Category Archives: Mangablog

Post-holiday surge

Check out this week’s USA Today best-seller list, for the week ending December 30 (number in parentheses is last week’s rank): 78. Naruto, vol. 27 (135) 89. Naruto, vol. 26 (228) 96. Warriors: Warrior’s Refuge (0) 113. Naruto, vol. 25 … Continue reading

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Roundup of roundups

Although the best-of lists started coming out months ago, people are now beginning to summarize 2007 in earnest. Here’s what I found in the mangaverse. Kai-Ming Cha lists the ten best manga of 2007. Topping the list: Tekkonkinkreet, which also … Continue reading

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Back-to-work link roundup

Here’s a great resource: The Anime Blog posts the list of all manga scheduled to be released in January. Ed Chavez welcomes the new year with a look at this week’s phonebooks, which are dressing up to usher in 2008, … Continue reading

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Closing the books on 2007

Broccoli announced this week that they have licensed sola. At Comicsnob, Matt Blind posts the online best-sellers for the week ending December 23, plus commentary on his methods and findings. The 2007 retrospectives and best-of lists are still rolling in. … Continue reading

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Out with the old, in with the new

Same Hat! Same Hat!! has a nice holiday gift for everyone… who is over 18 and not at work: They’re hosting a scanlation of Shintaro Kago’s Labyrinth. Booklist Watch: The Naruto wave finally ebbs, with only vol. 27 making the … Continue reading

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Now what do we do with the rest of the week?

It’s a light week for new manga, but the MangaCast team make their picks anyway. Meanwhile, Ed posts some holiday covers from Japan. David Welsh reviews this week’s list as well. Business Week looks at the popularity of manga in … Continue reading

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