Wine Manga
Continuing the manga/food theme, is a story about how one Manga has seemingly sparked a wine renaissance in Japan - The Drops of God. The main character of the manga, a young man called Shizuku Kanzaki, discovers the beauty of wine after his father, a ... Read More
Oishinbo a la Carte
Representing over 25 years work and over 100 books in Japan, Viz Media have collected the highlights which Manga Worth Reading have reviewed; Vol 1 - Japanese Cuisine Vol 2 - Sake Vol 3 - Ramen & Gyoza Vol 4 - Fish, ... Read MoreTokyopop/Kodansha update
Brigid Alverson at Publishers Weekly updates us on the current state of affairs at Tokyopop following their recent split with Kodansha. Kasia Piekarz, marketing manager at Tokyopop remains upbeat: We have a real strong hold on the teen-girl shoujo market, and the majority of our sales are still driven by teens and older teens, ... Read MoreTokyopop lose Kodansha licences
Tokyopop announce; "The Japanese publisher Kodansha, from whom TOKYOPOP has licensed many terrific series over the years -- Chobits,Love Hina, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Rave Master, Initial D,Kindaichi, Life, GetBackers, and Love Attack, to name a few -- has decided to let all existing contracts with TOKYOPOP expire on all manga series that they have licensed to us. As a result, Kodansha will ... Read More
Comiket/Comitia 89
Daniel Lau of Daniel.au writes up his impressions of Comiket and Comitia, two comics conventions in the same venue one week apart. On Comiket; Comiket is more about fandom than it is about comics. What I learnt was that in a convention that ... Read More
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Matt at Exquisite Things reviews Naoki Urasawa's Pluto vols 1 & 2, which gives Tezuka's Astro Boy a more grown up flavour. Pluto makes for compulsive reading, something I’d attribute to both Urasawa's knack for intrigue, and manga’s typically high octane pacing. ... & 2">Read More
Tokyopop and online comics
From ComicBookResources, an interview with Tokyopop marketing director Marco Pavia; Last year, when Tokyopop underwent a major restructuring, it suspended most of its original manga series, leaving a number of incomplete stories in limbo. That state of suspended animation ended last week, when Tokyopop Director of Marketing Marco Pavia announced that Tokyopop will complete ... Read More
Barefoot Gen review
Greg McElhatton over at Read About Comics writes about the first volume of Keiji Nakazawa's autobiographical account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Barefoot Gen. This one has been on my list of things to read for some time now. For a different angle, head ... Read More
