This sounds insanely cool…
VIZ MEDIA PRESENTS THE HISTORICAL AND ROYAL INTRIGUE OF
ŌOKU: THE INNER CHAMBERS MANGA SERIES
Award-Winning Historical Science Fiction Drama Set In An Alternate Version Of Edo Japan Where Gender Roles Are Reversed
San Francisco, CA, …
It seems Vertical, Inc., a teensy-tiny publishing company that releases Japanese fiction and classic manga in the U.S., has no intention of closing up shop depsite the crisis that seems to be hitting the industry everywhere else.
PW Article
This …
Japanese horror writer Koji Suzuki (he wrote The Ring series and Dark Water) will be publishing a short novel printed on toilet paper.
So Says NPR
I’m not a big Suzuki fan. I liked Dark Water, his collection of short …
Viz Media is closing up shop on Shojo Beat, the girl-oriented version of its popular magazine Shonen Jump.
I’ve flipped through Shojo Beat a few times at work. Even if I was a teenage girl still, I probably wouldn’t have …
With the general downturn of the anime industry continuing, it was only a matter of time before another high-profile anime rag got the axe. Wizard imprint Anime Insider is scheduled for obsolecence with issue 67. Whether or not you read …
The Guardian’s Book Blogs columnist Ned Beauman recently commented on the death of Minx, DC’s attempt to woo Western teenage girls away from the manga racks. Beauman raises some interesting points.
But that specific audience is Japanese, not American; …
Speaking of Taro Aso, the International Manga Award was handed to Hong Kong manga-ka Lau Wan Kit today for his manga Feel 100% , which has been adapted into several feature films and a television series.
Hopefully my upcoming manga, …
When Japanese publisher Yohan went belly up earlier this year, its’ passing was scarcely noted in Western media. Not that I would have expected any of them to run with the story – but Japanamerica author Roland Kelts points out …
VIZ Media is kicking off a slew of new releases celebrating the Shonen Jump’s 40th and 5th anniversaries (40 in Japan, 5 in the U.S.). Lots of goodies for the fans – read on……
VIZ MEDIA CELEBRATES TWO HISTORIC SHONEN
Reading this Daily Yomiuri piece (‘Through Otaku Eyes / Lawsuit exposes mangaka-editor relations‘), I’m reminded of the creator-rights squabbles that erupted in the 80′s and 90′s, leading to more formal declarations of responsibilities between comics creators and their publishers.
Mangaka …
