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San Diego and beyond

Just a few quick things—it was a busy weekend, and while there wasn’t a huge amount of manga news out of San Diego, there was definitely some food for thought. I rounded up Thursday’s announcements from Comic-Con at MTV Geek, … Continue reading

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Viz launches manga site, Square Enix offers freebie

San Diego Comic-Con got rolling in earnest on Thursday, but there wasn’t a huge amount of manga news—we’ll probably see more today. The big story was the launch of the VIZManga.com online manga site, which syncs with their iPad and … Continue reading

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Breaking: Square Enix giving away a free volume of manga on their digital site

This just arrived in my in-box: If you “Like” Square Enix on their Facebook page, or get a secret URL that they are handing out at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, you can get the first volume of one their … Continue reading

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Waiting for news

It’s the calm before the storm here at MangaBlog Central, as the first manga panel at San Diego Comic-Con isn’t till tonight. Check out the full schedule of manga events at MTV Geek, and stay tuned for the latest news. … Continue reading

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Space manga, doujinshi, and vampires

Some big news breaking just before Comic-Con: Yen Press is doing a graphic novel adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, retelling the story from the point of view of Claudia. I talked to Rice and Yen Press editor … Continue reading

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Fred Gallagher interviewed; Tezuka goes on the iPad

The Manga Village team picks the best of the past week’s new releases. Erica Friedman updates us with the latest edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu. Mike of Anime Diet interviewed Megatokyo creator Fred Gallagher on video at Anime … Continue reading

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