Category Archives: Mangablog

At PW, I take a look back at JManga’s brief existence with business manager Robert Newman. And Justin rounds up some thoughts on the demise of JManga at Organization ASG. I also rounded up the new license announcements from SakuraCon … Continue reading →

Seven Seas confirmed a new license, Senran Kagura: Skirting Shadows, which follows the adventures of a quintet of teenage girls in a secret ninja high school. Still catching up with manga news… Lissa Pattillo has a quick roundup in which … Continue reading →

The anime con season kicked off this past weekend with SakuraCon, where both Yen Press and Dark Horse had license announcements and other news. Yen Press announced it has licensed the Kingdom Hearts series and will re-release the volumes previously … Continue reading →

Jason Thompson’s House of 1000 Manga column this week offers a concise history of manga in the U.S. from 1961 to the present. Mike Toole muses about prequels, sequels, and spinoffs, and why we sometimes see only part of a … Continue reading →

Erica Friedman explains why she is stepping down as Yuricon events chair and giving up on yuri publishing: “I can’t afford print, you don’t want digital, the JP companies won’t talk to me and all the many differences between JP … Continue reading →

I weighed in on the demise of JManga at MTV Geek. Sean Gaffney works through several of the stages of grief, while Lori Henderson discusses JManga’s good and bad points and speculates on what may have gone wrong. At The … Continue reading →