Category Archives: Mangablog

New manga, Viz digital, and Okazu’s first decade

Lissa Pattillo has the list of this week’s new manga—and her recommendations—in her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA, and the Manga Villagers make their picks as well. Sean Gaffney, meanwhile, looks forward to next week’s bountiful list. … Continue reading

Posted in Mangablog | Comments Off on New manga, Viz digital, and Okazu’s first decade

Muggy day linkblogging

The Manga Bookshelf bloggers discuss their picks of the week. John Jakala examines the significance of Viz’s announcement that it will be releasing many of its books digitally the same day as print—and he has some questions, too. Erica Friedman … Continue reading

Posted in Mangablog | 2 Comments

Quick Monday roundup

Lissa Pattillo rounds up some manga news briefs, including Viz’s announcement that it will continue to re-release both Skip Beat! and Hana-Kimi as three-in-one omnibus volumes. Matt Blind lists the manga best-sellers (online sales) for the week just ended. The … Continue reading

Posted in Mangablog | Comments Off on Quick Monday roundup

Bishonen and ANTI-BISHONEN

Sean Gaffney looks over next week’s bumper crop of new manga. Also, ANN has the list of new additions to JManga for the next week or so, including some more one-volume romance manga. Jason Thompson calls Path of the Assassin … Continue reading

Posted in Mangablog | Comments Off on Bishonen and ANTI-BISHONEN

Otakon in the rear view mirror

Lissa Pattillo gives her take on this week’s new manga in her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. At The Hooded Utilitarian, subdee has a thoughtful analysis of Rohan at the Louvre (part 1, part 2). Also at … Continue reading

Posted in Mangablog | Comments Off on Otakon in the rear view mirror

Summer reading

Here’s my roundup of this week’s new manga: Plenty of shojo and shonen favorites, and two new series from Seven Seas. Big news from Viz: They are releasing some of their line in digital the same day as print. Now … Continue reading

Posted in Mangablog | Comments Off on Summer reading