Manga News and Information
AustraliaCountry's Mix Of Western And Asian Culture Creates A Growing Demand For Diverse Titles San Francisco, CA, February 22, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced its continued global expansion with a new distribution agreement with Madman Entertainment to offer a wide variety of Shueisha manga (graphic novel) series to the burgeoning market in Australia and New Zealand. Shueisha Inc., is one of Japan's largest publishers and is a parent company of VIZ Media. Icarus Blog points out a report from the Sun of Australia that a man was fined $9,000 after being convicted of smuggling pornographic anime, games and possibly manga during a trip back from Singapore.
Lee Chi Ching's winning work, Sun Tzu's Tactics (Known as The Art of War in China - Chinese Title: 孫子兵法; JP title: 孫子攻略), is a historic series that portrays the life of the famous Chinese military strategist. The three runners-up went to Kai from Hong Kong, Malaysia's Benny Wong Thong Hou and Madeleine Rosca from Australia. uclick, a leader in mobile entertainment, has announced an agreement that brings the critically-acclaimed comic book series Umbra, by Stephen Murphy and Mike Hawthorne, to mobile phones throughout North America, UK, Australia and South Africa. Kansas City, MO - June 27, 2007 -- uclick, a leader in mobile entertainment, has announced an agreement that brings the critically-acclaimed comic book series Umbra, by Stephen Murphy and Mike Hawthorne, to mobile phones throughout North America, UK, Australia and South Africa. Anime News Network has announced the official launch of its Australian subdivision, AnimeNewsNetwork.com.Au.
Anime News Network has launched a new sub-site called AnimeNewsNetwork.AU, complete with a new layout and more emphasis placed on the "Featured Articles" section. ANS reports that a new Osamu Tezuka art exhibition called "Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga" will take place in Australia at NGV International on 3 November 2006. According to Tony Ellwood, NGV Deputy Director, "The planning of Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga has involved over five years of complex negotiations to release important material from Tezuka Productions in Tokyo. This is the first time Tezuka's original drawings have been seen in the West." Source: ANS 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. |
Manga Zombie
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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. |
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ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
