Category Archives: Mangablog

Crunchyroll launches digital manga service; Hetalia is back

The big news of the week is that Crunchyroll has launched a digital manga service that kicks off with 12 Kodansha series. New chapters will be available for free the same day they come out in Japan, and there’s an … Continue reading

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Gagan Singh on Viz’s digital program

Lissa Pattillo looks at Viz’s new license announcements from NYCC, which include Black Rose Alice, by Afterschool Nightmare creator Setona Mizushiro, and Time Killers, a collection of short stories by Blue Exorcist manga-ka Kazue Kato. ICv2 talks at length with … Continue reading

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Post-NYCC Roundup

Sorry for the radio silence—I went to NYCC, and the two weeks after a con always seem to turn into a black hole as I write up a ton of different articles. It will take me a few days to … Continue reading

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Attack on Titan dominates the charts

The Manga Bookshelf bloggers look forward to next week’s new releases. The third volume of Mobile Suit Gundam tops the New York Times manga best-seller list; four volumes of Attack on Titan make the list, which is not surprising as … Continue reading

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Kodansha Comics is hiring; Nakayoshi is awesome

Scott Green speculates about what series will replace Akira Toriyama’s Jaco the Galactic Patrolman in Viz’s Shonen Jump magazine. When my mom was getting a room painted or papered, she used to let my kids come in and draw on … Continue reading

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September Switch, new manga, and more

Digital Manga’s September Switch promotion is still going on for a bit longer; at Panel Patter, Rob McMonigal takes a closer look at what it entails—basically, sign up with eManga and show you have bought an e-book somewhere else, and … Continue reading

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