Category Archives: Mangablog

This isn’t manga, but it may be of interest to some readers: Vertical is publishing Boy, a collection of short stories by film auteur “Beat” Takeshi Kitano. Details after the cut. BOY by “Beat” Takeshi Kitano $17.95/$22.00 HC, August 14, … Continue reading →

SDCC is over, time to start thinking about the next con: Aimee Major Steinberger, who is writing Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan, will be Go!Comi’s guest at the New York Animation Festival. Kobun Shizuno, co-director of the … Continue reading →

Nouvelle manga publisher Fanfare/Ponent Mon gets the lead story at ICv2 this morning, with a look at their upcoming releases. Matt Blind lists this week’s new manga at Comicsnob. At PopCultureShock, Katherine Dacey-Tsuei distills all of the past week into … Continue reading →

The CMX folks announced a few new titles at their SDCC panel on Sunday: A Girl Who Runs Through Time, by Gaku Tsugano; Teru Teru × Shōnen, by Shigero Takao; and The Flat Earth Exchange, by Toshimo Nigoshi. Giapet adds … Continue reading →

Yes, there were people who didn’t go to SDCC, and they had plenty to say this weekend as well. Here’s a roundup: Comicsnob’s Matt Blind takes a look at this week’s online sales rankings. Manga Recon has the list of … Continue reading →

Kai-Ming Cha of Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week has a nice roundup of the manga news. This struck me as interesting: Yen Press announced plans to simultaneously publish its books in the U.S. and the U.K. “Imports from the North American … Continue reading →