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Friday funnies

Shaenon Garrity has posted another piping-hot edition of the Overlooked Manga Festival, this one about Yakitate!! Japan, a favorite in my house. The Same Hat guys are back, and they’re hosting another scanlation of a Shintaro Kago manga. Click at … Continue reading

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Kodansha winner, AX audio, and more

ComiPress reports that the winner of Kodansha’s international manga competition is the artist known as rem. Tokyopop spilled the beans in their description of Vampire Kisses, which rem illustrates. She also was the first winner of the Rising Stars of … Continue reading

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PR: Dark Horse gets Gantz

I was tempted to title this “Dark Horse gets Gantz in their Pantz,” but it looks like this manga is no laughing matter. Read on for the details. The Deadliest Ball since Phantasm! GANTZ Brings Its Hardboiled Universe of Ultra-stylish … Continue reading

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Wednesday links

Lots of manga goodness at this week’s Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week, where Ed Chavez takes a look at CMX and Kai-Ming Cha talks to Eijiro Shimada of Kodansha’s Morning Two magazine about the publisher’s international manga competition. Amazingly, Naruto tops … Continue reading

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MangaBlogCast, Middaugh, and more

The post-SDCC edition of the MangaBlogCast is up, recapping all the manga-related news of the con. I’m heading out for a full day (and then some) of work but will post the liner notes tonight. ICv2 talks to Del Rey … Continue reading

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ANN interviews Arina Tanemura, creator of Full Moon o Sagashite and The Gentlemen’s Alliance +. MangaCast has audio of Jason Thompson’s “100 Manga Magazines in 60 Minutes” panel from SDCC. He also has this week’s new manga list, the first … Continue reading

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