Category Archives: Mangablog

We had a busy Christmas Eve with last-minute shopping and a recalcitrant drain to un-clog, but then we got to relax over Indian food with my sister and her family. Nothing like having a bunch of wound-up pre-Christmas children in … Continue reading →

While everyone else was scanning blurry photos of The Beguiling, hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive number one manga of 2006, The Building Opposite, I decided to take the direct route and e-mailed the company. I got a … Continue reading →

I’m thinking about compiling a Top Ten Retrospectives of 2006 list. It looks like there will be plenty to choose from. Having already shared the books he enjoyed the most, David Welsh also lists the ones that made the biggest … Continue reading →

Literary analysis of Train Man? Not quite, but Stephanie Folse looks at all three in her Tokyopop column to compare the way different artists handle the same story. Shaenon Garrity treats us to another overlooked manga festival, this one about … Continue reading →

Well, Kai-Ming Cha got everyone talking—on two continents, apparently—with her list of the top ten manga and top five manwha of 2006. Tangognat finds the PW list “a bit odd” and shares a few of her favorites. At PopCultureShock, Katherine … Continue reading →

There are a few other things happening besides retrospectives. There are two manga on the USA Today Booklist this week, and neither comes as a surprise: vol. 15 of Fruits Basket checks in at number 108 while Naruto drops from … Continue reading →