Manga News and Information
April, 2008From ITP AlumniBlender comes an article titled "Character facelifts," manga style, which looks at how DC Comics and other publishing companies are trying to create manga versions of their properties. Matt Thorn ponders why all manga characters look Caucasian in "The Face of the Other." OregonLive.com looks at the works of Yoshihiro Tatsumi in "Yoshihiro Tatsumi's Good-Bye." According to Canned Dogs, MediaWorks' Dengeki Daioh maybe relaunched in June:
Date: 20th April 2008 --NEW PUBLISHER, DIMENSIONAL MANGA COMING TO ORBITAL MANGA IN LONDON, 1PM, SATURDAY 26TH APRIL'2008 TO PROMOTE THE LAUNCH OF THEIR FIRST SERIES –- PROVIDES FANS WITH NEW CONCEPTS AND CONTENT DEMON PRINCE: CHILDREN OF GAIA SATURDAY 26TH APRIL'2008, 1PM, AT ORBITAL MANGA EXCLUSIVE SIGNINGS AND LIVE WALL DRAWING FROM LEAD ARTIST!!!!! Date: April 26th 2008
2007, VITALITY AND DIVERSITY by Gilles Ratier, secretary-general of the ACBD I. Production: growth continues for the 12th consecutive year: 4,313 comic books were published in 2007 (of which 3,312 strict novelties), a growth of 4.4 %. The top 15 manga (March - April 08) in France according to BdZoom:
A round-up of new acquisitions announced during this weekend's NYCC: Yen Press:
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According the English news page of German publisher The Wild Side's official website, the publisher has acquired the German language rights to "two Global Boy's Love titles by Tina Anderson: Only Words (art by Caroline Monaco and Roulette (art by Laura Carboni). Roulette is currently runs in DramaQueen's yaoi anthology RUSH, while Only Words is published by Iris Print. Also mentioned is that The Wild Side is in the process of acquiring the rights to the new Dany and Dany manga, Anima, from Yaoi Press. A round-up of various new reports on the this year's NYCC (updated constantly): General:
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Canned Dogs is reporting that Type-Moon's latest projects have been leaked. The new projects include a remake of Tsukihime, as well as a new game called Girl's Work":
Shueisha will be launching a new monthly manga magazine on May 1st. The magazine, temporarily titled Monthly Young Jump, is a special issue of Weekly Young Jump. Currently 4 serialization have been revealed:
Source: Muhyojo The June 2008 issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Yurihime magazine will officially announce the titles of girl's light novels that will be published under Ichijinsha's new light novel label, Ichijinsha Bunko. LightNovel.org has a list of the titles in English. Source: 2ch Hit Shuppansha's adult/loli manga magazine Comic Shoujo Tengoku will be succeeded by a new loli manga magazine titled Comic ino.. The first issue of Comic ino. will be released on April 18th. Comic Shoujo Tengoku was published monthly for 5 years - from March 18th, 2003 to March 18th, 2008. Source: Toranoana The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending April 13th:
Also, Comicsnob posts the weekly online manga sales rankings: A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of April 16th 2008: Company Will Welcome Comics Legend For A Special Press Event On Historic New Manga Collaboration As Well As Offer Attendees A Relaxing Manga Lounge And A Variety Of Screenings And Insightful Panel Discussions NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced its plans to participate in a variety of exhibits, special events, programming, panels and related industry roundtable discussions at the 2008 New York Comic Con, taking place April 18-20 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. New York Comic Con has emerged as the East Coast's biggest and most popular pop culture convention covering the latest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. From Icarus Publishing's blog comes a preview (NSFW) of the adult manga that are shipping in May 2008 based on Diamond Previews. Top 10 manga (4/15) according to Tohan:
Additional Rankings: From Otaku USA comes an interview (in podcast) with Stan Lee on his latest project ULTIMO. Also, Okazu has an interview with Erin Subramanian, translator of the yuri scanlation group Lililicious. Dynamic Musical Duo Attends the Nation's Largest Anime/Manga Convention Anaheim, California (April 15, 2008) ‹Anime Expo® 2008 is proud to announce the attendance of Jyukai-the musical duo consisting of Manami (vocals) and Dewa Yoshiaki (composition) to this year¹s Anime Expo® 2008 held from July 3-6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA. More information can be found on the website www.anime-expo.org. According to Canned Dogs, artist Ishii Meguru was arrested in Yokohama for committing "indecent acts with a 15 year old girl through November and December last year for a total of 4 times.":
According to MangaBlog, Word Balloons, a new group blog aimed at comics for children has been recently launched:
Recently the Japanese news program "Broadcaster" ran a report on the anniversary collaboration between Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine. Rumiko Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura was mentioned in the report as the key to Shonen Sunday's sucess in the 1980s. Source: Rumic World The nominees for the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are up, and several manga can be found on the list: Best Short Story Best Continuing Series Best Publication for Kids MangaBlog has the full list, and The Beat has a full report of the award. Special Two-Night Event Will be Shown in Select Theatres Nationwide San Francisco, CA, April 14, 2008 - VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced that it will team with NCM FATHOM, the entertainment division of National CineMedia, to present a special two-night multi-city debut at over 300 theatres across the United States for the live-action special event DEATH NOTE on May 20 and 21, at 7:30 pm. local time. This special two-night event includes a specially produced 20-minute feature on how the manga translates to live action as well as the first-ever interview with Director Shusuke Kaneko. Do you have a website? Join the DLSite Affiliate Program and start earning DLSite Points today!! HERNDON, VA - April 14, 2008 - DLSite.com today announced their recently added affiliate program. If you own a website, start earning some points and get some free products from DLSite.com! |
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. |
The French association of comics, critics and journalists, 
ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
