Category Archives: Mangablog

Wow! An e-mail came in overnight from JManga, saying they are shutting down as of May 30. They have already stopped selling points, but users can buy manga with their existing points through March 26. Unused points will be refunded … Continue reading →

We lost one of the pioneers of the manga industry last week when Toren Smith passed away at the too-young age of 52. Smith was the founder of Studio Proteus and one of the first manga entrepreneurs in the U.S. … Continue reading →

I talked to Kevin Hamric, director of publishing, marketing, and sales for Viz Media, about his company’s digital program and the logistics of simultaneous U.S./Japan publication of Shonen Jump. Lori Henderson responds by calling on Viz to offer digital manga … Continue reading →

Vertical had two new licenses to announce at Genericon last Friday: Kyoko Okazaki’s Pink and Tōru Oikawa’s From the New World, an adaptation of the novel by Yūsuke Kishi. Johanna Draper Carlson looks at the new shoujo titles announced by … Continue reading →

Stu Levy, the CEO of Tokyopop, is one of the founders of the manga publishing industry in the US and indeed, it’s not too much of a stretch to say that he has had a lasting effect on the entire … Continue reading →

Shaenon Garrity writes about the manga-about-manga series Kingyo Used Books as guest columnist for ANN’s House of 1000 Manga. The special Naoki Urasawa edition of the Manga Moveable Feast continues, with host blog Organization ASG’s roundtable on Astro Boy, as … Continue reading →