Manga News and Information
U.S.From MangaCast comes the Diamond Previews for October 2006, which provides information on new U.S. releases for February - March 07. According to an update on Right Stuf, Del Rey has licensed Princess Resurrection by Mitsunaga Yasunori, and will release it in May of 2007. Source: AoD ActiveAnime reports that VIZ Media has named Marc Weidenbaum to be its new Vice President, Magazines and Editor-in-Chief of Shonen Jump Magazine and SHojo Beat Magazine.
Seattle, WA- 11-13-2006 Sakura-Con-the Pacific Northwest's oldest and most well attended anime convention- has created the first electronic Sakura-Conduit newsletter. The November issue of the Sakura-Conduit has newsletter first Guest announcements and an exclusive interview with a new Guest of honor-be sure to check it out for more surprises! RICHMOND, CA ?? November 13, 2006 ?? Infinity Studios, LLC ships the "must haves" of November-UNBALANCE UNBALANCE Vol. 1 (a serious love drama graphic novel by Dall-Young Lim and Soo-Hyon Lee) and CHUN RHANG YHUR JHUN (CRYJ) Vol. 2 (the 2nd installment of a action/adventure series by one of Korea's most well recognized graphic novel artist's-Sung-Woo Park). More information can be found on the company's website at www.infinitystudios.com. ALC Publishing, the world's only 100% yuri publisher is proud to present their fourth yuri manga anthology, "Yuri Monogatari 4," available now online at the Yuricon shop and for pre-order on Amazon.com. From 801 Media comes a new feature called "801 Employee Spotlight," where 801 staffs talk about themselves through an informal interview. The first interview features 801 Media production manager Kampai. Anime News Netwrok reports that no graphic novel appeared in this week's USA Today Top 150 list for the week ending November 5th. After weeks of hinting, Icarus Publishing (NSFW) has finally announced three of its new licenses: - "Elements" by Tanuki Kamogawa |
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.
