News and reviews for the discerning manga fan
Back in the mid-2000s, fans’ most commonly cited reason for turning to scanlations was lag time: the English editions of popular series like Bleach, InuYasha, and Naruto were often five or ten volumes behind the Japanese releases, frustrating American readers’ ability to remain up-to-date with the latest plot developments. In 2012, we’re beginning to see [...]
Last summer, a listing for a Yaoi/BL Editor on the VIZ Media website sparked a rash of speculation among fans and industry watchers: was VIZ planning to launch a yaoi imprint? The answer came this fall, when VIZ announced a partnership with two Japanese firms — Animate, Ltd. and Libre Publishing, Ltd. — that publish [...]
To encourage new iPad/iTouch/iPhone owners to try its digital manga platform, VIZ is running a sweet promotion from now until the end of the month: download VIZ’s iOS app and receive a free volume of manga. I’m a little disappointed to see the promotion is limited to the iOS app, as vizmanga.com is available to [...]
Last year, DMP became the first major manga publisher to use Kickstarter. Their project: raising funds for a new edition of Osamu Tezuka’s Swallowing the Earth, which quickly went out of print after it was published in 2009. Though manga pundits debated the wisdom of using Kickstarter, fans ponied up the cash for a second [...]
Shonen Jump Alpha doesn’t officially launch until January 30th, but VIZ is offering readers a sneak peek at the magazine with two free digital issues.”Issue Origins” will feature the very first chapters of Bakuman, Bleach, Naruto, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, One Piece, and Toriko, while Issue Zero will feature the newest chapters of [...]
Regular readers of my site know I’m not a big anime buff, but this announcement seemed newsworthy: beginning this week, VIZ will be streaming episodes of Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne online at vizanime.com. The debut is notable for two reasons: first, Lagrange is one of the few mature titles available through VIZ Anime, and [...]
Found via MTV Geek: NBM/ComicsLit just announced that it will be publishing Hirohiko Araki’s Rohan at the Louvre, a manga starring one of the supporting characters from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. (Rohan Kishibe appears in Part 4: Diamonds Are Unbreakable, which has not been released here in the US.) Araki’s latest project is part of a [...]
When VIZ announced its first digital initiative — an iPad app — legions of fans cried foul, pointing out how few manga lovers owned the expensive reader. Over the last twelve months, VIZ has been addressing that initial criticism, first by offering an iPhone/iTouch app, then by launching vizmanga.com, an online storefront that allows anyone [...]
Tadashi Agi’s The Drops of God is to wine what Oishinbo is to food, offering a connoisseur’s perspective on terroir, vintage, and varietals in comic-book form. The series has proven so influential in Japan that it’s had a direct impact on the wine market; as The Japan Times reported in 2008, fans snapped up 50 cases [...]
If you’re a fan of manly-man manga, you have six new reasons to visit the Dark Horse digital storefront: Crying Freeman, Hellsing, Lady Snowblood, Old Boy, Path of the Assassin, and Trigun. Beginning this week, Dark Horse will be re-releasing these seinen classics in digital format. Individual volumes will retail for $5.99 – $6.99, and [...]
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