The trouble with reading a lot of comics is that after a while, you get these flashes of deja vu. "Didn't I read something similar to this a little while ... Read More

Ah, Fourth of July weekend. For many, this means a few days to kick back and enjoy time with friends and family, fire up the grill, eat some good food ... Read More

For the third week in a row, Bleach Volume 27 by Tite Kubo hung on to the top spot on the New York Times Graphic Books / Manga bestseller list. ... Read More

Stories about assassins and low-lifes who share comradery off duty and under heavy gunfire are a relatively common theme in both Japanese and American comics and movies. But what separates ... Read More

It's not news to most comics fans that Naruto is hugely popular and femmes are flocking to read shojo romances. That's fine for teens and tweens -- but what about ... Read More

Numerous manga creations by CLAMP have been published in America, including xxxHolic, Card Captor Sakura, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and X1999 -- but perhaps no other CLAMP comic is as daring ... Read More

Digital Manga Publishing wants you to give eManga, their online manga rent-to-own service a try. And just to make it a little bit more tempting, they're offering a 50 point ... Read More

It's been a long time coming, but the end is near -- the end of Fruits Basket! The last volume of this 23-volume super-popular shojo manga series hits the bookstores ... Read More

Want to break into the comics biz? Portland, Oregon-based publisher Oni Press recently announced an open call for comics and manga artists to show off their skills in the 2009 ... Read More

From Bloody-Disgusting.com: You might already know about the upcoming October debut of the Astro Boy movie, but did you know that another manga-inspired movie is headed to a theater near ... Read More

Not too many changes in this week's New York Times Graphic Books Bestseller Manga List with last week's number one bestseller, Bleach Volume 27 by Tite Kubo hanging onto the ... Read More

If you've been anywhere near a pre-teen girl lately, you know that they're nuts about Hannah Montana, Disney Princesses and American Girls -- but not about manga. Why? Well, compared ... Read More

This month, Dark Horse is releasing the first volume of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project manga and they want fans to be part of the fun. Dark ... Read More

We’ve seen the pictures and maybe their fossils and bones, but what were dinosaurs really like? If Dinosaur Hour is to be believed (and believe me, it's not trying to ... Read More

From Same Hat! Same Hat!: The publishing and editing team that brought you the avant-manga fest of the undead of Tokyo Zombie has announced their next big release: The Strange ... Read More

In a surprise announcement last week, Del Rey Manga announced two new titles. One is a new title from Kitchen Princess manga-ka Natsumi Ando, Wild@Heart. The second title was somewhat ... Read More

Summer's here and school's out, so that means bye text books, hello graphic novels! While the vast majority of manga published in the U.S. is geared toward teens and young ... Read More

The New York Asian Film Festival kicks off this week on Friday, June 19 with a fascinating array of films from China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South ... Read More

Now in its third month, the New York Times Graphic Books Bestseller Manga List is starting to look like it's shaking free from the almost total domination of Naruto titles ... Read More

It's only a few weeks until Anime Expo 2009 opens its doors at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and the special guest announcements just keep coming. Last week, Loveless creator ... Read More

The English print edition of Cosmode, the Japanese cosplay magazine made its debut at Anime Expo 2008. However, with the demise of its US publisher Broccoli Books at the end ... Read More

In today's tight economic climate, many publishers are opting to push out their schedules rather than cancel titles that they've already committed to publish. For fans eagerly awaiting these titles, ... Read More

From ICV2 Insider Guide #65: Comics, video and gaming industry magazine ICV2 posted their quarterly list of top manga properties for January - March 2009. By "properties," ICV2 is spotlighting ... Read More

It's less than a month until Anime Expo 2009 in Los Angeles, and the guest list just gets better every day. Now in addition to manga artist Yasuhiro Nightow (the ... Read More

There have been many manga / young adult novel crossovers in the past few years, some more successful than others. Now the latest entry into this arena brings together Irish ... Read More

Take a boy who looks vaguely like Harry Potter, hook him up with a spunky gal and toss in a few gruesome but loveable monsters and you've got Yokai Doctor, ... Read More

It was announced with much fanfare at New York Comic-Con 2008, previewed in the September 2008 isssue of Shonen Jump, and featured on Free Comic Book Day 2009. Now Karakuridoji ... Read More

The first volume of the Ax alternative manga anthology won't hit the stores until December 2009, but Top Shelf is giving readers an early preview by providing an 22-page excerpt ... Read More

Ever since Digital Manga Publishing announced that they licensed Osamu Tezuka's Swallowing the Earth back in April 2008 at New York Comic-Con, Tezuka fans have been eagerly awaiting release of ... Read More

When VIZ Media mentioned that they were putting "placing their resources elsewhere" when they announced the end of the print edition of Shojo Beat magazine, it only took a few ... Read More