Category Archives: Mangablog

Popp’d

Ok, I know I was snarking on the new Tokyopop website yesterday, but I have spent a little time clicking around and I have figured out a few things. First of all, if you want to find a particular manga, … Continue reading

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Review: Bird Kiss

Bird Kiss By Eun Ah Park Romance/Comedy Rated T, age 13+ Tokyopop, $9.99 Bird Kiss is a classic shoujo story with a bit more depth to the characters than usual. Park sets the stage right up front with a super-cute … Continue reading

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SDCC wrapups

At MangaCast, Ed posts audio of the Jim Henson Company Labyrinth and Dark Crystal panel. ANN has a list of new licenses with links to their encyclopedia articles, which will have to do for now as the publishers don’t seem … Continue reading

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New in stores this week

It’s Wednesday, and you can make your shopping list with the help of Love Manga or MangaCast, where Ed picks volume 2 of Life as his pick of the week. We’ve already bought Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, as my girls are … Continue reading

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Manga edits: an insider’s view

There’s a very civilized discussion on censorship going on on the Tokyopop message boards right now. I’ll link to the most recent page, in which someone complains that Viz edited a nipple out of Midori Days (which strikes me as … Continue reading

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Comments on comments

If you only read one comments thread today, let it be this one at Precocious Curmudgeon, wherein David Welsh re-captions the cover of Gerard & Jacques and solicits suggestions for manwha. Tokyopop’s new site offers blogs to all comers, and … Continue reading

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