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Quick picks

I looked at this week’s new manga at MTV Geek—it’s sort of a mixed bag, but there are some interesting titles in the mix. Daniella Orihuela-Gruber presents her shoujo manga gift guide for this holiday season at All About Manga. … Continue reading

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Looking forward to the holidays… and beyond!

What manga is Deb Aoki looking forward to next year? Head on down to Deb’s blog to see her top 25 for 2012. Kristin presents her Mostly Manga Gift Guide at Comic Attack. In case you needed an excuse to … Continue reading

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J-Comi launches English beta

Manga-ka Ken Akamatsu has pioneered online manga in Japan with his J-Comi site, and on Friday he announced a beta version for foreign languages, including English, as well as a Japanese and English iOS app, JReader. Most people think of … Continue reading

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Manga en Francais

Lots of manga made the list of the nominations for best comics of the year at next month’s Angoulême International Comics Festival, and lots of them are familiar names—but a few aren’t. In addition to Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life, … Continue reading

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New manga in shops and in Previews

I looked over this week’s new manga at MTV Geek, and I also reviewed vols. 1-4 of Saturn Apartments and rounded up some recent news from Viz. Kristin checks out the manga in the December Previews at Comic Attack. Three … Continue reading

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Many happy endings

Deb Aoki turns in her list of the best new manga of 2011. A lot of series seem to be winding up, either now or in the near future, and the Manga Bookshelf bloggers include several final or penultimate volumes … Continue reading

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