Category Archives: Mangablog

Your don’t-miss link of the day is CNN’s interview with Takehiko Inoue, creator of Real, Vagabond, and Slam Dunk. Jason Thompson writes about five manga he found on JManga, and, more generally, about the JManga experience, in his latest House … Continue reading →

The nominees for the awards given at the international comics festival in Angouleme have been announced, and they include Thermae Romae, SOIL, and I am a Hero, which were all nominated for the Best Comic prize; Chi’s Sweet Home for … Continue reading →

I talked to Viz executive vice president Alvin Lu and the head of Viz Labs, Gagan Singh, at New York Comic Con, and a lot of what they said is particularly relevant this week, as the news came out that … Continue reading →

The big news of the week is something we all knew would happen—Alvin Lu foreshadowed it at NYCC—but now it has come to pass: Shonen Jump Alpha will be eliminating the two-week lag and going to simultaneous release with Japan … Continue reading →

The Manga Bookshelf team, myself included, discuss our picks of the week—and it’s a tough choice, because this is a very good week! Noah Berlatsky gathers up a Twitter conversation with Jason Thompson about Junji Ito’s Tomie stories. Good news … Continue reading →

Yoko Tanigaki of Digital Manga answered a few of my questions about Digital’s print hiatus at Robot 6. I looked at the most recent manga releases at MTV Geek, and the Manga Village team discussed their picks as well. At … Continue reading →