News and reviews for the discerning manga fan
Coming soon to a home entertainment system near you: the latest Death Note spin-off, L, Change the WorLd, an original story based on Takashi Obata’s wildly popular manga. The movie focuses on fan-favorite character L, exploring how he spends the last days of his life. Read on for the full scoop!
VIZ has had more success than many American publishers in creating distinct imprints for its manga, whether it be the VizKids line, which caters to the pre-teen set, or the Shojo Beat line, which caters primarily to teenage girls. For a long time, however, a number of shonen titles had no real home in the [...]
Ahoy there, matey! Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate pals will be swashbuckling onto store shelves at a much faster pace, beginning in January 2010. Expect five new volumes of One Piece to be reached each month, along with new VIZBIG omnibus editions of the early volumes. Can VIZ duplicate the success of its 2009 [...]
Looks like things are bleaker at Tokyopop than I imagined; Del Rey will assume the license for former Tokyopop title Samurai Deeper Kyo this winter with the release of volumes 35 and 36 in December. Del Rey also has the rights to Natsumi “Kitchen Princess” Ando’s newest series. Full details below.
To celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of Usagi Yojimbo‘s debut, legendary comic artist Stan Sakai will be teaming up with Dark Horse to produce a full-color, standalone graphic novel that will pit the rabbit ronin against some of Japanese folklore’s most mischievous and menacing critters: yokai.
VIZ’s third quarter line-up promises to be tough on your wallet, thanks to a bumper crop of intriguing new titles that includes Fumi Yoshinaga’s Ooku: The Inner Chamber, Daisuke Igarashi’s Children of the Sea, and a comic-book adaptation of Hayao Miyazake’s latest film, Ponyo, as well as new Shonen Jump, Shojo Beat, and VizKids series.
DMP just unveiled a new website for its Juné Manga imprint that will feature trailers for new series, a newsletter and blog, and a more user-friendly forum where fans can discuss their favorite Juné titles. More details after the cut.
If you live in the Bay Area, you owe it to yourself to check out VIZ’s latest effort: a 20,000 square foot cultural center in the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown. The New People center will feature a state-of-the-art movie theater, exhibit halls, and boutiques featuring Japanese designers such as Baby, The Stars Shine Bright.
I’m a big fan of Alex Woolfson’s writing. He’s a perceptive critic and thoughtful analyst of publishing trends, not to mention an intelligent voice in the ongoing conversation about yaoi—who it’s for, and what it aims to do. It’s a pleasure to spread the news that Alex just unveiled the cover art for his latest [...]
Viz has just licensed five new anime, to debut this spring and summer on the FUNimation channel. The titles run the gamut from Hunter X Hunter to Honey and Clover, Monster and NANA. (Could the anime really improve on the first live-action movie?) Full details below.
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