Manga moments
§ ICv2 finds out more about Viz's original manga initiative:
Are you looking for manga-style properties?If by "manga" you mean what is generally considered manga in the United States (fantasy and romance aimed at teenagers),...
Morning Manga updates
§ Correction 8/13: These titles were announced as cancelled by a Tokyopop distributor, but ToykoPop has not announced them as cancelled as of yet:
Tokyo Pop has announced it is cancelling thew following titles, all...
More on thinking person’s manga
Much soul-seacrhing in the blogosphere today over whether manga is doomed to be a medium of kiddies and wanna-be ninjas. Much of it was kicked off by Kai-Ming Cha's frank comments:
But that’s not the...
Brandon Graham’s King City Vol. 2
Apparently, the rumor going around a few weeks ago that Tokyopop was allowing some of its creators to get the rights back to their work that wasn't going to be published was completely bogus....
Manga for…grown-ups?
While the online manga world continues to fret about whether manga will ever grow up, Chris Butcher spots some evidence in TIME Magazine:
Meanwhile, Time Magazine is running an article on the guilty pleasures of...
Meanwhile, the future of manga
Kai-Ming Cha observes:
Guys, I’m at AX and I’m gonna say it: the future looks bleak.I’m not sure that manga readers here are really manga readers and I would even go so far as to...
Anime Expo reports
The big news this weekend was the Anime Expo in LA, with over 40,000 manga, anime and cosplay fans lining up to hear news from all the major players in the field. ComiPress has...
Kodansha rumbles
Lets and lots of feedback on the Kodansha bombshell out there. Dallas Middaugh confirms its not curtains for Del Rey manga:
Well, it’s business as usual at Del Rey Manga. We’re continuing to license manga...
Kodansha in the US confirmed
ICv@ reports a Japanese report that confirms all those rumors about Kodansha entering the US market.
Japan’s highly respected Nikkei financial news service is reporting that Kodansha has set up a U.S. subsidiary “to publish...
ADV sells furniture, anime
The news that ADV was selling off a bunch of office furniture drew the expected cries of alarm:
From http://www.windsorauction.com/auction.asp : Thurs., June 26 at 10:00 am: Consolidation of Large Video / DVD Co. 10501...
Junko Mizuno at Marvel
CB Cebulski teases Marvel work by famed manga and fine artist Junko Mizuno.
CAT-EYED BOY rocks!
We will not be the only blogger this week to deny the greatness of Kazuo Umezu's Cat Eyed Boy ! No sir. Not when Jakala, Dacey, Welsh and Mautner are doing it. No...
