Hanami Without Sakura
If you've known about Japan long enough you probably also know that in Japan, sakura trees are the symbol of Spring and the most well-known excuse to go to a hanami...
For Crunchyroll, Is Variety Not the Spice of Life?
Crunchyroll made quite a stir recently -- but not in the way they were hoping, I'm sure.
In case you missed it, Crunchyroll's parent company, Ellation, is launching a new animation studio...
When Do You Double-Dip on a Release?
In this interview with the head of the Carolina Manga Library, a certain part stuck out to me. Ms. Mehaffey suggested going through your shelves every six months and offered this...
Anime NYC 2018: The Good, the Mixed, and the Bad
So if you haven’t heard, Anime NYC had 36,000 unique attendees at the Javits Center this year. That makes it the 3rd largest North American anime convention, behind Anime Matsuri and...
5 Things to Know About Worship My Voice
Are you someone looking to pick up a manga between guys? That probably means you'll be into what Renta! has been pushing out over the past full year. From a major...
Hey-la, Hey-la, My Shoujo’s Back
I was wondering recently: where have all the shoujo gone? For a good six months, not a single shoujo or josei title made it on The New York Times' Manga Best...
J-Novel Club’s Summer Boom
It's a little hard to believe J-Novel Club hasn't even celebrated its second birthday. But with all their major announcements at Anime Expo and Otakuthon these past few weeks, it's almost...
A Hasty Goodbye?
A week can go by in a flash. That's why I try to keep ideas for this column in mind. So when I got a huge box from GoHastings.com back in...
Yen Press on Expanding International Availability With Google Play
UPDATE (8/1/18): Yen Press titles are finally back on Google Play, and was confirmed by the company yesterday:
https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/1024422941201768453
So if you missed out on anything over the past month, now you can...
The Status Of Gen Manga
At one point last year I checked out the Gen Manga website, as I had not heard from them in a while and wondered what they were up to. Aside from...