Category Archives: Mangablog

Comfort manga

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

Jason Thompson looks at Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha in this week’s House of 1000 Manga column at ANN. On the ANNCast, Ed Chavez of Vertical (publishers of Buddha!) discusses his company’s new licenses, Princess Knight and Drops of God. Manga bloggers … Continue reading →

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Vertical nabs Princess Knight, Drops of God

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

Big news today: Vertical announced two new manga licenses, Osamu Tezuka’s Princess Knight and the wine-tasting manga Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku). Princess Knight was one of the early shoujo manga and features a swashbuckling princess disguised as a … Continue reading →

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Shonen love-hate relationships, food manga, and more

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

Brad Rice checks the list of this week’s new releases at Japanator, and David Welsh is pleased to see the second volume of Summit of the Gods on the list. At Manga Bookshelf, Kate, David, Melinda, and Michele list their … Continue reading →

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Style and substance

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

The Manga Villagers peruse the best of the past week’s new manga. David Welsh takes a look at the winners of this year’s Shogakukan Manga Awards; only Ooku: The Inner Chamber has been licensed in the U.S., but several of … Continue reading →

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MMF winds up; new titles from Digital

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

The Manga Moveable Feast celebration of Karakuri Odette continues with a Manga Out Loud podcast devoted to the topic and Johanna Draper Carlson’s review of vols. 4 and 5. And at Experiments in Manga, Ash Brown has an interesting essay … Continue reading →

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Snowy day update

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

Sean Gaffney takes a look at next week’s new manga, and it looks like there’s a better selection this week than last, with new volumes of Black Butler, Gakuen Alice, and Pet Shop of Horrors Tokyo; a new shonen manga, … Continue reading →

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