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Blue Exorcist and Dragon Ball rule!

I check out this week’s new manga at MTV Geek, and Lissa Patillo looks gives her take her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. Sean Gaffney looks forward to next week’s new releases, which include several final volumes. … Continue reading

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FLCL omnibus in the works; pundits talk digital

Tune in to the latest Manga Out Loud podcast for a marathon talkfest on the topic of digital manga, hosted by Ed Sizemore and Johanna Draper Carlson and featuring Rob McMonigal, Alex Hoffman, Lissa Pattillo, and yours truly! Then bookmark … Continue reading

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Shutterbox is back, new Matsumoto, and parsing the DMG contract

Good news for Shutterbox fans: Creators Rikki and Tavisha Simons are selling volume 5 of Shutterbox (which was originally published by Tokyopop and never finished) digitally for just $2.99 a volume. And they haven’t given up on getting it into … Continue reading

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Manga after the tsunami

At The Comics Journal, Ryan Holmberg pens a fascinating piece on the effect of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on the manga industry. In addition to explaining how Japanese comics distribution works—and why the disaster hit it so hard—Holmberg … Continue reading

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Wednesday quick links

The Manga Bookshelf bloggers discuss their picks of the week, and there’s lots of love for Kodansha. Also, David Welsh makes his picks from this week’s new releases. Those teases at JManga added 12 new titles to the site, including … Continue reading

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Manhwa festival in Korea, new BL comics from Digital

I rounded up the highlights of the past week’s manga news at MTV Geek, and Erica Friedman updates us with another edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu. The Manga Village team checks out the latest batch of new releases. … Continue reading

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