Category Archives: Mangablog

“American teens mop up raunchy Japanese manga” is the (slightly disturbing) headline of a Mainichi Daily News article that appears to say just the opposite. The article starts out with a tantalizing lede: Americans can’t get enough of shojo manga, … Continue reading →

I haven’t had much time to post, but the pace of manga acquisition continues unabated in my household. My latest reviews, of Fruits Basket 5 and Ultra Maniac 1, are up on Manga Life. This has turned into a little … Continue reading →

I haven’t been blogging much because my father just moved in with me. Dad suffers from dementia and is also recovering from brain surgery. A big chunk of his long-term memory seems to be just gone, which leaves him with … Continue reading →

We’ll pardon the headline–Demand for anime, manga has libraries wide-eyed–because this article from the Daily Breeze (“LAX to L.A. Harbor”) has some interesting insight into the thought process behind buying manga for libraries. Seems manga has been in short supply … Continue reading →

Christopher Butcher at Comics.212.net has lists of the 10 most popular manga and the “The 10 Great Manga They Don’t Want You To Read.” Five of the manga on the first list are read in my house: Fruits Basket, Rurouni … Continue reading →

Goodnow (see previous post) has a second article about Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai that’s also worth a read. Sakai doesn’t regard Usagi Yojimbo as manga, she writes, but as more of an American-style comic about a Japanese subject. What’s … Continue reading →