See photos from Pop Japan Travel's Mind Over Manga Tour 2009, including photos from Comitia 90 at Tokyo Big Sight, Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Nakano, Tsukiji Market, Tokyo Tower and Kyoto. Participants in this tour got to see numerous hotspots for manga fans, including Nakano Broadway, the Osamu Tezuka Museum and the Kyoto International Manga Museum.
See photos of highlights from 2009 J-Pop Summit Festival at the grand opening of the New People Center in Japantown in San Francisco, California, including the special guests, movie premieres, store openings and concerts. Event photos include shots of the 20th Century Boys movie premiere with actress Takako Tokiwa, artists Yoshitaka Amano and Yuichi Yokoyama and the debut of Baby the Stars Shine …
Gallery of manga nominees for the 2009 Will Eisner Awards, awarded at San Diego Comic-Con International, including manga by Akira Toriyama, Naoki Urasawa, Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Osamu Tezuka.
See a preview gallery of Japanese anime, manga and video games featured in KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games presented by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Japan Society Gallery in New York City.
See photo highlights from this annual comic convention held in New York City, New York at Jacob K. Javits Center, including cool cosplay, artists alley, publishers' panel discussions, exhibitors and special guest appearances, including Svetlana Chmakova, Benjamin and more.
See photo highlights from this annual comic convention held in San Francisco, California at Moscone Center South, including cool cosplay, artists alley, publishers' panel discussions, exhibitors and special guest appearances, including Wendy Pini, Stan Sakai and Jill Thompson.
Get a sneak peek at the latest manga and graphic novels from VIZ Media scheduled for release in 2009, Preview upcoming releases and street dates for new shonen, shojo, seinen and kodomo manga series, including Detroit Metal City, 20th Century Boys, Oishinbo, Ooku and new VIZ Big editions of Hot Gimmick and Fushigi Yugi.
Get a sneak peek at Masque of the Red Death, an erotic graphic novel by Wendy Pini from Go! Comi. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's short story, Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death is a futuristic fantasy, where the "Prince" is rich recluse who seeks the secret to immortality, and the passions, jealousies and betrayals that lead to the ultimate destruction of his priviledged world.
See photo highlights from this annual comic convention held in San Diego, California at San Diego Convention Center, including cool cosplay, artists alley, publishers' panel discussions, exhibitors and special guest appearances, including Tite Kubo, the creator of Bleach and Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail.
See photos of highlights from 2008 New York Anime Festival at Jacob Javits Center, New York City, NY, including the crowds of fans, creative cosplay, special guests and events.
See photos from Pop Japan Travel's Mind Over Manga Tour 2008, including photos from Comitia 85 at Tokyo Big Sight, Akihabara, Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima. Participants in this tour got to see numerous hotspots for anime and manga fans including the Ghibli Museum and the Kyoto International Manga Museum.
See photos of highlights from Anime Expo 2008 at Los Angeles Convention Center, including the crowds of fans, creative cosplay, special guests and events, including Vampire Hunter D creator Hideyuki Kikuchi and manga-ka Saiko Takaki.
See a gallery of
manga nominees for the 2008 Will Eisner Awards, awarded at San Diego Comic-Con International.
See photo highlights from this annual convention held in San Jose, California including cool cosplay, artists alley, publishers' panel discussions, exhibitors and special guest appearances, including
manga artist Maika Netsu, Dark Horse Manga editor Carl Horn and a huge group from fan-favorite
anime studio, GAINAX.
See artwork and photos from
Honey and Clover manga, live action movies and anime, inspired by Chica Umino's
shojo manga series.
Get a sneak peek at the latest
manga and graphic novels from Fanfare / Ponent Mon scheduled for release in 2008 - 2009. Preview upcoming releases and street dates for Japanese
manga, French nouvelle
manga and graphic novels by Jiro Taniguchi, Kan Takahama and Hideo Azuma.
Get a sneak peek at the latest
manga and graphic novels from Del Rey Manga scheduled for release in 2009. Preview upcoming releases and street dates for new Japanese
manga, OEL
manga and light novels, including
Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei,
Gakuen Prince and new
manga versions of X-Men and Wolverine.
See photo highlights from this annual comic convention held in New York City, New York at Jacob K. Javits Center, including cool cosplay, artists alley, publishers' panel discussions, exhibitors and special guests Stan Lee, Judith Park and Takanori Asada.
See photo highlights from Sakura-Con 2008, an annual anime, manga and gaming convention held in Seattle, Washington, including cool cosplay, artists alley, publishers' panel discussions, exhibitors and special guest appearances, including
Chibi Vampire creator Yuna Kagesaki,
Bizenghast creator M. Alice LeGrow and
Battle Vixens creator Yuji Shiozaki.
See preview pages from
Hollow Fields Volume 2 by Madeleine Rosca, published by Seven Seas Manga. Now that Lucy Snow has enrolled in the exclusive Hollow Fields academy, she's not only has to make the grade in her mad scientist classes and deal with some snotty classmates, she has to avoid getting sent to The Windmill, the place where failing students are sent, but never return.
See photos from
Nana the live-action film adaptations of Ai Yazawa's
shojo manga from VIZ Pictures. The
Nana movie preview gallery includes scenes from this Japanese rock and roll romance starring Mika Nakashima as Nana Osaki, Aoi Miyazaki as Nana Komatsu and Ryuhei Matsuda as Ren.
See preview pages from the English language edition of the Gothic & Lolita Bible, published by TokyoPop. See photos and pages featuring Japanese celebrities and designers, including Mana, Nana Kitade, Baby the Stars Shine Bright and Angelic Pretty.
See photo highlights from this annual comic convention held in San Francisco, California at Moscone Center South, including cool cosplay, artists alley, publishers' panel discussions, exhibitors and special guest appearances, including Jason Thompson, Sho Murase and Becky Cloonan.
See a gallery of preview pages and artwork from
Bat Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan by Chip Kidd and Saul Ferris from Pantheon Books.
See photos from
Love*Com, the live-action film adaptation of Aya Nakahara's
shojo manga series from VIZ Pictures starring Ema Fujisawa as Risa Koizumi and Teppei Koike as Atsushi Otani.
Get a sneak peek at the latest
manga from Go! Comi scheduled for release in 2008, Preview upcoming releases and street dates for new
shonen and
shojo manga series, including
Kurogane Communication,
Yggdrasill,
Ultimate Venus,
Kamisama Kazoku and more.
Get a sneak peek at the latest manga and graphic novels from VIZ Media scheduled for release in 2008, Preview upcoming releases and street dates for new shonen, shojo, seinen and josei manga series including
Ral Omega Grad,
Nightmare Inspector,
ION and new VIZ Big editions of
Rurouni Kenshin,
Dragon Ball and
Dragon Ball Z.
See photos of highlights from 2007 New York Anime Festival at Jacob Javits Center, New York City, NY, including the crowds of fans, creative cosplay, special guests and events. Event photos include
manga publishers' panels, exhibit hall photos, World Cosplay Summit U.S. preliminaries, and publishers' booths, including Del Rey Manga, TokyoPop, VIZ Media and more.
See photo highlights from Pop Japan Travel's tours of Japan. With itineraries geared especially for
anime,
manga and Japanese pop culture fans, Pop Japan Travel offers guided tours to Tokyo, Sapporo, Kamakura and special stops to visit animation studios and meet
manga creators. Special interest include a
yaoi manga fans tour and a Gothic and Lolita fashion tour.
Takehiko Inoue, Japanese manga artist and creator of Slam Dunk and Real came to New York to paint a special mural featuring characters from his seinen manga series, Vagabond. See photos of Takehiko Inoue's mural painting event and reception at Books Kinokuniya's new Bryant Park branch in New York City in November 2007.
Photos of the cosplay and boys love fun at Yaoi-Con 2007 at the San Mateo Marriott Hotel, in San Mateo, California.
Get a sneak peek at the latest manga and graphic novels from Yen Press scheduled for release in Fall 2007 - Spring 2008. Preview upcoming releases and street dates for new
shonen,
shojo,
seinen and josei manga series, Japanese [i/]manga, Korean
manhwa and
OEL manga including
With the Light,
Black God,
Zombie Loan,
Y-Square,
Sundome,
Alice on Deadlines, and
Spiral.
Get a sneak peek at the latest
manga from Del Rey Manga scheduled for release in Fall/Winter 2007 – Spring/Summer 2008. Preview upcoming releases and street dates for new shonen, shojo, seinen and josei manga series, Japanese manga and OEL manga including
Aventura,
Fairy Tail,
The Reformed,
Pumpkin Scissors and
Yokaiden.
See the crowds, the comics and fun at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center from July 25 - 29, 2007.
Gallery of
manga nominees for the 2007 Will Eisner Awards, including cover art and sample pages from
The Walking Man,
Dramacon,
Old Boy and
Antique Bakery.
Gallery of new and upcoming graphic novel releases of
yaoi,
josei and
shojo manga titles from Aurora Publishing, and its two imprints for mature audiences,
yaoi-focused Deux Press and sexy
josei imprint Luv Luv Press.
Photos of the scene at Anime Expo 2007 at the Long Beach Convention Center
From webcomic to offline publishing success story,
Megatokyo is one of the most popular original English language (OEL)
manga titles out there today. See a gallery of artwork and read profiles of the main characters.
Gallery of artwork by Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of Japanese comics or manga. Images are included in the traveling exhibit, Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga, presented by the National Gallery of Victoria and Tezuka Productions.
See color artwork and comics pages from Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi Obata's hit
shonen manga series,
Death Note.
Gallery of manga and anime images from Katsuhiro Otomo's epic,
Akira.
Extensive collection of manga artwork scans of
Bleach, from Bleach Portal, a fan site.
Scans of
Fruits Basket pages from
Hana to Yume (Flowers and Dreams), a popular
shojo manga magazine.
Color artwork from Rumiko Takahashi's manga,
Inu-Yasha from Inuyasha.nu, a fan site.
Lovely fan-built collection of artwork scans from Ai Yazawa. Includes images from
Nana,
Paradise Kiss and
Gokinjo Monogatari (Neighborhood Story).
Naruto World's collection of scanned color covers from
Naruto manga tankobon or graphic novels.
Destiny's Embrace, a fan gallery of
manga images and anime screenshots from
Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki.
