Category Archives: Mangablog

Today is the last day to submit your nominations for the MangaCast Awards. (Hey, Ed, is that the official name?) Go here to nominate your favorite publisher, manga series, short manga, and global manga, and the most important happening in … Continue reading →

Here is a nice local-news article about a high school sophomore who got a $500 grant from the NEA to promote literacy. I’m totally awed by this kid. She had book fairs at a local Waldenbooks and persuaded two authors … Continue reading →

From Juné Manga comes the news that Yellow manga-ka Makoto Tateno will be a guest at this year’s Otakon in Baltimore on August 4-6. In addition to signing autographs and teaching a drawing lesson, Tateno will have dinner with one … Continue reading →

QueenieChan reports that vol. 1 of The Dreaming is going to a third printing, and rather a large one: 45,000 copies. The reason: The book is being picked up by Scholastic for its book clubs. If you want an example … Continue reading →

Active Anime has more details on the Viz titles announced at BEA. Anime News Service (scroll down—no permalink) muses about the spelling of Buso/Busou Renkin, one of the new properties. Meanwhile, Anime on DVD posts the latest new title solicitations … Continue reading →

Have you submitted nominations for the manga awards yet? Time is running out. Dragonball Z comes to an end. At the link, Ed puts it in perspective: In many ways DBZ helped make Viz’s magazine Shonen Jump. Either YuGiOh or … Continue reading →