Is This Barnes & Noble’s New Strategy?
A while back, I wrote about Barnes & Noble's plan to shake up their declining sales. Well, select Barnes & Noble stores may be testing out their new marketing plan.
The occasional...
Should Manga Readers Feel Guilty For Buying Used Copies?
Back in August, RocketNews24 had an interesting article. The author of Gantz and Inuyashiki, Hiroya Oku, posted a Tweet, which they translated as follows:
"This might shatter some kids' illusions, but no...
Viz Is Releasing A 3-in-1 Tokyo Ghoul Omnibus Exclusively on B&N
At some point a manga publisher was going to experiment with having a title made exclusive to a retailer.
Well, looks like Viz will be the one to try it out.
Revealed last...
Winter Anime 2018: Official Manga and Light Novels Edition
Over the past few years there's been a number of anime that have been adapted from manga and light novels. A high number of them have been licensed by official publishers...
Manga Industry Insights With Renta!’s Sara
The manga industry is pretty small, and yet, also fairly huge too.
Well, if that's not fairly vague, more explanation: If you wanted to know how small the manga industry is, compare...
Instant Analysis: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Blade of Demon Destruction)
Kimetsu no Yaiba, or Blade of Demon Destruction, by Koyoharu Gotouge, begins when Tanjiro, a kid who went down the mountains to sell some charcoal and make enough money to support...
TheOASG’s Best Manga Reads of 2017
There was a ton of really fantastic manga that came out in 2017. However, a few stood out above the pack to really hammer home that great works can come in...
The CEO of Media Do International On Publishing Never Before Released Manga
The word on Media Do International (MD-i)'s existence began with an advertisement on Anime News Network in November 2017:
A mountain of manga has arrived at an eBook store near you, thanks...
Jumping From Magazine to Sunday, Big Three Edition
The amount of shounen manga that's published year in and year out in the US is pretty high, and as it manages to resonate with a number of readers and genders,...
The Media Do Manga Tour (Again!!): Fire-Hot Aunt, Lemon Angel, Kasane no Tao
Because absolutely no one asked for it...more thoughts on manga MD-i is bringing over!
Fire-Hot Aunt (Oi!! Obasan), by Katsuki Izumi (Serialized in 2011 in Monthly Shounen Champion)
The main gist of Fire-Hot...