Category Archives: Mangablog

Barrage, wrestling, Cyborg 009

I reviewed the first two chapters of Barrage, the new Shonen Jump series, at MTV Geek, and Justin at OASG is way ahead of me with his look at chapter 3, which just came out yesterday in the newly weekly … Continue reading

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Attack on Titan creator speaks!

Over at MTV Geek, the Kodansha folks allowed us to post an interview with Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama that first appeared in Bessatsu Shonen magazine, along with a preview of the book, which is due out this week. … Continue reading

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Otaku USA goes mass market

Sean Gaffney looks ahead to a bumper crop of new manga releases next week. Matt Blind has posted another list of manga best-sellers, this one for the week ending April 15. Tony Yao posts some results of a survey that … Continue reading

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Baki talk

The newest series from Kodansha Comics, Attack on Titan, is due out next week, and we have an exclusive preview at MTV Geek. Also, I talked to Robert Newman of JManga about how that digital manga service has evolved over … Continue reading

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Vertical licenses Knights of Sidonia

Vertical has a new license for next spring: The sci-fi manga Knights of Sidonia, by Tsutomu Nihei, creator of Blame and Biomega. Houbunsha has just put six previews of their manga on JManga; Deb Aoki has a roundup and some … Continue reading

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Looking back at BEA

I was at Book Expo America this past Wednesday, taking part in the Hot Graphic Novels panel (in which I recommended several manga, including Sakuran and Jiu Jiu). Linda Yau has a concise writeup of the panel for the Lincoln … Continue reading

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