Category Archives: Mangablog

Tokyopop sent me some first volumes of some new series debuting in August, and I will handle most of them as quick reviews rather than try to write a full-length review of each one, as I did with Bird Kiss … Continue reading →

I’m not particularly anxious to stir up another yaoi discussion, but I thought this perceptive comment might be easily overlooked because it’s in a comments thread. Commenting on Chris Butcher’s post on yaoi, Alex Woolfson says It’s interesting that “feelings … Continue reading →

Newsarama has an interview with George Alexopoulos, who won a Rising Stars of Manga slot and has a new book, Go with Grace, that just came out this month. Anime on DVD has an early review up of the the … Continue reading →

Time magazine has an interview with Fruits Basket manga-ka Natsuki Takaya, and it’s clear that she’s not threatened by global manga: Simply put, I’m glad that manga as an expressive form is expanding. I think that nationality has no relation … Continue reading →

Uh-oh! I was lazy a few posts back and just picked up Love Manga’s recap of the USA Today top 150. So he and I both missed the big news of the week: Volume 14 of Fruits Basket debuted at … Continue reading →

After a two-week hiatus, our latest podcast is up at the MangaCast. I’m leading off this week with a little philosophical discussion of Japanese versus global manga. Then Jack takes it away and fills in the week’s news in his … Continue reading →