Category Archives: Mangablog

It’s begun. Ed Chavez posts on the first manga panel of the San Diego Comic Con: Del Rey Manga. And he’s impressed. The new titles: Kitchen Princess by Kobayashi Miyuki and Andou Natsumi Mushishi by Urushibara Yuki Mamotte Lolipop by … Continue reading →

Active Anime interviews Izumi Kawachi, the author of Enchanter, who provides some insight into the life of a Japanese manga-ka: First of all, you’re constantly under pressure with the deadlines. And I use every minute of the 10 days that … Continue reading →

Psst! Go check out the Tokyopop site! It’s been redesigned and considerably enlarged, with blogs (blogs!) and a new manga column by Stephanie Folse (a.k.a. Telophase), a people column by Chris Arrant, an interview with Beck manga-ka Harold Sakuishi, and … Continue reading →

Eric Wight, the creator of the newly announced Tokyopop title My Dead Girlfriend, is a different sort of TV cartoonist: he draws the comics supposedly done by a character in The O.C., and he also did a mock 1941 comic … Continue reading →

Yes, the latest edition of MangaBlogCast is now available at MangaCast for your listening pleasure. This week’s edition includes all the latest news and a commentary on shoujo manga by yours truly. Here are the links for this edition: Rurouni … Continue reading →

This is a big year for manga: as sales continue to increase, the manga creep brings in older and younger readers, and Merriam-Webster sees fit to include the word “manga” in the dictionary, we are also seeing manga starting to … Continue reading →