Manga News and Information
June, 2006(LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2006) - Seven Seas Entertainment is proud to announce its collaboration with Backbone Entertainment in releasing an all-new original manga based on the hit Death, Jr. entertainment franchise. Dark Horse Comics Celebrating 20 Years 1986 - 2006 The stripped-down aesthetic and classic feel of Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy comic strip comes to life in two new vinyl figures of two of the comic worldâs most beloved characters: Nancy and Sluggo. Dark Horse Comics Celebrating 20 Years: 1986 - 2006 3 new series starting in Monthly Shounen Jump: August Issue (7/6) Also an important announcement regarding Norihiro Yagi's Toei Animation and Gentosha recently announced "Ga-nime" (art anime), a new form of media that will display static art/drawings one by one, accompanied by music and speech. The first "Ga-nime" DVD will be released on August 1st, 9 other Ga-nime series will soon follow, each costing 3,129 yen. NARUTO, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, RUROUNI KENSHIN And DEATH NOTE Continue To Captivate Readers Nationwide San Francisco, CA, June 5, 2006 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that ten of its manga titles have again swept the top spots on Nielsen BookScanâs Adult Fiction Overall Graphic Novel list for the week ending May 28, 2006. Dark Horse Comics Celebrating 20 Years 1986 - 2006 Kazuo Koike, co-creator of such masterworks as Lone Wolf and Cub, Samurai Executioner, Lady Snowblood, Path of the Assassin, and Crying Freeman, will be appearing for the first time ever at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. This will be Mr. Koike's first ever appearance at any US convention. According to Seimaru Amagi's diary, Tantei Gakuen Q will be adapted into a dorama. AnimeNEXT is very proud to be able to bring attendees three Japanese Guests of Honor this year. Our third Guest of Honor is Harold Sakuishi. Mr. Sakuishi is storming the states with BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, his manga about what it means to be a teenager, but more importantly, what it means to ROCK!!! Los Angeles, CA (June 4, 2006) - In a move that further strengthens its position as a global manga leader, TOKYOPOP has partnered with Funtastic, Australia's premier supplier of children's books, toys and apparel to the mass market, to launch TOKYOPOP's manga business in the Oceanic territories. 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! Springfield, VA (PRWEB) June 2, 2006 -- TenBu Productions, a new independent production studio and Asian entertainment licensing company, today announced that the long-awaited title, "Cove, Pirate Mercenary" is scheduled to be pre-released on June 16, 2006 at the Anime Mid-Atlantic conference in Richmond Virginia. The bi-lingual comic is 3 years in the making by author and illustrator, Austell Callwood who will unveil a 7th character to round out his cast of dark heroes for the title.  The 2ch Jump Log Warehouse has recently compiled a list of the all-time best selling Shounen Jump titles. There are two lists, one focuses on series currently serialized in Jump, while the other contains the all-time best selling series. Numbers were compiled from data published by Shueisha, bookstore sales reports, and weekly ranking informations. *Numbers are taken from sources as of May 2006, and may not necessarily be up-to-date. DENVER, COLORADO- June 1, 2006- Anipike is pleased to announce they are celebrating their 10th anniversary, commemorating it by giving the site an extensive redesign. 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!" |
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. |
From Nihon Manga Gakuin (Japan Manga Institute) comes 
ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
