The Big Five Publishing Houses to Four
How do you get your manga? Chances are that your answer would be something like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Right Stuf. But before...
A Farewell to Hastings
Well, it's official: all Hastings stores will be closed.
I wrote about the situation and its effects in an earlier article. While the company hoped...
The Media Do Manga Tour (Again!!): Fire-Hot Aunt, Lemon Angel, Kasane no Tao
Because absolutely no one asked for it...more thoughts on manga MD-i is bringing over!
Fire-Hot Aunt (Oi!! Obasan), by Katsuki Izumi (Serialized in 2011 in...
Attack on Pricey Anime-Related Costumes
It's almost Halloween! Are you planning on dressing up for a party or to go trick-or-treating with your friends? Or maybe there's a local...
Small Packets, Big Changes
All of Japan is in one timezone, Japan Standard Time, which, because of Daylight Savings Time, currently runs 13 hours ahead of the US...
5 Things To Know About Yugo Ishikawa’s Wonderland
The Alice-in-Wonderland inspired horror manga, Wonderland, will be released in stores tomorrow. But about Yugo Ishikawa's title makes it fresh compared to other works...
12 Days of Anime 2017: Great, I Discovered My Anime Tastes!
It takes a bit of time to find out your tastes. The only way you figure that out is by watching enough, reading enough,...
Please, Save My Del Rey!!
How many of you remember Del Rey Manga? Launched in 2004, the company debuted with just four titles (including Negima! and Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE)....
When a Scanlation Causes a Cancellation
Let's revisit one of the most divisive subjects in the animanga fandom: fan-translated works, and in particular, scanlations. Someone(s) acquires the original Japanese version,...
Anime NYC 2017: Panels Overview
For an inaugural con, even if Anime NYC was powered by Crunchyroll, you'd expect it to be simple. And with the year close to...