Viz joins Comixology
After a long wooing period, Viz has finally joined Comixology. Viz has its own ebook portal for manga and so was no stranger to...
Yen Press announces Yen On light novel imprint, new manga licenses
It seems that there were about 8,000 comics and anime cons this weekend and they all had news. At Sakura Con in Seattle, Yen...
Manga sales are still pretty big
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While American comics publishers are usually secretive about the print runs, apparently Japanese publishers aren't quite as stingy with numbers. It was just announced...
March comes in like a lion wins Tezuka Prize top award
The 18th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes, given out to notable manga, were announced yesterday. he grand prize went to March comes in like...
New Titles from Kodansha, Coming This Fall!
Lots of Attack on Titan titles! And other fun stuff!
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Negima! 28
Ken Akamatsu
On Sale Date: August 12, 2014
$10.99 USD / $11.99...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: Eric Stephenson’s ComicsPro speech
Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it’s More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat’s own Heidi...
Viz announces NEW Urasawa in English – MASTER KEATON
Naoki Urasawa is probably the greatest living genre cartoonist. Sorry ya'll but it's all true. Combining dense, suspenseful plotlines with thrilling, heart stopping artwork that never sacrifices character, he's just the master. He's even won an Eisner Award.Works in English, all published by Viz include MONSTER, PLUTO and 20th CENTURY BOYS. And now, MASTER KEATON, an early (pre-Monster) work from 1988 about a heroic insurance investigator who goes around using his archaeological skills to solve mysteries. SOLD. The series was co-written by Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki.
Moyoco Anno is coming to TCAF with INSUFFICIENT DIRECTION
Josei Manga superstar Moyoco Anno is comif to this year's TCAF. WOOT! It's her second US convention—she appeared at New York Comic Con in...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: A New Con for New York Conflicts with...
Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it’s More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat’s own Heidi...
Fantagraphics to publish MASSIVE gay manga
As the diaspora of former PictureBox projects begins, it's just been announced that Fantagraphics is picking up MASSIVE a huge overview of gay manga...
Japan launches worldwide assault via its own anime channel
The Japanese government is taking matters into its own hands by spending 15.5 billion yen ($14.7 million) to launch its own TV network with an eye to foreign distribution.
Here’s a peek at Miyazaki’s post-retirement samurai manga
As we recently reported, legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki has retired from filmmaking, but he's rumored to be returning to cartooning, working on a period...
