Category Archives: Mangablog

Nine years ago today, I hit “publish” on the first post here at MangaBlog. Had I but known what that fateful act would lead to… Seriously, MangaBlog was founded on a whim and almost died after a few months, when … Continue reading →

ICv2 talks to Kevin Hamric, Viz’s media director for sales and marketing, about the synergy between manga sales and streaming anime. Back in the boom years, sales of a manga series often jumped when the anime started running on Cartoon … Continue reading →

Yen Press has confirmed that it will publish the Blood Lad four-panel spinoff BuraBuratto Buradora, by Yūki Kodama and Kanata Yoshino, as the second volume of Bloody Brat. The Manga Bookshelf team looks at this week’s new manga. Jason Thompson … Continue reading →

Kodansha announced on Wednesday that it will be publishing Noragami: Stray God, which has been running in Monthly Shonen Magazine since 2011. Here’s the blurb: Yato is a stray god. He doesn’t even have a shrine, not to mention worshipers! … Continue reading →

Let’s kick off the week with some new-license news: Vertical announced three new series at Katsucon this past weekend: Ajin, by Gamon Sakurai; Witch Craft Works, by Ryū Mizunagi; and The Garden of Words, the manga adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s … Continue reading →

Here are some photos of Inio Asano’s Nijigahara Holograph, which is due out from Fantagraphics any day now. Posting has been spotty because I’m busy writing up my Angouleme reports; here’s my look at the French manga market, which is … Continue reading →