Category Archives: Mangablog

Quickies

Nominations are open for the Anime Blog Awards, which include blogs about manga and other facets of Japanese culture. My thanks to those who nominated me! Click around and you’ll find plenty of other familiar names, and maybe a few … Continue reading

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Thursday roundup

Deb Aoki talks to Madeleine Rosca, the creator of Hollow Fields, at About.com. On the USA Today best-seller list, vol. 28 of Naruto drops from number 17 to 26, and vol. 19 of Fruits Basket debuts at number 112. Danielle … Continue reading

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New manga and manga news

At PopCultureShock, Katherine Dacey posts the Weekly Recon, her roundup of new manga and quick reviews. David Welsh has his list up as well. At Comics Worth Reading, Johanna Draper Carlson notes that Del Rey is releasing vols. 1 and … Continue reading

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Top manga for February

ICv2 has compiled the top selling graphic novel chart for February, so I’m going to pull out the manga. As always, remember that these numbers are from Diamond and thus reflect mainly sales in comics shops. I’ll put the ranking … Continue reading

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Please come to Boston in the springtime…

Anime Boston is this weekend, and the Manga Recon crew are ready with a Manga Map of Boston, directing you to all the cool sites. Also, a reminder to bloggers: E-mail me or drop me a comment if you want … Continue reading

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Eye-openers for Monday morning

Here’s a bit of free manhwa to start your week off right: Dark Horse is putting Shaman Warrior online for free, a chapter at a time. Johanna Draper Carlson asks what people think of PiQ magazine and gets a robust … Continue reading

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