrote the intro for the new … Continue reading →