Category Archives: Mangablog

Interviews, reviews, and a Gakuen Alice widget

The Tokyopop folks seem to be pretty psyched about Gakuen Alice, which is due out in December. If you go to this page, you can download a widget that will display a page a day between now and December 21 … Continue reading

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Travel plans and some news

A couple of announcements to start the week: I’m going to NYAF! It sounds like there’s going to be a pretty good manga scene there, and I’m always happy to have an excuse to visit my former hometown. If you’re … Continue reading

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Black Friday post

We’re part of the buy-nothing-on-Black-Friday brigade: I expect to spend today reading manga, babysitting my nieces and nephew, and grazing on the leftovers. Here’s what I could glean from the internets: It’s Ladies Day at MangaCast, where the girls take … Continue reading

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Pre-holiday pitch

One of the things I do in real life is administer our city’s charitable fund for families in need. This has been an unusually busy holiday season for us, and I know we’re not unique. So I’d like to like … Continue reading

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PR: Viz licenses wheelchair basketball manga

It’s not just Yen that’s picking up on interesting titles: Viz announced this week that they will be publishing REAL, by Slam Dunk manga-ka Takehiko Inoue. Somehow a shonen manga about wheelchair basketball seems very logical. Details after the jump. … Continue reading

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PR: Boys Love from Yen Press

Yen Press has been picking up some interesting manga, and it was sort of inevitable that there would be yaoi in the mix. Below is their press release about their first three titles, all by Lily Hoshino—and Kurt Hassler is … Continue reading

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