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Coming attractions 23 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm
Lissa Pattillo takes a look at this week’s new releases for her On the Shelf column at Kuriousity. The Manga Bookshelf team discusses their Pick of the Week (spoiler: it’s Helter Skelter) and takes a...
Otakon roundup 20 Aug 2013 | 05:06 pm
Roland Kelts takes a look at 20 years of Otakon. Otaku USA posted their take on Otakon as well as 20 pieces of Otakon trivia. Vicky Kariolic posts her con report at Graphic Novel Reporter, and at Anim...
Tezuka Week, A Bride’s Story, and CBLDF goes to Comiket 16 Aug 2013 | 05:26 pm
Here’s my look at this week’s new releases (plus a new license from Yen) at MTV Geek. The list includes vol. 1 of Magi and the Tiger & Bunny short story anthology from Viz, the second volume of No. 6 ...
Otakon in the rear view mirror 14 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
Here’s my roundup of Otakon news at MTV Geek. Yen Press has licensed the Blood Lad spin-off Bloody Brat, a single volume of short stories and four-panel gag manga about the characters in the main ser...
More Fumi Yoshinaga—from Vertical this time 12 Aug 2013 | 04:13 pm
Otakon News: Vertical has licensed Fumi Yoshinaga’s What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Kinō Nani Tabeta?), and Viz is going to reprint Naoki Urasawa’s Monster in omnibus format. Sean Gaffney has a roundup o...
Sailor Moon anime is on the way! 7 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
Big news for Sailor Moon fans: The anime is coming this winter, and it will be live streamed on NicoNico Douga, although there is no guarantee it will be subtitled. I talked to Viz CEO Ken Sasaki at ...
More Alice! 31 Jul 2013 | 04:58 pm
Lissa Pattillo takes a closer look at some new license announcements at Kuriousity. Tom Langston looks at the popularity of yon-koma (four-panel) gag manga in the U.S. in recent years. Chris Beverid...
Comic-Con roundup, Doraemon is on the way, and more Alice! 29 Jul 2013 | 05:07 pm
I’m back from a long Comic-Con induced hiatus—first I went to the show, then I had to write up all my experiences for people who, you know, pay me to do that. Here’s my roundup of manga news at MTV Ge...
So, what happened at AX this past weekend? 8 Jul 2013 | 04:51 pm
Here’s a quick roundup of Anime Expo news: Item: Digital Manga announced that they are joining up with Tezuka Productions to publish all of Osamu Tezuka’s works in North America. They may do some pri...
Shonen Jump gets Akira Toriyama’s Jaco the Galactic Patrolman 2 Jul 2013 | 05:25 pm
Here’s the big news of the week: Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama will launch a new series in two weeks, Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, and Shonen Jump will be carrying it in English the same week it ...
