Category Archives: Mangablog

What if they announced a set of awards nominations and nobody complained? This seems to be the year. Even the mainstream comics folks seem to be pleased, and the manga community is delighted, especially because the Eisner people created a … Continue reading →

The 2007 Eisner award nominations are up, and unlike last year, manga is well represented. In fact, they added a whole new category for manga: Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan. After School Nightmare, by Setona Mizushiro (Go! Comi) Antique … Continue reading →

Here’s today’s big news: vol. 16 of Fruits Basket moves to number 15 on the USA Today Booklist. Unless I’m missing something, that’s the best showing ever for a manga; Naruto‘s peak position so far was 21 (for vol. 11) … Continue reading →

ANN has the top ten manga in Japan for last week. At Icarus Comics, Simon Jones points out that a magazine that is barely breaking even with a circulation of 2 million is not a business model other countries should … Continue reading →

Be sure to check out this week’s Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week, which includes an article on Shojo Beat by yours truly and a story about the newest manga publisher, Aurora. There’s also a review of the new, improved, Parasyte. Top … Continue reading →

Comicsnob posts this week’s manga (and “manga-ish”) list, and David Welsh takes an early look at some titles. ChunHyang72 checks out the best blogging at Tokyopop—and beyond. DramaQueen announced yesterday that their BL anthology, Rush, will be published every three … Continue reading →