Category Archives: Mangablog

Here’s the story of the day: 11 Japanese artists are suing the owners of a website that hosted scanned-in manga. ComiPress picks up the story from the Japanese papers. Plaintiffs in the suit, which is asking for 22 million yen … Continue reading →

Happy Pi Day everyone! Yes, it’s 3.14 (in U.S. notation), a rough approximation of that magic number, and it’s also Albert Einstein’s birthday. In celebration, I give you two off-topic links: a way to calculate pi by throwing frozen hot … Continue reading →

It’s that time of the week again: I write it, Jack reads it, you can listen to it on your iPod or computer. Liner notes after the cut. Rising Stars of Manga Changes at RSoM Rising Stars of Manga page … Continue reading →

It’s time for one of my favorite features of the internet, the Overlooked Manga Festival! This week Shaenon Garrity jumps on the Fantagraphics bandwagon with a look at their sole non-porn manga title, Anywhere But Here. Simon Jones comments (NSFW) … Continue reading →

Tokyopop has posted the winners of the Rising Stars of Manga competition. Congratulations to all who participated! (First spotted by the sharp-eyed folks at Manganews.)

First up: The Australian has a nice article about Queenie Chan and The Dreaming. The big story at ComiPress is that manga sales are down 4.2% in Japan, dropping below 500 million yen for the first time in recent memory. … Continue reading →