Category Archives: Mangablog

ICv2 has a statement from John O’Donnell, managing director of CPM: As our business has been significantly impacted by Musicland’s bankruptcy filing, we are facing tightening sales conditions and are currently focusing on a cost cutting program which will structure … Continue reading →

AnimeOnDVD has a brief writeup on the Tokyopop panel at Anime Boston, including a list of new titles. Also: TokyoPop is working to create original stories based on Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Something to note is that Jake Forbes is … Continue reading →

German artist Dirk Schweiger has put a new spin on webcomics: He takes requests. Ask Schweiger, who lives in Tokyo, to sample an aspect of Japanese culture and he will draw a comic about it. The result is MORESUKINE, a … Continue reading →

Thanks to Adam Arnold for bringing this to my attention in comments on my earlier CPM piece: Peter Tatara (CPM’s media rep) posted this message on AnimeonDVD’s message board: “Ahoy. CPM should be making an official statement Tuesday regarding the … Continue reading →

As this manga thing starts to catch on, there has been a lot of talk about print runs, so I thought it would be interesting to do some compare-and-contrast. What made me think of this was this article about the … Continue reading →

An exhibit at the Israel Museum examines the relationship between Japanese and Israeli art. Here’s the curator, Mira Lapidot: “While the majority of these artists do not have intimate knowledge of Japan, the culture has come to represent a kind … Continue reading →