Attack on Simulpubs?
Did you decide to read the latest chapters of any of the above series recently? Were you in for a surprise?
Crunchyroll
While Crunchyroll was not the first company to release manga chapters...
A Beginner’s Guide to Liquidation Sales
In the past week or so, there's one sentence I've already gotten tired of reading:
"Toys R Us is only up to 30% off -- most stuff only 10%."
Okay, either my...
Let’s Check Back with DMP
Just a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the status of Digital Manga, Inc.'s Kickstarters and the rumor that they are on the verge of closing. Well, the president of...
Welcoming The New Year in Japan
I guess this is still the time to wish everyone reading this a very Happy New Year. I must say that for me 2015 has been really eventful (moving in Japan...
Spotlight on Best Buy
Best Buy is one of the few big-box electronics and entertainment stores still around. While it is often compared to Amazon, Best Buy is, in some ways, a better outlet for...
The Return of the DMI
It's been a long time coming for thousands of manga fans. After being ghosted by Digital Manga, Inc. (in fact, at times, it was probably easier to contact a real ghost)...
5 Things To Know About Nyankees
Tomorrow, a manga is going to come out from Yen Press that involves humans. Gangs. And cats. Specifically stray cats. All of that is combined into a work called Nyankees, a...
6 Things We Learned From the Kazuo Koike Reddit AMA
Kazuo Koike, famed manga artist and writer of classics like Lone Wolf and Cub, Samurai Executioner, and Lady Snowblood, joined English-speaking fans on Reddit for a “Ask Me Anything (AMA)” session...
Yukiko Whitley Talks Designing The Urusei Yatsura Deluxe Edition
Urusei Yatsura is one of the seminal series in manga history. If you've watched enough anime or read enough manga, chances are you've caught a reference (or two...or three) in some...
The Shoujo Hero: Takeshi Natsume
Across all forms of media it’s rather common to have a hero who is roughly similar to the anticipated reader. They may have similar backgrounds, motivations, or simply even gender and...