Category Archives: Mangablog

Back for the new year!

Happy New Year! Sorry I dropped out of sight over the past week—I was busy writing a ton of posts for Robot 6, where we are celebrating our fourth anniversary by filling the blog with exclusive content—you should go take … Continue reading

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Barefoot Gen creator Keiji Nakazawa passes away

Keiji Nakazawa, the creator of Barefoot Gen, has died at age 73. I wrote about him for Robot 6, and Jonathan Clements reprints an interview he did a few years back at Schoolgirl Milky Crisis. David Brothers recalls the impact … Continue reading

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Looking back at 2012

Deb Aoki and Rebecca Silverman discuss the best manga of 2012 and what lies ahead for 2013 in the latest ANNCast. At Blog of the North Star, Milo looks back on the past year’s manga releases and isn’t too impressed. … Continue reading

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TezukaPro has big plans for 2012

Tezuka Productions director of licensing Yuriko Fukuzawa and Diamond vice president for business development John Parker discuss their plans for next year; Diamond has just become the worldwide distributor for TezukaPro. They identify Astro Boy as the most important property, … Continue reading

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Little White Lies

Guest writer Shaenon Garrity discusses the works of Inio Asano, including Solanin, What a Wonderful World, and a few others that haven’t made it into English yet, in the latest House of 1000 Manga column at ANN. The Manga Bookshelf … Continue reading

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More Alice for Seven Seas

Lissa Pattillo looks over this week’s new manga releases in her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. Seven Seas confirmed that it has licensed two more Alice in the Country of Hearts manga, Alice in the Country of … Continue reading

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