Category Archives: Mangablog

ComiPress translates a story about a Doraemon doujinshi that has sold over 15,000 copies and moved Doraemon publisher Shogakukan to claim copyright infringement and ask the doujinshi group to stop publishing it. MangaNews has more details, and Simon Jones puts … Continue reading →

Lots of reviews came out while I was offline, so I’m grouping them all in a single post after the cut for your browsing convenience. Active Anime vol. 3 of Octopus Girl, vol. 3 of Kuro Gane. vol. 3 of … Continue reading →

Lots of stuff was going on while I was getting the site squared away. Here’s the first round: NYCC is just around the corner, and Ed pulls out the manga events to make our lives easier. Shaenon Garrity has a … Continue reading →

Perhaps we were all a little harsh about the new Avril Lavigne manga announced this week by Del Rey. OK, the cover would put most people into insulin shock, but writer Joshua Dysart popped up in several forums this week … Continue reading →

I’ll put the big news first: Vertical will be publishing Mw, by Osamu Tezuka. Alert Tokyopop blogger Andre spotted the listing on Amazon.ca, and at MangaCast, Dirk Deppey confirmed it. Vertical has two other titles, Andromeda Story, by Keiko Takemiya, … Continue reading →

Why does Mely love Kaori Yuki? It’s hard to say, but fun to read. Ross Campbell, creator of The Abandoned, has had a falling out with Tokyopop and learned the downside of signing away rights to a character. Johanna has … Continue reading →