Manga News and Information
NewsAccording to Seimaru Amagi's diary, Tantei Gakuen Q will be adapted into a dorama. Libre Publishing has launched the new B-Boy Web, and will be releasing new issues of Be x Boy Magazine and Be x Boy Gold in June, which has been on Hiatus After Biblos' bankruptcy. Starting with the 6/22 issue, Square Enix's Gangan Powered will become a bi-monthly magazine. A new project from ComiPress! Backstage is a feature where we take a in-depth look at various anime & manga related websites. Our first "victim" is Manga4Kids and its popular manga news blog - MangaBlog, as well as some interviews. We hope you all enjoy this new feature. Let us know what you think! On 6/10, Manga no Mori will be releasing 100 copies of Naked Star by Oh! Great as a special edition tankobon for 21,000 yen. The tankobon, printed on high quality paper, will come with exclusive artworks as well as Oh! Great's signature. From Media Factory comes a new monthly magazine called Comic Alive, the first issue will be released on June 27th. According to Media Factory, it will "fill you with energy, and make you feel alive!" Japanese anime production company We've Inc. has announced that it will purchase Sony Magazine's division that's responsible for publishing magazine and books. The price of the acquisition has not been announced. Kenjiro Hata, mangaka of Hayate the Combat Butler, will be having an autograph session in Makuhari on June 17. According to the latest Shounen Jump Early Sales Info, starting July 4th, 2 volumes of Rurouni Kenshin Complete Edition manga will be released every month, with a total of 22 volumes planned. Also the Rurouni Kenshin DVD-BOX will go on sale on December 20, and will come in paulownia wood box at a price of 84,000 yen. Also in the TOC was a comment made by D.Gray-man (which will resume serialization in Jump No. 27) mangaka Katsura Hoshino: "I'm sorry for taking such a long break. My neck is feeling much better, so I'm restarting the serialization. m(_ _)m" |
Manga Zombie
Finale: Panelosophy
An ongoing conversation about the philosophy behind manga both in the U.S. and abroad. Manga Ranking
Monthly charts of comparative manga rankings based on aggregate online sales listings from Matt Blind. Theme |
ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
