Category Archives: Mangablog

I left Borders staggering under a load of manga yesterday, so expect some quickie reviews later in the week. In the meantime, here’s what some other folks are reading. Jarred Pine at Anime on DVD reviews the first volume of … Continue reading →

Manganews Forum provides more details about the three men arrested for posting manga on the internet without getting copyright permissions. The website, 464.jp (pronounced “Read!” in Japanese), was intended as promotion for the manga and internet cafe “Ichigo” in Oota-ku, … Continue reading →

Anime News Network brings news of a possible first: Brandeis University professor Kerridwen Luis (actually a grad student) has adopted the manga Rica ‘tte Kanji!? by Rica Takashima as a textbook in her anthropology course. Here’s just the first sentence … Continue reading →

The Japan Times Online has a followup on the article posted below about three people who were arrested in Tokyo on copyright violations charges. According to police, the three admitted scanning manga and posting it online without getting proper copyright … Continue reading →

This article from something called TMCnet gave me pause. An Internet cafe owner in Tokyo and two other people were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of posting popular manga comics on an Internet site without the consent of the authors and … Continue reading →

I started out this Valentine’s Day with an hour and a half in the dentist’s chair, so even though I came home to chocolates from my sweetheart, it will be an hour or so before I can enjoy them. In … Continue reading →