Manga News and Information
April, 2008ANN is reporting that Viz Media will be releasing a manga adaptation of Nintendo's Legend of Zelda this October: COME TAKE A BITE OF APPLE VOLUME 1! Toronto, ON – Apr 4, 2008 – Having already successfully brought the popular Japanese anthology series ROBOT back to North America, UDON Entertainment has now partnered with Seoul Visual Works to publish the English edition of APPLE, an all-new Korean illustration and comics anthology. APPLE stands for "A Place for People who Love Entertainment", and features original stories and illustrations from the best creative talent Korea has to offer. Over 40 artists from the video game world are represented in APPLE Volume 1, including the artists behind the mega-hit Lineage MMORPG series, superstar Hyung-Tae Kim(Magna Carta, War of Genesis), and dozens of other pro illustrators, animators and graphic artists. San Francisco, CA, April 4, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), and POW! Entertainment (POWN.PK), at the VIZ Media press event at the 2008 New York Comic-con will be highlighting this historic partnership. Stan Lee will be participating with VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, to announce that one of its parent companies (and one of the largest publishers in Japan), Shueisha Inc., will debut the exciting prologue chapter of ULTIMO (KARAKURIDÔJI ULTIMO) - the historic collaboration between comics legend Stan Lee, creator of many iconic superheroes including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, and Hiroyuki Takei, the creator of the popular SHAMAN KING manga series, published in Japan by Shueisha and in North America by VIZ Media. SHAKESPEARE-- THE MANGA EDITION Dreams and schemes! Alliances and betrayals! Murder and mayhem! Passions and poisons! Shakespeare has it all, and now you can experience the action and appreciate the intrigue in Shakespeare-- The Manga Edition! From the experts at CliffsNotes® (www.cliffsnotes.com) comes a new reference series that takes reading and learning to another level: The Manga Edition. Manga is a Japanese graphic novel, characterized by highly stylized art, which has grown into a worldwide phenomenon. The Associated Press looks at the popularity of mobile commerce in Japan. TMC.net reports that Devil's Due Publishing is collaborating with uclick to make their comics available to mobile phone users. Finally, the Manchester Evening News has an article titled "How did Manga take over the world?" that looks at the popularity of manga around the world. From Okazu comes an interview with Tokyopop Editor Hope Donovan. In the latest issue of PWCW, MangaBlog's Brigid Alverson talks to DramaQueen in "DramaQueen Relaunches." Finally, Post-Gazette talks to Undertown writer Jim Pascoe. Via: MangaBlog The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending March 30th:
Also, Comicsnob posts the weekly online manga sales rankings:
Also, ICv2 has posted BookScan's top 20 graphic novels for March. Top 10 manga (4/02) according to Tohan:
Additional Rankings: From MangaCast comes the Diamond Previews for April 2008, which provides information on new U.S. releases for June 2008. A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of April 2nd 2008:
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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. |
ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
