It was fun seeing @shojobeat on twitter this afternoon announcing these titles, and here’s the official press release from Viz. Here’s the cover of Strobe Edge, which has some appealing looking art. The cover of Demon Love Spell features a hero in the classic Mayu Shinjo mold. I’ve been happy with the recent titles...
Jmanga is running a promotion for testosterone-filled titles from Takao “Golgo 13″ Saito. I reviewed Saito’s title The Larceny Log of Zampei the Cloud-Snatcher in my first post on Jmanga. Read on for the details! 100 Points Back on all Takao Saito Titles!! URL: http://www.jmanga.com/list/author/takao-saito Date: April 5th to 11th 2012 Details: 1. Purchase...
When Jmanga was announced, one of the things I was hoping for from the online manga company was more josei manga, since it does seem to struggle a bit sales-wise in print format. So it is nice to see that Jmanga is featuring josei and romance titles in a promotion. They’ve been adding some...
Jmanga.com launched today, an online site that promises to deliver digital content from a variety of publishers. When I saw the site I was delighted to see that they were making some more obscure manga available, but as I investigated further I found myself a little disappointed by their payment model and pricing. The...
Like most other manga fans, I was surprised to read about Tokyopop shutting down. Soliloquy in Blue has a post listing what might be the final volumes of many Tokyopop series. Here are some of the things I’ll miss about Tokyopop: Josei Perhaps contributing to low sales, Tokyopop was one of the few companies...
It was funny seeing all the manga bloggers explode into a twittergasm yesterday, and I was among them because when the news broke that Kodansha was going to bring back Sailor Moon into print I was absolutely delighted . I’m glad that I never tried to assemble a complete collection through the exorbitant prices...
I tend to only run press releases I am genuinely enthusiastic about, which is definitely the case with the new Julietta Suzuki series Kamisama Kiss. I’d want to get it in any case because I think her series Karakuri Odette is fantastic, and now I’m intrigued with the premise of the story: Nanami, alone...
There are some pretty good deals on manga on Amazon right now: $17 Drunken Dreams and Other Stories: It looks like several random volumes from ongoing series are at 40% off, like: Black Butler Alice in the Country of Hearts Hetalia: Axis Powers
Here are the details of some new releases from Viz’s Haikasouru imprint of translated science fiction and fantasy. I’ve read one of the books from the imprint, The Lord of the Sands of Time. I didn’t realize before that the author of Good Witch of the West was getting her novels translated. I enjoyed...
Viz has released a press release announcing Story of Saiunkoku, a title I’ve already reviewed here. There’s been a lack of new historical fantasy shoujo series coming out recently, and this manga was one of my most anticipated new series. I’m looking forward to reading the second volume. Read on for details: IMPERIAL INTRIGUE...
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