Category Archives: Mangablog

Seven Seas is announcing seven new licenses in seven days; the first is Non Non Biyori. And Viz has rescued another Tokyopop title, adding Kyo Kara Maoh to their Viz Select digital line. ICv2 has the September BookScan numbers, which … Continue reading →

The Manga Bookshelf team discusses their Pick of the Week. Ride Back creator Tetsuro Kasahara is writing a prequel to Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy; the prequel, which is being supervised by Tezuka’s son, Makoto Tezuka, will launch in December in … Continue reading →

Yen Press has the license for the manga based on the Disney film Big Hero 6. The manga has just launched in Kodansha’s Magazine Special, and not only is it the first manga to precede a Disney film, it’s also … Continue reading →

I’m back from San Diego, which was great, as always. I covered a ton of panels for CBR, where I am a contributing writer, and I got to be one of the folks who went up on stage when that … Continue reading →

It’s been a busy few weeks, so let’s start with new license announcements. Sean Gaffney has a thorough writeup of the Anime Expo news, which includes the big news that Viz will be releasing (or re-releasing, in the case of … Continue reading →

DC Comics will release Jiro Kuwata’s 1960s Batman manga, Batmanga, as a digital-first comic starting this Saturday, and later it will be released as three print volumes. The manga will be released unflipped and the digital price will be 99 … Continue reading →