Category Archives: Mangablog

Monday wakeup call

My latest column is up at Comixpedia, and it’s about… Same Hat! Same Hat!! I told you you would be hearing about them soon! ICv2 has more info on new publisher Aurora, including some new title announcements and price information. … Continue reading

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Recent reviews

There were so many reviews over the past few days that I decided to give them a separate post, for ease of clicking. Active Anime Angel Sanctuary, vol. 19 Hana-Kimi, vol. 10 Kamui, vol. 4 La Corda d’Oro, vol. 3 … Continue reading

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More to love!

I didn’t get to do any news roundups yesterday as it was an unusually busy day, so that means an extra dose today. Over at Digital Strips, I take a first look at scanlations for dummies—scanlations that you don’t have … Continue reading

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PR: New shojo from Dark Horse

Dark Horse announced a new title today: Translucent, a shojo title by Kazuhiro Okamoto. Carl Horn himself showed me the Japanese edition of this at MangaNEXT, and it looked really cool. The heroine slowly becomes invisible, a perfect metaphor for … Continue reading

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Scoop: Yen Press new title

Kurt Hassler and editorial assistant Tania Biswas just gave me the story on the newest Yen Press title, and it’s something completely different from the usual run of manga: the Japanese title is Hikari to Tomo ni …, and they … Continue reading

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Strange news day

It’s a strange news day in the mangasphere. First item: Artist Go Nagai does not, despite the headline on this article, come right out and say that brains are more interesting than boobs, but he is suprisingly articulate about what … Continue reading

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