Category Archives: Mangablog

The big news this week is the Eisner nominations. Here’s the list in the manga category (officially known as Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia): The Heart of Thomas, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics) The Mysterious Underground Men, by Osamu Tezuka … Continue reading →

The Google Cultural Collection has put up an exhibit on Osamu Tezuka—the first one to feature manga or anime. Ken H files his con report on Anime Boston. News from Japan: Mike Masick of TechDirt writes about concerns among doujinshi … Continue reading →

Seven Seas has licensed No Game, No Life, a story about a brother and sister who are legendary gamers and are called to save humanity in an alternate world where games substitute for war. The first volume will be out … Continue reading →

Ben Applegate of Kodansha Comics had some announcements to make at Anime Boston this week: They will publish The Heroic Legend of Arslan, by Fullmetal Alchemist manga-ka Hiromu Arakawa, and they also announced a digital re-release of Mushishi. And that … Continue reading →

Hirofumi Watanabe, the suspect in the Kuroko’s Basketball case, admitted in court yesterday that he was the one who sent hundreds of threat letters to stores and convention centers and says the motive was jealousy of manga-ka Tadatoshi Fujimaki’s success. … Continue reading →

Here’s a big announcement from Viz: They have licensed Naoki Urasawa’s Master Keaton. Zainab Akhtar explains why that’s awesome. And there’s more: They also announced Assassination Classroom (“A humorous and action-packed story about a class of misfits who are trying … Continue reading →