The New Light Novel Club on the Block: J-Novel
"I predict that 'light novels' will become more popular in the future. ... I think publishers here in the U.S. will begin to publish...
Retail Check-In 3
With vaccine distribution ramping up, people and companies are slowly both returning to normal and adjusting to the new normal. That means there are...
Crunchyroll Gets Some New VIZ-ness
Two media giants have announced teaming up before, but one of their
first moves is the opposite of what many of us expected.
Back in...
Kodansha Comics and ComiXology: Are the Simulpubs Worth It?
Kodansha Comics made several announcements this past weekend. Among those was the news that individual chapters of many of their licensed manga series will...
The Ups and Downs of Square Enix’s Manga UP!
Here's something I haven't had to do in a while: try out a new manga service!
Well, technically, Manga UP! isn't new. Gaming and media...
Crunchyroll Dives Further Into Adult Swim
To watch anime, chances are that you use your Internet connection to log on to a platform like Crunchyroll. But thanks to a new...
GameStop Plans Its Next Moves
GameStop has been making some changes, and others are likely just around the bend for the video game retailer.
COO Goes BYE
One recent difference can...
Kodo-Mo’ Problems
If you tried to buy some adult manga recently, you may have been in for a surprise. On December 10th, Shopify "locked" the webstore...
The State of the Stream
As the Great Streaming Wars find a prime time to grow in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and summer vacation, for anime fans,...
The Shoujo Bestseller Drought: Where Have All the Shoujo Gone?
Take a look at The New York Times' list of the U.S.'s weekly bestselling manga here for the last week of February/first week of...