Have you ever overheard (or gotten caught in the middle of) an argument between a certain type of fan of mainstream English-language comics and a similar type of fan of Japanese anime and manga? Many of us know a Comic Book Guy who dismisses all anime and manga as nothing more than giant robot fights…
Poor Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away, she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod’s humongous fruit-selling empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicting prices, and so many customers! It’s all such a confusing mess. But a mysterious book and a helpful fairy promise to solve her organizational problems—with the…
At New York Comic Con this weekend, Del Rey Manga announced the latest information on their two new manga-style retellings of Marvel Comics properties, Wolverine and The X-Men. Both books will be all-new stories with original art — consider them a "radical re-mix" of the well-known comics characters. Wolverine: Prodigal Son, with story by Antony…
Del Rey presented its new manga and manga-related releases at New York Comic Con this weekend. This fall will be the 20th Anniversary of the superstar shojo manga studio CLAMP. To commemorate the occasion, Del Rey will be releasing the xxxHolic Official Guide, featuring everything you need to know about the manga series xxxHolic, of…
My reading has been rejuvenated over the past couple of weeks by infusions from the Eisner Overmind – I’m a judge this year, and so I’m reading ahead in preparation for the big judging weekend coming up at the end of March – in particular by these three recent, and unique, manga volumes. All are…
Manga Friday took a little holiday for the last couple of weeks, and it may take more holidays in the weeks to come. Looking back on my recent columns, I’ve said an awful lot of “and here’s the next volume in a series I’ve reviewed four times” and “this week’s books have nothing in common”…
Please please please… is there anyone out there who can translate this from Japanese? Because if I can’t, I’m just going to have to assume this is either DC’s last chance to publish a successful manga book, or Warner Brothers’ fallback position if Fox scuttles the release date of the movie. (Hat tip: Mike Sterling.)
KBS TV, a South Korean network has reported that SSD has signed an agreement with Fox TV Studios to co-produce and distribute a live action TV series based on Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter manga. ICv2 reports the 13-episode first season of City Hunter will be written in English like a and translated for worldwide distribution. …
Where I live – darkest New Jersey – it’s been cold and snowy and cold (did I mention the cold?) for the past week, causing us all to huddle closer for warmth. Add to that the season of closeness and love towards all…and the minds of some of us turn towards more earthy pursuits, such…
Del Rey Manga has announced the acquisition of Hosana Tanaka’s Rappi Rangai, which it will arrive in bookstores under the name Ninja Girls. Produced in Japan by Kodansha, the ongoing series has five volumes to date out in Japan. ICv2 describes it as “A young man in Japan’s distant past has an encounter with…
Editor Bryce Coleman was among the eight people laid off by TokyoPop last week. Positions were eliminated from around the company. The other staff cuts were from around the company. The move came in response to the bad economy. “It’s one of the worst selling periods in history,” marketing director Marco Pavia told The Beat….
Nase Yamato’s Cigarette Kisses, which had been acquired for America by Broccoli Books has found a new home at Aurora Publishing’s Deux Press yaoi imprint. The book is now scheduled for release in the second half of 2009. According to the company’s site, the title is about: Yusuke and Soji were close ever since junior…
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