Tag: Kodansha

by Erica Friedman   The panel was moderated by Ben Applegate, Editor at Kodansha, with guests David Lopez (All-New Wolverine), Alex de Campi (Archie vs Predator, Twisted Romance), Genevieve Valentine (Catwoman) Brenden Fletcher (Motorcrush, Batgirl) and Alejandro Arbona (Editor of Ghost in the Shell: GNN)  Applegate started with...

By Erica Friedman  New York Comic Con 2018 welcomed Japanese manga artist Harold Sakuishi as a guest. Sakuishi, who is best known in North America for his indie rock-inspired bildungsroman, BECK. Sakuishi received the International Spotlight Harvey Award Friday night for his contributions to the world of...

By Erica Friedman Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊 Kōkaku Kidōtai), the 1989 comic by Masamune Shirow, adapted into the genre-defining anime directed Mamoru Oshii, is arguably the franchise best known for shaping our ideas of a...

He'll be talking about Seven Shakespeares and Beck

By Kerry Erlanger Sunday, The U.S. arm of Japan’s largest book publisher, Kodansha Comics, hosted the last in what was a series of panels by the publication at New York Comic Con. Unlike previous Kodansha panels...

By Kerry Erlanger The manga crowd is always smaller at New York Comic Con, but no less voracious than its comic fan counterparts. That was evident at Friday afternoon’s Celebrate Fairy Tail: Live-Sketch and Q&A with...

by Austin Lanari -- When "The Biggest Attack on Titan Manga Announcement Ever" panel was announced, including the likes of long-time and super-well-connected editor Jeanine Schaefer, the assumption was that some type of western comics homage to the best-selling Japanese manga was in the works. My personal guess was a miniseries or two from a couple of creators. The reality is much bigger than that.

Digital manga—more available than ever before. Both Weekly Shonen Jump and Kodansha have just joined Comixology and the Kindle store. The digital Weekly Shonen Jump makes such favorites as One Piece, Bleach, Blue...

Lots of Attack on Titan titles!  And other fun stuff! --- --- --- --- --- Negima! 28 Ken Akamatsu On Sale Date: August 12, 2014 $10.99 USD / $11.99 CAD 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic...

Straight from the convention booth of Publishers Weekly at New York Comic Con, it's More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat's own Heidi MacDonald. In part two of...

It's the title that broke manga in the US -- no comic has had a bigger influence than SAILOR MOON, the manga/anime that kicked off the shojo manga boom, made it safe for girls...