France invaded by “mangas” fans
Some 80,000 French Japanophiles attended a recent Asian pop culture expo it's being reported.
The annual expo - which drew only 3,000 visitors when it launched in 1999 - was a runaway success, organiser...
More on manga’s girl appeal
Last week's revelation that grown men didn't read manga continues to reverberate. One commenter at Comics Worth Reading sees the light:
I guess I know how you feel now. During the whole Mary Jane...
YAOI JAMBOREE!!
Have there ever been more thrilling words uttered in English? YAOI JAMBOREE! It's not a joke!
Yaoi Press, the leading publisher of manga influenced yaoi graphic novels, announces Yaoi Jamboree, a new fan convention to...
It’s a girls, girls, girls, girls world!
ICv2 reports that new manga glut is coming this fall:
The number of new manga series launching in September, October and November has reached a new high according to the ICv2 Guide #45: Anime/Manga,...
Yen Press website launches
YEN PRESS, the new Hachette manga and graphic novel imprint, has launched a website. It still looks a bit beta, but has the a full list of upcoming titles, including,
WITH THE LIGHT: Raising...
Anime Expo roundup
Anime Expo was this weekend, with some 35,000 fans converging on Long Beach -- down from last year but still a lot of cosplay. We don't have time to read all the news...
Male virgins rampant in Japan
According to one survey, almost 1 in 4 Japanese men between 30-34 is a virgin:
"There are 11 percent of people who gave an invalid answer to the survey and I bet you the vast...
RUMBLE GIRLS is back
At long last, Lea Hernandez resumes the web version of RUMBLE GIRLS with RUNAWAY LIGHTNING OHMRY. Yay!
38 new titles from Tokyopop
Via Anime News Network via ComiPress, a list of 38 new titles coming next year from Tokyopop:
January 8th, 2008
- Aria by Kozue Amano
- Deja vu - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter by Byung-Jun Byun /...
Moyocco Anno’s HATARAKI MAN
Moyoco Anno is one of our favorite cartoonists. Her work deals with gender issues in a bleak, take no prisoners way that leaves everyone lying bleeding on the kitchen floor. (She's also part of...
CATHEDRAL CHILD online
Lea Hernandez announces that she's put CATHEDRAL CHILD, a book in her Texas Steampunk series, online for FREE.
Cathedral Child, as I've been promising since January, is finally online. The whole thing, absolutely free...
Interviews, interviews
• ICv2 interviews Viz Media's Seiji Horibuchi on the subject of Viz's growing slate of movie releases beyond the DVD market:
With the growing interest in Japanese pop culture do you think that some of...
