Category Archives: Mangablog

SJA to run Hunter x Hunter flashback story

It’s Pick of the Week time at Manga Bookshelf! Shonen Jump Alpha will publish Kurapika Tsuioku-hen, a two-chapter Hunter x Hunter flashback arc; the first chapters is in this week’s Japanese Shonen Jump. ANN looks at the manga best-sellers in … Continue reading

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Monday manga update

The Manga Bookshelf team of Sean Gaffney, Michelle Smith, and Melinda Beasi looks forward to this week’s new manga and this week’s new releases from JManga. Lissa Pattillo checks out the list of the past week’s new manga releases in … Continue reading

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New manga, digital manga, bargain manga

I wrote up my picks from this week’s new releases, including a new Natsume Ono short story collection, at MTV Geek. Jason Thompson takes a look at some digital manga available via ComicLoud in his latest House of 1000 Manga … Continue reading

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Big savings from Viz

Big news from Viz: They are marking down every volume in their digital app by 20% for the holidays. And there’s more: Viz is offering Shonen Jump Alpha for free on its Android app, with advertising support. There’s also a … Continue reading

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More on CLAMP, one-hit wonders, and manga you may have missed

If you’re new to the CLAMP party, AstroNerdBoy gives a bit of background on xxxHOLiC and talks about why it’s surprising that they have just announced a new xxxHOLiC series. Manga Bookshelf’s own Melinda Beasi guests on Fandomspotting, where she … Continue reading

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CLAMP is back at work

November was a big manga month, and I looked over the last two weeks’ worth of new releases at MTV Geek; Lissa Pattillo made her picks in her On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. The Manga Bookshelf bloggers discuss … Continue reading

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