Category Archives: Mangablog

Worth reading: Manga maven Telophase has an article up on Tokyopop’s Manga Online discussing the stylistic differences between OEL and Japanese manga. She has a great eye and a knack for explaining what makes good manga work; check out her … Continue reading →

I’ve had a flurry of paying work, so posting will be light this week, but Christopher Butcher has posted a nice response to my Is Viz sexist? post that includes an interesting discussion of manga pricing.

David at Love Manga has covers of some new manga, Vampire Knight (Viz), Cold Sleep (Digital Manga Publishing), and Moeyo! Takara Corporation and Warera Takarara Corporation (Dramaqueen). Speaking of Dramaqueen, they have previews up on their site of two books … Continue reading →

The MTV News article below has a sentence that should send chills up every parent’s spine: We’re hoping that the readers here will begin to see manga as a medium where it’s very similar to soap operas or whatever they … Continue reading →

MTV News writes about the popularity of manga with special emphasis on yaoi. Be Beautiful publisher Masumi O’Donnell explains that women find yaoi appealing because it combines romantic stories with beautiful men. Artist Youka Nitta comments that in Japan, older … Continue reading →

Alert reader sub_divided notes some suspicious similarities between Samurai Zombie, one of the Rising Stars of Manga finalists, and some frames in the manga series Blade of the Immortal. Telophase spotted it too but adds The artist has great talent … Continue reading →