NewsKaori Yuki's Godchild (Count Cain) will no longer be serialized in Viz Media's Shojo Beat anthology. According to Evelyn Dubocq from Viz, "We periodically switch out stories to keep the magazine fresh... Pulling the manga from the magazine lets us put the graphic novels out more quickly." Source: ANN The Korean animation Pucca (or Funny Love) will be aired on the Brazilian Jetix Channel this coming September 11th, to 9:00 p.m. It's an online Sonic fan animation made to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the popular game character. The animation has two dubbings: Brazilian Portuguese and French. There's also a Portuguese version with subtitles in English. Fantasista opened a beta version of a free SNS (Social Networking Service) website focusing on manga, titled マンガ読もっ!(Let's Read Manga!), on August 10th. From Papo de Budega comes an interview with VIZ Media Vice President International Carol Roeder. Carol Roeder talks about titles that will appear soon in Latin America, along other informations. MediaWorks will be launching a new magazine titled "Comic SYLPH" this winter. To celebrate Morning's 25th anniversary, a special issue titled Morning 2 will be released on August 10th, which will contain one-shots from mangaka of Morning A special issue of Dengeki Hime titled Marugoto Navel Special will be released by MediaWorks on August 10th. The special issue will contain Navel-related materials such as illustrations and information on works from Navel (SHUFFLE!, Tick! Tack!, Really? Really!, SOUL LINK, etc.) Serialization update from Shounen, Seinen, and other Male oriented Anthologies. The Fullmetal Alchemist anime DVD will be launched in Brazil on October 2nd, according to Focus Filmes. |
Manga ZombieComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie. Finale: PanelosophyPanelosophy - Recession Special An ongoing conversation about the philosophy behind manga both in the U.S. and abroad. Manga RankingTop Manga Series and Volumes for March 2009 Monthly charts of comparative manga rankings based on aggregate online sales listings from Matt Blind. |