Category Archives: Mangablog

The commentary keeps on coming on the end of Tokyopop. Veteran translator and manga scholar Matt Thorn has an interesting post on how Tokyopop drove down wages for translators, which resulted in a drop in quality as well. (Although fans … Continue reading →

David Welsh looks at this week’s new manga at The Manga Curmudgeon, and he reaches the letter L in his josei alphabet. The Manga Village crowd points to the best of the April 13 new releases. And Sean Gaffney takes … Continue reading →

The announcement on Friday that Tokyopop is closing its U.S. publishing division was huge news for U.S. manga readers, as Tokyopop was one of the pioneers in this market. Bloggers, former employees, and creators had a mix of reactions, and … Continue reading →

Lots going on in the manga-world today! I’m collecting Tokyopop shutdown reactions in a separate post, which I will probably put up later today; feel free to send me links in comments. Lori Henderson has the latest all-ages comics and … Continue reading →

Can this be? Tokyopop announced today that it was shutting down its publishing division. I did a post with the details for Robot 6, and I’ll post more here as the details become clearer.

For this week’s PWCW, I talked to Digital CEO Hikaru Sasahara about how his plans for the Digital Manga Guild are shaping up. David Welsh picks the best of this week’s new manga at The Manga Curmudgeon. David also reaches … Continue reading →